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What does the word "acquiesce" mean?

Smell a foul odor
Reveal a secret
Agree to something
Sneak away

Terrific! 🥳

Doh! 🤬

Fill in the blanks: "_ was a roadblock preventing them from getting to favorite store."

There, their
Their, they're
There, they're
They're, their

Slay!

Not quite.

What is a synonym for the word "conundrum"?

Revelation
Dilemma
Discovery
Solution

Nice job!

I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

What does the word "impertinent" mean?

English. Young teacher near chalkboard in school classroom

Unintelligent or stupid
Unable to do something
Not important
Rude

Wonderful!

Not quite.

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

$If You Ace This English Quiz, You're A Word Wiz Marys\'$ Marys'
Mary
$If You Ace This English Quiz, You're A Word Wiz Mary\'s$ Mary's
Marys

Sensational!

Uh-oh. That was incorrect. 😔

What does the word "insular" mean?

$If You Ace This English Quiz, You're A Word Wiz Uninterested in things outside one\'s usual experience$ Uninterested in things outside one's usual experience
Deriving energy from the sun
Powered from the inside out
Not adhering to instructions

That's right!

Uh-oh. That was incorrect. 😔

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

Exponential
Jargon
Arbitrary
Meticulous

Was that too easy for you?

Not quite.

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

I was so stressed that I literally died.
$If You Ace This English Quiz, You're A Word Wiz I\'m so cold, I literally can\'t even talk or type this comment right now.$ I'm so cold, I literally can't even talk or type this comment right now.
$If You Ace This English Quiz, You're A Word Wiz This question is literally about the word \$ This question is literally about the word "literally".
$If You Ace This English Quiz, You're A Word Wiz People literally use the word \$ People literally use the word "literally" wrong 100% of the time.

Right on the money!

Having difficulty with this one?

Which sentence uses the word "morose" correctly?

Man With Too Many Questions And No Answer

Johnny ate a morose and said it tasted horrible.
$If You Ace This English Quiz, You're A Word Wiz Stephen King\'s morose writing keeps me up at night.$ Stephen King's morose writing keeps me up at night.
The bouquet of flowers included 3 roses and 1 morose.
The morose was comprised of three moose grouped together.

Hooray! 🥳

Doh! 🤬

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

They are really good
They are just learning
They have a wealth of experience
They are really bad

Hooray! 🥳

Not quite right. 😢

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

Corrupt
Slow-to-understand
Physically inflexible
Quick to anger

You're one class act!

That was incorrect.

Which sentence below uses the word "penchant" correctly?

Karen gifted a valuable penchant to her daughter.
Steve had a penchant for eating ice cream.
The painting was hung at a penchant angle.
$If You Ace This English Quiz, You're A Word Wiz Johnny made contributions to the company\'s penchant fund.$ Johnny made contributions to the company's penchant fund.

Absolutely right! 👍

I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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

Amazing! 👍

That was incorrect.

What is an antonym for the word "vociferous"?

Deaf
Troublesome
Loud
Silent

Brilliant! 👍

Not quite.

What does the word "factoid" mean?

$If You Ace This English Quiz, You're A Word Wiz A cool way of saying \$ A cool way of saying "fact"
An opinion later proven to be true
A trivial piece of information
A little known fact