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