Word(s) Synonym(s)
1. Happy Joyful, joyous, glad
2. Good Virtuous, upright
3. Beautiful Lovely, stunning
4. Help Aid
5. Love Passion
6. Sad Melancholy, unhappy
7. Terrible Awful, horrible
8. Peculiar Odd
9. Bad Evil
10. Weird Strange
11. Brave Courageous, daring
12. Grand Magnificent, big
13. Audacious Bold, brave, fearless
14. Attractive Appealing, endearing
15. Wretched Miserable, poor
16. Dismal Gloomy
17. Repulsive Disgusting
18. Weak Feeble
19. Disclose Reveal, divulge
20. Exquisite Elegant, beautiful
21. Vile Base, despicable
22. Tranquil Serene, blissful, peaceful
23. Counterfeit Fake, inauthentic
24. Summit Apex, peak, apogee
25. Cunning Crafty, subtle, artful
26. Unite Join, annex
27. Surrender Yield
28. Enthusiastic Passionate, eager
29. Precise Exact, accurate
30. Diminish Reduce
31. Cute Charming, suave
32. Impeccable Flawless, faultless
33. Invincible Insurmountable, indomitable
34. Hit Strike, punch, blow
35. Angry Furious, annoyed, mad
36. Brainy Clever, smart
37. Erudite Learned, brilliant
38. Invaluable Costly, precious
39. Finical Fastidious, fussy
40. Lethal Deadly, fatal
41. Naïve Ignorant, green
42. Ostracized Exiled, excommunicated
43. Deft Skillful, competent
44. Cursory Hasty, superficial
45. Sumptuous Luxurious, magnificent
46. Inevitable Unavoidable, certain
47. Immaculate Spotless, unsoiled
48. Munificent Liberal, generous
49. Sophistry Cunning, trickery
50. Zestful Spirited, ebullient
51. Valour Bravery, courage, prowess
52. Perplexed Confused, puzzled, bewildered
53. Noxious Injurious, harmful
54. Podgy Stout, rotund, fat
55. Verdant Abundant, surplus
56. Avarice Greed, cupidity
57. Belligerent Bellicose, pugnacious
58. Sinister Ominous, unlucky
59. Dexterous Skillful, agile, flexible
60. Mettlesome Courageous, bold
61. Scurrilous Vulgar, slanderous
62. Verve Vigor, vitality, liveliness
63. Scrupulous Just, honourable
64. Callow Inexperienced, green
65. Charred Burnt, carbonized
66. Pious Dutiful, reverential
67. Plucky Spunky, feisty
68. Incessant Unceasing, continuous
69. Reticent Quiet, reserved
70. Hullaballoo Ado, fuss, uproar
71. Perfunctory Cursory, obligatory
72. Demented Deranged, psychotic
73. Plausible Acceptable, credible
74. Pacify Appease, placate
75. Hobo Vagabond, vagrant
76. Pertinacity Stubbornness, tenacity
EXERCISE 1 (Synonyms)
1. He was ostracized by her friends (a) accepted (b) betrayed (c) embarrassed (d) shunned
2. Death is inevitable (a) escapable (b) imminent (c) unavoidable (d) uncertain
3. They made frantic efforts to free themselves from the jaw of an alligator (a) collective (b) special (c) concerted (d) frenzy
4. Biodun has a naive belief that all people are honest. (a) crude (b) candid (c) simple (d) strong
5. Barcelona is an invincible team (a) gallant (b) famous (c) indomitable (d) reticent.
6. She gave me an invaluable piece of advice (a) a worthless (b) a priceless (c) a useless (d) a negligible.
7. The super eagle put up a plucky defense against the samba boys of brazil (a) porous (b) half-hearted (c) resolute (d) banal
8. The president eulogized the pertinacity of the Nigerian Army in crushing the insurrection in Northern Nigeria (a) aptness (b) tenacity (c) frankness (d) reticence
9. The insurrection in Northern Nigeria is volatile (a) revolution (b) evolution (c) spring (d) insurgency.
10. My uncle is good at physics, chemistry, mathematics, languages, history and politics. He is versed. (a) studious (b) fastidious (c) versatile (e) methodical
11. Tunde is widely appreciated for his largesse. (a) wastefulness (b) sophistry (c) brilliance (d) generosity
12. Seun is convalescing from his grave illness (a) cascading (b) recovering (c) debilitating (d) recoiling
13. The indigent students were awarded scholarship by the federal government last year (a) aboriginal (b) indigenous (c) autochthonous (d) poor
14. It is an appurtenance of European diets.(a) a reflection (b) an appendage (c) a refraction (d) trickery
15. He is fastidious about what he eats. (a) carefree (b) fussy (c) inept (d) perfunctory
16. It was a surreptitious operation (a) swift (b) covert (c) crafty (d) mendacious
17. The chairman of the occasion’s speech was monotonous (a) interesting (b) repetitious (c) vivacious (d) laconic
18. What a profane speech! (a) lively (b) blasphemous (c) sanctimonious (d) sardonic
19. He is too laconic for my liking (a) arcane (b) sardonic (c) terse (d) belligerent
20. The architecture of this stadium is very intricate (a) massive (b) grand (c) masterful (d) complex
21. He speaks with uncommon verve (a) intonation (b) sincerity (c) energy (d) dynamism
22. He was told to face his challenge with equanimity (a) strength (b) ruggedness (c) composure (d) aloofness
23. The Electrician was so masterful in the fixing of the cables (a) ludicrous (b) proficient (c) zestful (d) timorous
24. The project is not feasible (a) visible (b) practicable (c)surreal (d) necessary
25. He is highly revered for his prudence (a) largesse (b) frugal (c) wittiness (d) docility
