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As with most English quizzes, you will be tested on definitions, grammar, sentence structure and spelling. Do you know a word that has a similar meaning to 'elicit'? What about a word with a meaning opposite to that of 'tranquil'? You should also be well-versed with the spelling and the meaning of some difficult words. How do you use 'hyperbole' in a sentence? Finally, brush up on your pronunciation skills as you identify the correct way to say words like 'larvae'.
If you have followed our tips and think you can take on this quiz, then go ahead! Just be warned that this may be the hardest English quiz you will take for the whole of this year.
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The Hardest English Quiz You'll Take This Year Questions
What is the correct spelling of this synonym of 'circulation'?
Dissemination
Disemination
Desemination
Dissemmination
Disseminacion
Dissemmination
What is the definition of 'maverick'?
A person who yawns
A difficult problem
An unorthodox person
An account that tells the particulars of an event
An expert able to appreciate a field
Lacking distinctness
What is the synonym of 'elicit'?
Extract
Bypass
Avoid
Enlighten
Hypnotize
Simulate
What is the correct pronunciation of 'nuclear'?
New-kil-ur
New-klee-ur
New-cul-ur
Noo-kil-ur
Noo-cul-ur
Noo-klee-ur
What is the antonym of 'mundane'?
Hostile
Tedious
Extraordinary
Obscure
Similar
Persistent
What is the correct spelling of this synonym of 'maze'?
Labrinth
Labrynth
Labirinth
Laybrinth
Labryinth
Labyrinth
What is the definition of 'hyperbole'?
A lengthy and aggressive speech
Conjoined contradictory term
Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally
Surpassing the ordinary
Capable of becoming active
What is the synonym of 'tangible'?
Dubious
Cynical
Intense
Real
Alert
Ironic
What is the correct pronunciation of 'larvae'?
Ler-vaa
Lar-vee
Lar-vaa
Ler-vay
Lar-vay
Ler-vee
What is the antonym of 'tranquil'?
Stubborn
Appropriate
Accidental
Calm
Official
Busy
What is the correct spelling of this synonym of 'base'?
Pedastal
Peddestel
Pedastel
Peddestal
Pedestel
Pedestal
What is the definition of 'alacrity'?
Twisted toward one side
Agitation
Full of trivial conversation
Brisk and cheerful readiness
Code of beliefs
Freedom of deceit
What is the synonym of 'mitigate'?
Dispose
Reduce
Exercise
Determine
Understand
Wander
What is the correct pronunciation of 'Celtic'?
Sill-tick
Sell-tek
Chell-tick
Sill-tek
Kell-tick
Sell-tick
What is the antonym of 'appease'?
Validate
Pacify
Implode
Represent
Provoke
Charge
What is the correct spelling of this blue-green color?
Chatruse
Chartruse
Chatruese
Chatreuse
Chartruese
Chartreuse
What is the definition of 'mendacious'?
Foreshadowing tragic developments
Not telling the truth
Revealing an overt desire
Showing an inclination to disagree
Making allowances for
Relating to using language effectively
What is the synonym of 'apathy'?
Significance
Meaning
Deficiency
Motivation
Indifference
Fortitude
What is the correct pronunciation of 'bruschetta'?
Broo-sheet-ah
Brush-et-ah
Broo-chet-ah
Bra-sket-ah
Broo-shet-ah
Broo-sket-ah
What is the antonym of 'implicit'?
Direct
Inform
Defer
Approve
Understood
Enhance
12 Comments
4/20 didn’t try either, none of them are pronounced like I say them, American and certainly not how I speak from Yorkshire England. Became very tedious and boring
“Larvae” can be pronounced differently in different parts of the USA (in addition to in the UK.). And teal is blue green, not chartreuse.
I would have got full marks for this quiz had it not been due to my BRITISH English pronunciation of ‘nuclear’ – viz. new-clee-a. There ought to be a way of setting these quizzes to British English for those of us who live in the U.K. or for Brits living abroad and who are still pronouncing English in the standard British way.
Another thing is that Quizly gave an incorrect definition for ‘chartreuse’ – it means a yellowy-green colour and not blue-green as Quizly wrongly thought!
14/20 – plus 4 as the pronunciation questions all related to US English pronunciation. I’m English and we say these words differently. Also, there were some dodgy definitions there!
17/20
18/20. When I took Latin (in a Catholic school, so-Church Latin), we pronounced larvae as lar-vay.
5/20 didn’t try
15/20. I failed on the American pronunciations, got two wrong while obsessing over pronunciations because I didn’t read the question properly, and I got chartreuse right but it is not a blue/green colour, it is yellow/green. Sorry, must have put on my cranky pants this morning.
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8 / 20 – 40%
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15/20