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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.
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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. acquiesce






2. perfunctory - slapdash






3. showdown






4. stunt






5. genial - amiable






6. speculative






7. outlandish - queer - eccentric






8. ignoble - debasing - sheer






9. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






10. peevish - choleric - ornery - curmudgeon






11. collude - quisling






12. eschew - abstemious - ascetic






13. prim - coy - self-effacing - staid






14. calamitous - somber






15. inveterate - perennial






16. antagonistic - inimical






17. surreptitious - furtive






18. diviner - soothsayer - prognosticate - presage






19. keen - fervent - gung ho - fervid






20. discretionary - despotic - autocratic






21. chubby - rotund






22. bowdlerizer - comstockery






23. asseverate - aver






24. curt - terse






25. rout - trounce - drub - thwart - abash






26. perspicacious - wily - acumen - sagacious






27. heretic - maverick - digress






28. milieu






29. kink - repudiate - abjure






30. vacillating






31. superlative - virtuoso - transcendent






32. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






33. deviant - atypical - incongruous






34. turmoil






35. climax






36. sadistic - grisly - ghastly - heinous






37. plausibility






38. brazen - gauche - impertinent






39. scofflaw - negligent - derelict






40. derogate - depreciate






41. homogenize - acculturate






42. egg on






43. frantic - perturbed - overwrought






44. defer






45. etch - depict






46. humbug - mountebank






47. substantiate






48. morose - downcast






49. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






50. dupe - cozen