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Synonyms Test - 2

Subjects : english, grammar
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. divest oneself of






2. perfunctory - slapdash






3. ignoble - debasing - sheer






4. habituate






5. outlandish - queer - eccentric






6. deviant - atypical - incongruous






7. sadistic - grisly - ghastly - heinous






8. braggadocio






9. genial - amiable






10. abstemious - ascetic - somber






11. stunt






12. milieu






13. expiate - penance






14. coalesce






15. morose - downcast






16. homogenize - acculturate






17. humbug - mountebank






18. prim - coy - self-effacing - staid






19. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






20. dupe - cozen






21. harmonious






22. kink - repudiate - abjure






23. impromptu






24. skirt






25. remission (of punishment)






26. loathe - abominate






27. scofflaw - negligent - derelict






28. asseverate - aver






29. acquiesce






30. mainstay - bolster






31. discretionary - despotic - autocratic






32. abrasion - enervation - diminution






33. canon - gauge






34. impart






35. heretic - maverick - digress






36. botch - bollix up - klutz






37. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






38. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






39. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






40. climax






41. caviling - niggling - picayune






42. turmoil






43. adjudicate






44. egg on






45. decrepit - rickety - ramshackle - sleazy






46. speculative






47. sedulous - assiduous






48. wheedle - inveigle






49. curt - terse






50. bane - scourge