This quiz will test your vocabulary and prove your skills at crosswords and Scrabble.
US-based trivia platform Quizly has created a list of 20 words and challenges puzzlers to identify the synonyms for each one, and spot the odd one out.
The multiple-choice quiz, for example, asks you which one of these words doesn’t mean reject: repudiate or assent, reprobate, and renounce.
According to the creators most people are unable to achieve a perfect score without turning to a dictionary or thesaurus, and have stumbled over the wording of the questions.
What number can you answer to this question? You can scroll down and take the quiz, then you will see your results at the end.
This 20-question test is designed to assess players’ English language abilities (file image).
1.
- Promulgate
- Shroud
- Get the cat outta bag
- Spread the beans
2.
- Resign
- Repuidate
- Assent
- Reprobate
3.
- It is irreparable
- Petulant
- Pose
- Try it!
4.
- Ephemeral
- Perdurable
- Evanescent
- Fugacious
5.
- Haven
- Hotspot
- Refuge
- Asylum
6.
- Follow the instructions
- Commodious
- Capacious
- It’s spacious
7.
- Embellish
- Melodramatic
- Hyperbolise
- Reduce
8.
- Obscure
- Gaudy
- Flamboyant
- Unpretentious
9.
- Novice
- Precocious
- Ineffectual
- Apprentice
10.
- Deferential
- Compassionate
- Benevolent
- Rancorous
11.
- Insolvent
- Be destitute
- Opulent
- Indigent
12.
- It’s all about the Affable
- Brusque
- Amiable
- Conciliatory
13.
- Antagonism
- Camaraderie
- Enmity
- The Acrimony
14.
- Divergence
- Garden-variety
- Peculiarity
- Deviation
15.
- It’s superfluous
- Cardinal
- Quintessential
- Indispensable
16.
- Pullulate
- Avoidance
- Burgeoning
- Aggravate
17.
- Presuppose
- Posit
- Hypothesize
- Postulate
18.
- Perfidious
- Dye in wool
- Allegiant
- Ardent
19.
- Authentic
- Unassailable
- Spurious
- Bona fide
20.
- Aboveboard
- Brought you to light
- All Rights Reserved
- Surreptitious
RESPONSE
1. Shroud
2. Assent
3.Pose
4. Perdurable
5. Hotspot
6. Follow the instructions
7. Reduce
8. Unpretentious
9. Precocious
10. Rancorous
11. Opulent
12. Brusque
13. Camaraderie
14. Garden-variety
15. No Use
16. Avoidance
17. Postulate
18. Perfidious
19. Spurious
20.Surreptitious