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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. sedulous - assiduous






2. incongruity






3. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






4. stunt






5. eschew - abstemious - ascetic






6. caviling - niggling - picayune






7. vigilant - chary






8. etch - depict






9. rout - trounce - drub - thwart - abash






10. bona fide - indubitable






11. marshal - gussy up - accouter






12. vex - abash






13. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






14. egg on






15. remission (of punishment)






16. harmonious






17. braggadocio






18. kink - repudiate - abjure






19. milieu






20. barren - dour - dreary - drab






21. bellicose - pugnacious






22. peccant - delinquent






23. supple - lithe - spry






24. bowdlerizer - comstockery






25. antagonistic - inimical






26. curt - terse






27. discretionary - despotic - autocratic






28. magnify






29. perfunctory - slapdash






30. rigorous - potent - draconian






31. divest oneself of






32. deviant - atypical - incongruous






33. jocund - jovial - blase






34. pundit - savant - maven - cognoscenti






35. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






36. acquiesce






37. espouse - proponent - backer






38. ignoble - debasing - sheer






39. outlandish - queer - eccentric






40. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






41. haven






42. bane - scourge






43. wheedle - inveigle






44. vex - harry






45. ostracize






46. mainstay - bolster






47. morose - downcast






48. abrasion - enervation - diminution






49. amalgamation






50. astound - stupefy