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