
Ever wonder about your vocabulary size? This quiz features some of the more obscure words in the English language. Even if you are a daily English speaker or a native English speaker, you still might learn some new words.
Test your vocabulary and see how you fare!
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What is a "rhetorical" question?

A question that requires more than a one word answer
A light-hearted or trivial question
A question that doesn't need an answer
Which is the best synonym for "mercurial"?

Phony
Steadfast
Fickle
Choose the picture that best represents a "cacophony."

If you attended a "secular" school, what kind of school was it?

Non-religious
Religious
A school where all grades learn together
Which fruit would have an "acerbic" taste?

What group does the term "avuncular" refer to?

Uncles
Surgeons
Ducks
If a doctor gives you "palliative" care, what does she do?

Restarts your heart
Care for the terminally ill
Cures your disease
Which Simpson character can be best described as a "sycophant"?

Choose the "cephalopod."

What kind of feeling is a "compunction"?

Guilty
Irrational
Lustful
Choose the object that can be described as "pliable."

Which animal are we talking about if we use the word "vulpine"?

Bat
Fox
Cow
What does a harbinger do?

Announce the arrival of something or someone
Hunt whales
Manufacture barrels
Which of these popular phrases could be exchanged with the word "immolate"?

Kill it with fire!
You only live once!
All the feels!
What does a "garrulous" person do too much of?

Eating
Talking
Urinating
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