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