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