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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. impromptu






2. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






3. morose - downcast






4. expiate - penance






5. decrepit - rickety - ramshackle - sleazy






6. squabble






7. asseverate - aver






8. climax






9. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






10. libel - aspersion






11. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






12. plausibility






13. peccant - delinquent






14. ecumenical






15. chubby - rotund






16. humbug - mountebank






17. perspicacious - wily - acumen - sagacious






18. superlative - virtuoso - transcendent






19. bowdlerizer - comstockery






20. deviant - atypical - incongruous






21. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






22. caviling - niggling - picayune






23. erratic - spasmodic






24. acquiesce






25. exonerate - exculpate






26. dupe - cozen






27. insinuate






28. speculative






29. bane - scourge






30. mainstay - bolster






31. kink - repudiate - abjure






32. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






33. adjudicate






34. rigorous - potent - draconian






35. deduce






36. treatise - sermon - colloquy






37. curt - terse






38. ignoble - debasing - sheer






39. surmise - speculate






40. estrange






41. vex - abash






42. bereft - barren






43. jocund - jovial - blase






44. abstemious - ascetic - somber






45. defer






46. habituate






47. exhort - admonish






48. outlandish - queer - eccentric






49. astound - stupefy






50. skirt