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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
Disseminacion
Desemination
Dissemmination
Dissemmination
What is the definition of 'maverick'?
A person who yawns
Lacking distinctness
An expert able to appreciate a field
An account that tells the particulars of an event
A difficult problem
An unorthodox person
What is the synonym of 'elicit'?
Avoid
Extract
Bypass
Simulate
Hypnotize
Enlighten
What is the correct pronunciation of 'nuclear'?
Noo-kil-ur
New-cul-ur
Noo-cul-ur
New-kil-ur
Noo-klee-ur
New-klee-ur
What is the antonym of 'mundane'?
Obscure
Tedious
Extraordinary
Hostile
Similar
Persistent
What is the correct spelling of this synonym of 'maze'?
Laybrinth
Labyrinth
Labryinth
Labrynth
Labrinth
Labirinth
What is the definition of 'hyperbole'?
Capable of becoming active
A lengthy and aggressive speech
Surpassing the ordinary
Conjoined contradictory term
Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally
What is the synonym of 'tangible'?
Alert
Intense
Dubious
Cynical
Real
Ironic
What is the correct pronunciation of 'larvae'?
Ler-vay
Lar-vay
Ler-vaa
Lar-vee
Ler-vee
Lar-vaa
What is the antonym of 'tranquil'?
Accidental
Official
Calm
Busy
Stubborn
Appropriate
What is the correct spelling of this synonym of 'base'?
Pedestel
Pedastel
Pedastal
Peddestal
Peddestel
Pedestal
What is the definition of 'alacrity'?
Freedom of deceit
Brisk and cheerful readiness
Twisted toward one side
Agitation
Code of beliefs
Full of trivial conversation
What is the synonym of 'mitigate'?
Exercise
Dispose
Determine
Wander
Understand
Reduce
What is the correct pronunciation of 'Celtic'?
Chell-tick
Sell-tek
Sell-tick
Sill-tick
Sill-tek
Kell-tick
What is the antonym of 'appease'?
Provoke
Implode
Pacify
Represent
Charge
Validate
What is the correct spelling of this blue-green color?
Chartruese
Chatruese
Chatruse
Chatreuse
Chartreuse
Chartruse
What is the definition of 'mendacious'?
Relating to using language effectively
Showing an inclination to disagree
Not telling the truth
Foreshadowing tragic developments
Making allowances for
Revealing an overt desire
What is the synonym of 'apathy'?
Deficiency
Fortitude
Meaning
Motivation
Significance
Indifference
What is the correct pronunciation of 'bruschetta'?
Bra-sket-ah
Broo-sheet-ah
Brush-et-ah
Broo-shet-ah
Broo-sket-ah
Broo-chet-ah
What is the antonym of 'implicit'?
Understood
Enhance
Approve
Defer
Inform
Direct
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.
20/20
8 / 20 – 40%
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15/20