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