If You Ace This English Quiz, You’re a Word Wiz

What does the word "acquiesce" mean?

• Sneak away

• Reveal a secret

• Agree to something

• Smell a foul odor

What is a synonym for the word "conundrum"?

• Revelation

• Discovery

• Dilemma

• Solution

What does the word "impertinent" mean?

• Unintelligent or stupid

• Rude

• Unable to do something

• Not important

Fill in the blank: "____ little lamb had fleece that was white as snow."

• Marys

• Mary

• Mary's

• Marys'

What does the word "insular" mean?

• Powered from the inside out

• Not adhering to instructions

• Deriving energy from the sun

• Uninterested in things outside one's usual experience

Select the word below that means to be extremely careful with details.

• Jargon

• Exponential

• Arbitrary

• Meticulous

Which sentence uses the word "literally" in a correct way?

• People literally use the word "literally" wrong 100% of the time.

• This question is literally about the word "literally".

• I'm so cold, I literally can't even talk or type this comment right now.

• I was so stressed that I literally died.

Which sentence uses the word "morose" correctly?

• Johnny ate a morose and said it tasted horrible.

• The morose was comprised of three moose grouped together.

• Stephen King's morose writing keeps me up at night.

• The bouquet of flowers included 3 roses and 1 morose.

If someone is a "novice" at a skill, what does that mean?

• They have a wealth of experience

• They are just learning

• They are really bad

• They are really good

When Andy Dufresne described the Shawshank Prison warden as "obtuse," what did he mean?

• Quick to anger

• Physically inflexible

• Slow-to-understand

• Corrupt

Which sentence below uses the word "penchant" correctly?

• Johnny made contributions to the company's penchant fund.

• Steve had a penchant for eating ice cream.

• The painting was hung at a penchant angle.

• Karen gifted a valuable penchant to her daughter.

What does the word "refurbish" mean?

• To replace old fur with new fur

• Rebuild, redecorate or renovate

• To repeat the same steps over again

• Something that will last forever unless stopped

What is an antonym for the word "vociferous"?

• Loud

• Silent

• Deaf

• Troublesome

What does the word "factoid" mean?

• An opinion later proven to be true

• A trivial piece of information

• A little known fact

• A cool way of saying "fact"