Synonyms Online Test
Select the nearest correct meaning or synonym of the word given below:
FINESSE
The word ‘finesse’ means ‘skill in handling difficult situations’ which is nearest in meaning to ‘skill’. The other three words: Softness - smooth to touch; Charm - a power of pleasing or attracting; Gist - the main part of the matter.
CRAVEN
The word ‘craven’ means cowardly, contemptibly timid pusillanimous which is nearest in meaning to ‘cowardly’.
PROBITY
The word ‘probity’ means integrity or uprightness. The other three words: Impudence - insolence; Profane - irreligious; Preface - an introductory past.
REVOKE
When a law is revoked, it stands cancelled. We can also say that the law has been repealed.
PERSNICKETY
The word ‘Persnickety’ means fussy; characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details which is nearest is meaning to ‘fussy’.
VICARIOUS
The word ’ vicarious’ means Endured or done by one person substituting for another which is nearest in meaning to the phrase ‘Not experienced personally’. The other three words: Ambitious - strongly desirous; Nostalgic - homesickness; Vindictive - vengeful.
ALLEVIATE
The word ‘Alleviate’ means to diminish or lessen which is nearest in meaning to ‘lessen’. The other three words: To release - to free from confinement; To deprive - to remove from the possession; To deceive - delude, to be unfaithful to.
CIRCUMSPECT
The word ‘circumspect’ means ‘watchful and cautions’ which is nearest in meaning to ‘cautious’.
HARMONY
‘cemetery’ means graveyards, ‘hierarchy’ means a system of society in which people are graded into different classes according to certain norms, ‘harmony’ is when many things work together in the same mode.
HAUGHTY
‘imperial’ means of an empire or its rulers, ‘adamant’ means firmly or stubbornly, determinedly.
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