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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. insipid






2. pose - mannerism






3. egg on






4. exhort - admonish






5. grandiloquent - highfalutin - turgid - fustian






6. apropos - germane






7. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






8. genial - amiable






9. exonerate - exculpate






10. showdown






11. eschew - abstemious - ascetic






12. vigilant - chary






13. efface - excise






14. rigorous - potent - draconian






15. divest oneself of






16. marshal - gussy up - accouter






17. incongruity






18. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






19. hardnosed






20. barren - dour - dreary - drab






21. kink - repudiate - abjure






22. morose - downcast






23. supple - lithe - spry






24. deduce






25. unanimity - concord






26. substantiate






27. surreptitious - furtive






28. content






29. speculative






30. coalesce






31. docket






32. harmonious






33. vacillating






34. countenance - tolerate






35. estrange






36. pundit - savant - maven - cognoscenti






37. discretionary - despotic - autocratic






38. bona fide - indubitable






39. libel - aspersion






40. outlandish - queer - eccentric






41. uncouth - crass - lout






42. truncate






43. vex - harry






44. dragoon - browbeat






45. mainstay - bolster






46. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






47. ostracize






48. treatise - sermon - colloquy






49. lavish - ample






50. sedulous - assiduous