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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. humbug - mountebank






2. plausibility






3. keen - fervent - gung ho - fervid






4. vignette - raconteur






5. vex - abash






6. chicanery






7. chic - spruce






8. sedulous - assiduous






9. perfunctory - slapdash






10. derogate - depreciate






11. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






12. mainstay - bolster






13. chubby - rotund






14. pious - reverent






15. discretionary - despotic - autocratic






16. treatise - sermon - colloquy






17. collar - fathom






18. countenance - tolerate






19. peccant - delinquent






20. estrange






21. homogenize - acculturate






22. insinuate






23. outlandish - queer - eccentric






24. milieu






25. incongruity






26. awry - askance - derisively






27. adjudicate






28. exonerate - exculpate






29. amenable - tractable






30. habituate






31. stunt






32. magnify






33. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






34. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






35. perspicacious - wily - acumen - sagacious






36. botch - bollix up - klutz






37. elucidate - glib






38. loathe - abominate






39. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






40. apropos - germane






41. climax






42. vigilant - chary






43. deviant - atypical - incongruous






44. braggadocio






45. pose - mannerism






46. hardnosed






47. impromptu






48. ignoble - debasing - sheer






49. exhort - admonish






50. deduce