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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean?

They're just words, aren't they?
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Many native English speaking people think they've got impressive – and extensive – vocabularies. There are thousands of confusing words within the English language but do you actually know the meanings of all of them? When it comes to your knowledge of the English language, these 16 tricky words may leave you stumped.

You would have come across many of these words in news articles, novels, and more. Try your best not to google, and see if you really understand what you've been reading when you saw these words in your reads. You may even have used some of these words once or twice without understanding what they actually mean!

Be warned; even the most dictionary-savvy may struggle with this fiendishly difficult words quiz! So get ready to put your grey matter to the test. Are you a wordsmith in the same vein as William Shakespeare or are you more of a Mr. Bean? It's time to find out the truth once and for all.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Questions

Choose the correct meaning of this word.

Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide154
  • Having an air of easy unconcern or indifference.

  • Relating to the treating or curing of disease.

  • A doctrine of inevitable social decline and degeneration.

  • Any liquid medication prepared for use as a spray.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide24
  • Frugal or stingy.

  • A noisy, heated, angry dispute.

  • To cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly.

  • To put forth or into use.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide114
  • Succulent, juicy.

  • Gigantic, enormous.

  • Awaiting a chance to entrap.

  • To remove something completely

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide35
  • Marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty.

  • Not necessary or appropriate.

  • The quality or feeling of being thankful.

  • Having or showing good luck.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide45
  • The state of being close together or side by side.

  • Of warlike character; aggressively hostile.

  • To order things so that they can be found or used easily.

  • A lack of order or a confused or messy condition.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide54
  • Expressed in or marked by the use of language that is elaborated or heightened by artificial or empty means.

  • Greater to something in value, meaning, or effect.

  • Pretending to be morally better than other people.

  • The greatest possible value, meaning, or effect.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide64
  • A way of thinking that has been used by a group people for a long time.

  • Very polite or formal behavior.

  • Next to the last.

  • Having the power to produce a desired effect.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide75
  • Happening or coming at the end of a process.

  • A person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home.

  • Coming before all others in time, order, or importance.

  • A vision or view of great happiness and peace.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide84
  • Depressed, morose.

  • Seeming to be impressive but not really possible or practical.

  • Causing or deserving strong dislike or hatred.

  • A great and impressive quality.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide94
  • Severe code of laws.

  • Made in a quick or careless way - not built or designed well.

  • Defamatory, slanderous.

  • To induce a sleep like state.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide104
  • Extremely delicate or refined.

  • To think about something carefully or thoroughly.

  • Persistent, relentless.

  • To cause someone to be confused or bewildered.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide115
  • Regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses.

  • A strong, swelling, wavelike volume or body of something.

  • Accorded highest rank or office.

  • An assistant or helper.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide124
  • Unmannered; crude; insensitive.

  • Striking in appearance or effect.

  • Not leading to a firm conclusion or result.

  • Extremely or excessively excited or agitated.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide134
  • Not performing normally.

  • The act of forgiving someone for having done something wrong.

  • White, glowing, or luminous with intense heat.

  • Immature or inexperienced.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide144
  • Lacking in freshness or originality.

  • Having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone.

  • Subject to erratic behavior or unpredictable change.

  • Sulky; morose; ill-tempered.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide163
  • Inactive or sluggish.

  • Elegant or ostentatious.

  • Detracting from one's appearance.

  • To keep safe from injury, harm, or destruction.

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