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