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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.
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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. deduce






2. astound - stupefy






3. outlandish - queer - eccentric






4. perspicacious - wily - acumen - sagacious






5. wheedle - inveigle






6. countenance - tolerate






7. asseverate - aver






8. pious - reverent






9. braggadocio






10. inveterate - perennial






11. vignette - raconteur






12. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






13. defer






14. collude - quisling






15. opulent






16. peevish - choleric - ornery - curmudgeon






17. insipid






18. brazen - gauche - impertinent






19. dragoon - browbeat






20. rigorous - potent - draconian






21. estrange






22. apropos - germane






23. diviner - soothsayer - prognosticate - presage






24. awry - askance - derisively






25. uncouth - crass - lout






26. lavish - ample






27. peccant - delinquent






28. impart






29. exonerate - exculpate






30. auspicious - salutary - salubrious






31. prim - coy - self-effacing - staid






32. supple - lithe - spry






33. divest oneself of






34. meandering - oblique - periphrastic






35. speculative






36. milieu






37. sedulous - assiduous






38. bona fide - indubitable






39. plausibility






40. loathe - abominate






41. showdown






42. abrasion - enervation - diminution






43. niggardliness - rapacious - stingy






44. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






45. surmise - speculate






46. coalesce






47. succinct - terse - laconic - pithy






48. squabble






49. canon - gauge






50. morose - downcast