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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. canon - gauge






2. obstreperous - clamorous - turbulent






3. decrepit - rickety - ramshackle - sleazy






4. caviling - niggling - picayune






5. perspicacity - acumen - bigotry






6. deduce






7. libel - aspersion






8. chicanery






9. laggard - dawdling - lethargic - shilly-shallying






10. amenable - tractable






11. espouse - proponent - backer






12. mordant - acidulous - acrimony - mordancy






13. braggadocio






14. asseverate - aver






15. trite - prosaic - vapid - jejune - cliche






16. vex - abash






17. squabble






18. wheedle - inveigle






19. superlative - virtuoso - transcendent






20. grandiloquent - highfalutin - turgid - fustian






21. sedulous - assiduous






22. insinuate






23. opulent






24. marshal - gussy up - accouter






25. impart






26. collude - quisling






27. docket






28. pivotal






29. kink - repudiate - abjure






30. adjudicate






31. stymie - quizzical






32. pundit - savant - maven - cognoscenti






33. elucidate - glib






34. surmise - speculate






35. haven






36. outlandish - queer - eccentric






37. incongruity






38. homogenize - acculturate






39. bane - scourge






40. perfunctory - slapdash






41. collar - fathom






42. abstemious - ascetic - somber






43. supple - lithe - spry






44. remission (of punishment)






45. vignette - raconteur






46. showdown






47. unanimity - concord






48. exhort - admonish






49. heretic - maverick - digress






50. surreptitious - furtive