
Ever wonder about your vocabulary size? This quiz features some of the more obscure words in the English language. Even if you are a daily English speaker or a native English speaker, you still might learn some new words.
Test your vocabulary and see how you fare!
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What is a "rhetorical" question?

A light-hearted or trivial question
A question that requires more than a one word answer
A question that doesn't need an answer
Which is the best synonym for "mercurial"?

Steadfast
Phony
Fickle
Choose the picture that best represents a "cacophony."

If you attended a "secular" school, what kind of school was it?

Religious
A school where all grades learn together
Non-religious
Which fruit would have an "acerbic" taste?

What group does the term "avuncular" refer to?

Surgeons
Uncles
Ducks
If a doctor gives you "palliative" care, what does she do?

Care for the terminally ill
Restarts your heart
Cures your disease
Which Simpson character can be best described as a "sycophant"?

Choose the "cephalopod."

What kind of feeling is a "compunction"?

Guilty
Irrational
Lustful
Choose the object that can be described as "pliable."

Which animal are we talking about if we use the word "vulpine"?

Fox
Cow
Bat
What does a harbinger do?

Hunt whales
Announce the arrival of something or someone
Manufacture barrels
Which of these popular phrases could be exchanged with the word "immolate"?

You only live once!
All the feels!
Kill it with fire!
What does a "garrulous" person do too much of?

Talking
Eating
Urinating
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