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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

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide154
  • Relating to the treating or curing of disease.

  • Any liquid medication prepared for use as a spray.

  • Having an air of easy unconcern or indifference.

  • A doctrine of inevitable social decline and degeneration.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide24
  • To cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly.

  • A noisy, heated, angry dispute.

  • To put forth or into use.

  • Frugal or stingy.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide114
  • Awaiting a chance to entrap.

  • To remove something completely

  • Succulent, juicy.

  • Gigantic, enormous.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide35
  • Having or showing good luck.

  • Not necessary or appropriate.

  • The quality or feeling of being thankful.

  • Marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty.

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

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

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

  • Of warlike character; aggressively hostile.

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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.

  • The greatest possible value, meaning, or effect.

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

  • Pretending to be morally better than other people.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide64
  • Having the power to produce a desired effect.

  • 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.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide75
  • A person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home.

  • Happening or coming at the end of a process.

  • 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
  • A great and impressive quality.

  • Depressed, morose.

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

  • Causing or deserving strong dislike or hatred.

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

  • To induce a sleep like state.

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

  • Defamatory, slanderous.

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

  • Persistent, relentless.

  • To think about something carefully or thoroughly.

  • To cause someone to be confused or bewildered.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide115
  • A strong, swelling, wavelike volume or body of something.

  • Accorded highest rank or office.

  • Regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses.

  • 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.

  • Extremely or excessively excited or agitated.

  • Not leading to a firm conclusion or result.

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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
  • Subject to erratic behavior or unpredictable change.

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

  • Sulky; morose; ill-tempered.

  • Lacking in freshness or originality.

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Do You Actually Know What These Words Mean? Quiz Slide163
  • Elegant or ostentatious.

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

  • Inactive or sluggish.

  • Detracting from one's appearance.

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