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