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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'.
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The Hardest English Quiz You'll Take This Year Questions
What is the correct spelling of this synonym of 'circulation'?
Desemination
Disemination
Dissemmination
Dissemmination
Disseminacion
Dissemination
What is the definition of 'maverick'?
An expert able to appreciate a field
A person who yawns
An account that tells the particulars of an event
Lacking distinctness
An unorthodox person
A difficult problem
What is the synonym of 'elicit'?
Simulate
Hypnotize
Enlighten
Extract
Bypass
Avoid
What is the correct pronunciation of 'nuclear'?
Noo-cul-ur
New-cul-ur
Noo-klee-ur
Noo-kil-ur
New-klee-ur
New-kil-ur
What is the antonym of 'mundane'?
Tedious
Similar
Persistent
Obscure
Hostile
Extraordinary
What is the correct spelling of this synonym of 'maze'?
Laybrinth
Labryinth
Labrynth
Labrinth
Labirinth
Labyrinth
What is the definition of 'hyperbole'?
Conjoined contradictory term
Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally
Capable of becoming active
A lengthy and aggressive speech
Surpassing the ordinary
What is the synonym of 'tangible'?
Dubious
Ironic
Real
Alert
Intense
Cynical
What is the correct pronunciation of 'larvae'?
Lar-vaa
Ler-vaa
Ler-vay
Ler-vee
Lar-vee
Lar-vay
What is the antonym of 'tranquil'?
Calm
Appropriate
Stubborn
Busy
Official
Accidental
What is the correct spelling of this synonym of 'base'?
Pedastal
Peddestel
Pedastel
Peddestal
Pedestel
Pedestal
What is the definition of 'alacrity'?
Code of beliefs
Agitation
Full of trivial conversation
Brisk and cheerful readiness
Twisted toward one side
Freedom of deceit
What is the synonym of 'mitigate'?
Determine
Reduce
Understand
Dispose
Exercise
Wander
What is the correct pronunciation of 'Celtic'?
Chell-tick
Sell-tick
Kell-tick
Sill-tick
Sell-tek
Sill-tek
What is the antonym of 'appease'?
Implode
Provoke
Charge
Represent
Pacify
Validate
What is the correct spelling of this blue-green color?
Chatruese
Chartreuse
Chartruese
Chatreuse
Chatruse
Chartruse
What is the definition of 'mendacious'?
Showing an inclination to disagree
Making allowances for
Relating to using language effectively
Revealing an overt desire
Not telling the truth
Foreshadowing tragic developments
What is the synonym of 'apathy'?
Indifference
Significance
Motivation
Deficiency
Fortitude
Meaning
What is the correct pronunciation of 'bruschetta'?
Broo-chet-ah
Broo-sheet-ah
Broo-shet-ah
Bra-sket-ah
Broo-sket-ah
Brush-et-ah
What is the antonym of 'implicit'?
Defer
Understood
Direct
Enhance
Approve
Inform
12 Comments
4/20 didnโt 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
โLarvaeโ 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 โnuclearโ โ 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 โchartreuseโ โ it means a yellowy-green colour and not blue-green as Quizly wrongly thought!
14/20 โ plus 4 as the pronunciation questions all related to US English pronunciation. Iโm 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 didnโt try
15/20. I failed on the American pronunciations, got two wrong while obsessing over pronunciations because I didnโt 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 โ 40%
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