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