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SYNONYMOUS WORDS MCQ Test With Answers - Advanced Level Vocabulary Exercise 3
Question 1 |
I can't quite pin down your general attitude on this issue. It's so ambivalent.
A | ambitious and aspiring |
B | ambiguous, vague and equivocal |
C | emphatic but not empathic or empathetic |
D | amphibian |
E | amorous |
Question 2 |
He wasn't alone in this. He had two accomplices.
A | armed robberies |
B | partners-in-crime |
C | men of law |
D | high-ranking officials |
E | bands of outlaws |
Question 3 |
Send for the doctor at once! It's an urgent case!
A | an emergence |
B | superfluous |
C | an anomaly |
D | unusually sporadic |
E | an emergency |
Question 4 |
The word "February" is often abbreviated to "Feb".
A | shortened to |
B | subsituted for |
C | transferred to |
D | preferred to |
E | translated into |
Question 5 |
He was considerate enough to stand by her when she found herself in that terrible fix.
A | passionate |
B | callous |
C | consistent |
D | thoughtful |
E | cowardly |
Question 6 |
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have to put off the meeting to some future date.
A | reflect upon |
B | cancel |
C | get rid of |
D | convene |
E | postpone |
Question 7 |
Thus the mystery was solved and he was found not guilty.
A | arrested for the crime |
B | acquitted |
C | taken into custody |
D | condemned without evidence |
E | held responsible for the deed |
Question 8 |
If you could do a little repairing around the house, we wouldn't have needed to call in a plumber in the first place.
A | mending |
B | replacing |
C | constructing |
D | furnishing |
E | unfixing |
Question 9 |
They ran round the corner and then simply vanished out of sight.
A | decayed |
B | disappeared |
C | blurred |
D | deteriorated |
E | reappeared |
Question 10 |
He was acclaimed by all as the new world champion.
A | refused and dismissed |
B | accepted and recorded |
C | cheered and applauded |
D | envied and antagonized |
E | deceived and agonized |
Question 11 |
This is only a tentative arrangement. We'll decide on a permanent course of action later on.
A | inexperienced |
B | temporary |
C | consecutive |
D | elaborate |
E | disappointing |
Question 12 |
You'll have to accustom yourself to their strange ways of life.
A | pay the penalty for |
B | look forward to |
C | get used to |
D | ask yourself about |
E | make yourself absent from |
Question 13 |
Why should anyone have any respect for him? He's so unbelievably rude to everyone else himself, isn't he?
A | impolite |
B | inconsiderate |
C | wicked |
D | insincere |
E | courteous |
Question 14 |
You're not going to release him, are you? He is a dangerous criminal.
A | idolize |
B | execute |
C | approve of |
D | condemn |
E | set free |
Question 15 |
A pretentious person is neither liked nor respected -- nor, indeed, tolerated.
A | miserly |
B | reticent |
C | talkative |
D | showy |
E | hideous |
Question 16 |
He was much disliked for his belligerent ways even as a child.
A | hostile and aggressive |
B | weird and frightening |
C | repulsive, but still pushy |
D | self-confident, but also self-centred |
E | smug and affected |
Question 17 |
After two hours of intensive search, the police began to suspect that it all had been a hoax.
A | divine intervention |
B | chance happening |
C | sporadic behaviour |
D | deceitfully false alarm |
E | surprise development |
Question 18 |
I must say she's quite odd in her ways.
A | disgusting |
B | punctual |
C | eccentric |
D | pitiful |
E | incredible |
Question 19 |
His younger sister is married to a well-known architect.
A | notorious |
B | renowned |
C | infamous |
D | noble |
E | atrocious |
Question 20 |
She may be naive, but you'd be wrong to think that she's stupid in any sense of the word.
A | sophisticated and cosmopolitan |
B | willing and enthusiastic |
C | young and juvenile |
D | inexperienced and quite credulous |
E | kind and compassionate |
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