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Synonyms Test - 2
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. skirt
censure
circumvent
dire
bombastic
2. apropos - germane
discourse
cogent
deviate
defect
3. efface - excise
arbitrate
delete
baffle
bleak
4. insipid
accede
bland
divulge
boisterous
5. stymie - quizzical
circuitous
baffle
attrition
criterion
6. ostracize
boycott
bungle
atone
criterion
7. vignette - raconteur
disparage
criterion
attrition
anecdote
8. sadistic - grisly - ghastly - heinous
calumny
credibility
atrocity
badger
9. elucidate - glib
askew
boisterous
articulate
adjourn
10. bowdlerizer - comstockery
coerce
cogent
censor
acclimate
11. curt - terse
brusque
cajole
divulge
bicker
12. morose - downcast
dejected
candid
accede
buttress
13. awry - askance - derisively
bizarre
bravado
denouncement
askew
14. climax
austere
banal
bicker
denouncement
15. ignoble - debasing - sheer
construe
abject
attrition
adverse
16. substantiate
attrition
corroborate
bravado
corpulent
17. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying
desultory
abdicate
dilatory
abject
18. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche
buttress
affluent
banal
anachronism
19. treatise - sermon - colloquy
affluent
devoid
calumny
discourse
20. asseverate - aver
dilapidated
allege
augment
collaborate
21. grandiloquent - highfalutin - turgid - fustian
alienate
bombastic
brusque
divulge
22. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent
boisterous
docile
boycott
austere
23. sedulous - assiduous
ambience
curtail
academic
diligent
24. deduce
connoisseur
construe
augur
circuitous
25. unanimity - concord
consensus
amnesty
ambivalent
devout
26. inveterate - perennial
cajole
chronic
authentic
austere
27. genial - amiable
corpulent
chagrin
affable
arbitrate
28. lavish - ample
avid
corroborate
copious
charlatan
29. brazen - gauche - impertinent
circumvent
brash
abhor
bicker
30. astound - stupefy
bombastic
circuitous
dexterous
appall
31. pundit - savant - maven - cognoscenti
abject
denouncement
connoisseur
discourse
32. opulent
anathema
construe
alienate
affluent
33. divest oneself of
bravado
aggregate
abdicate
badger
34. libel - aspersion
ambience
calumny
assimilate
demure
35. rebuke - chastise - upbraid
complacent
belligerent
deviate
censure
36. acquiesce
captious
drastic
accede
banal
37. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy
caustic
chagrin
devoid
collaborate
38. uncouth - crass - lout
affluent
cynical
cajole
boorish
39. loathe - abominate
delineate
abhor
candid
consummate
40. hardnosed
diligent
callous
delineate
defect
41. derogate - depreciate
cohere
agile
disparage
discomfit
42. harmonious
cursory
agile
compatible
consensus
43. deft
diligent
avid
dexterous
accede
44. chic - spruce
dapper
affectation
cursory
candid
45. vex - harry
denouncement
chagrin
badger
callous
46. milieu
augur
charlatan
affable
ambience
47. vacillating
bicker
anomaly
ambivalent
ambience
48. homogenize - acculturate
assimilate
austere
authentic
dormant
49. rigorous - potent - draconian
dormant
drastic
adjourn
clandestine
50. incongruity
benign
collaborate
astute
anachronism