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