Synonym - Test For SMK Sumpah Pemuda Kelas XII

 Choose the synonym of the bold letter !

1.   The frolicking youngsters hurled snowballs at one another with gay abandon.                  

a.         desertion        

b.         happiness        

c.         unrestraint

2.   Mr. Robinson is acknowledged as the best violin maker in the whole country.                  

        

         a.         accepted         

         b.         noticed           

         c.         recognized

3.   The people responded generously to the Red Cross Society's appeal for aid to the flood  

      victims.                    

(A)  attraction  

(B)  petition  

 

(C)request

4.   The new taxes imposed on luxury goods were intended to augment the government's  

       income.                    

(A) enhance  

     

(B)increase

(C) intensify                  

 5.   The management and the union leaders eventually struck a bargain over wage increases for

       the workers.                    

(A)agreement

(B) contract    

(C)  negotiate                  

6.   It was indeed disappointing that the newly-appointed principal was only capable of making a

      few bland comments on the value of education.                    

(A) suave      

(B) tasteless    

(C)uninteresting

7.   It was a blatant abuse of power by the minister when he threw the accused into jail without

      trial.                    

(A)flagrant

(B) gaudy    

(C) obvious            

 8.   With no money and no job, my prospects seemed bleak.              

      (A) barren      

      (B) discouraging      

      (C)depressing

9.   The remuneration offered was not commensurate with his qualifications and experience,

     nevertheless Mr. Dickson was willing to give the new job a try.              

            (A)proportionate

(B) sufficient      

(C) appropriate            

10.  The young couple were married in church out of deference to their parents' wishes.               (A) obedience      

 (B)  respect

 

(C) submissiveness            

11.   They have very elaborate plans for the whole operation.              

            (A)detailed

(B) complex      

(C) ornate            

12.   It is foolish to depend on someone who is as fickle as the weather.              

            (A) flighty      

           

(B)unpredictable

(C) variable            

13.   The excuse he gave was extremely flimsy.              

(A) delicate      

(B) thin      

(C)weak

14.   The people in our country strongly condemn terrorism and terrorists will get no  

 countenance here.              

(A) weapons      

(B)support

(C) information            

15.   With modern and sophisticated machines, the factory's productivity improved by leaps and bounds.              

(A)advanced

(B) cultivated      

(C) refined

Answers

1C   2C   3C   4B   5A   6C   7A   8C   9A  10B   11A   12B   13C   14B   15A