Test on synonyms and false friends

I'm afraid that problem is ............................... .
1. insolvent
2. insoluble
3. unanswearble
Your stealing the money was most ...................... .
1. reprehensible
2. comprehensible
3. culpable
I will not put up any longer with his ............. tantrums.
1. childlike
2. childish
I did not like the ................... of that ballet.
1. decorum
2. decor
3. decoration
She was surprised at your ................... such people.
1. concerting
2. consorting with
3. conniving at
In certain circles it is now fashionable to ...................some famous villains in history.
1. whitewash
2. distemper
3. ameliorate
4. rectify
His ...................... shocked some people.
1. frivolity
2. facetiousness
3. giddiness
4. lightness
Trespassers will be ....................... .
1. persecuted
2. prosecuted
Few things are more ..................... than brain-washing.
1. pernicious
2. perspicacious
3. perspiratory
That is one of the ................ books for the examination.
1. proscribed
2. prescribed
3. inscibed