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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. espouse - proponent - backer






2. outlandish - queer - eccentric






3. chubby - rotund






4. discretionary - despotic - autocratic






5. homogenize - acculturate






6. bona fide - indubitable






7. vignette - raconteur






8. haven






9. stymie - quizzical






10. climax






11. elucidate - glib






12. libel - aspersion






13. wheedle - inveigle






14. plausibility






15. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






16. dragoon - browbeat






17. braggadocio






18. humbug - mountebank






19. abstemious - ascetic - somber






20. caviling - niggling - picayune






21. divest oneself of






22. incongruity






23. botch - bollix up - klutz






24. skirt






25. antagonistic - inimical






26. vigilant - chary






27. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






28. dupe - cozen






29. superlative - virtuoso - transcendent






30. substantiate






31. pious - reverent






32. perspicacious - wily - acumen - sagacious






33. astound - stupefy






34. rebuke - chastise - upbraid






35. hardnosed






36. brazen - gauche - impertinent






37. keen - fervent - gung ho - fervid






38. perfunctory - slapdash






39. asseverate - aver






40. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






41. ecumenical






42. lavish - ample






43. surreptitious - furtive






44. prim - coy - self-effacing - staid






45. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






46. vex - abash






47. speculative






48. latent - torpid - quiescent






49. unanimity - concord






50. erratic - spasmodic