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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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1. exonerate - exculpate
abet
criterion
absolve
construe
2. deduce
cynical
anachronism
array
construe
3. elucidate - glib
counsel
articulate
chagrin
dilapidated
4. caviling - niggling - picayune
discriminate
drastic
blithe
captious
5. meandering - oblique - periphrastic
demure
circuitous
counsel
abject
6. dupe - cozen
criterion
delude
abstain
array
7. uncouth - crass - lout
boorish
duplicity
austere
desultory
8. impart
defer
dilatory
benign
divulge
9. peccant - delinquent
culpable
bland
apprehend
cursory
10. curt - terse
compatible
criterion
brusque
augment
11. chic - spruce
affluent
concise
defer
dapper
12. pious - reverent
blithe
bravado
aggregate
devout
13. stunt
boorish
articulate
atrophy
cynical
14. skirt
anomaly
circumvent
chronic
aggregate
15. treatise - sermon - colloquy
benign
condone
coerce
discourse
16. surreptitious - furtive
connoisseur
clandestine
alienate
anecdote
17. diviner - soothsayer - prognosticate - presage
credibility
corroborate
augur
coerce
18. insipid
bleak
absolve
bland
belligerent
19. collude - quisling
docile
curtail
augur
collaborate
20. plausibility
credibility
abet
amnesty
circumvent
21. coalesce
cantankerous
bicker
devoid
cohere
22. deft
condone
boisterous
apprehend
dexterous
23. calamitous - somber
astute
dire
agenda
bungle
24. awry - askance - derisively
askew
dire
bicker
copious
25. ostracize
boycott
avid
delude
austere
26. defer
callous
delinquent
authentic
adjourn
27. barren - dour - dreary - drab
criterion
copious
bleak
arbitrary
28. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche
cursory
avid
brusque
banal
29. outlandish - queer - eccentric
concise
boisterous
bizarre
corroborate
30. discretionary - despotic - autocratic
arbitrary
candid
coerce
avarice
31. jocund - jovial - blase
captious
blithe
advocate
anecdote
32. frantic - perturbed - overwrought
avid
connoisseur
crucial
distraught
33. mainstay - bolster
astute
buttress
anathema
demure
34. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy
censor
circumspect
concise
denouncement
35. divest oneself of
devoid
abdicate
accede
anecdote
36. surmise - speculate
atrophy
conjecture
accede
delude
37. kink - repudiate - abjure
dejected
condone
defect
drastic
38. scofflaw - negligent - derelict
assimilate
delinquent
affluent
circuitous
39. stymie - quizzical
brash
confrontation
agenda
baffle
40. content
aggregate
dilapidated
dire
complacent
41. perspicacious - wily - acumen - sagacious
avarice
consensus
astute
conjecture
42. pivotal
callous
chronic
benign
crucial
43. chicanery
duplicity
abdicate
advocate
delude
44. libel - aspersion
charlatan
credibility
calumny
complacent
45. astound - stupefy
atone
diligent
appall
academic
46. botch - bollix up - klutz
bravado
assimilate
bungle
caustic
47. wheedle - inveigle
cajole
callous
blithe
askew
48. opulent
affluent
boorish
dilatory
affable
49. expiate - penance
corroborate
duplicity
atone
confrontation
50. estrange
chronic
alienate
agile
culpable