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