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1 Words That End with ET
I'll give you a meaning of a word and all you do is put ET at the end to mean a new word. Good luck.
Average
10 Q
diamondjim68
Nov 05 09
558 plays
2 Putting Your Foot in Your Mouth, And Eating It
An Author Challenge by gk9760, inspired me to keep my feet firmly on the ground and pen this quiz which relates to the terminology for various eating habits. Reference is made to www.wordinfo.info. Good luck!
Average
10 Q
demurechicky
Aug 01 09
564 plays
3 What Do These Words Mean?
In this quiz I will give you the definition of the word and you have to choose the correct word. Sounds easy, right?
Average
25 Q
DakotaNorth
Aug 11 01
5928 plays
4 Killing and Killers
The English language has words that relate to killing and killers. How many of these words do you know?
Average
10 Q
Lord_Digby
Mar 26 09
1065 plays
5 High Five!
This test is all about words made up with five letters like "snake", "house", "brand" and the like. Think it's easy? Take the quiz to find out...
Tough
25 Q
wanna_be19
Mar 23 07
819 plays
6 Four Letter Words
No, not swear words, just a selection of words of four letters for you to define. Just choose the definition that you think is correct. All words can be found in the Concise Oxford Dictionary.
Average
25 Q
spanishliz
Jan 31 01
2928 plays
7 Digestion Questioners
This is a quiz about the major people who question digestion--the digestive studiers. You might want to play this in the Interactive (Flash) version so you can read the blurbs as you go along. This is my first quiz on FunTrivia, so I hope you like it!
Average
10 Q
body4me
Sep 15 08
999 plays
8 What Do They Study?
I give you the name of the profession, you choose what they study!
Average
10 Q
crisw
Apr 22 00
4443 plays
9 More Four Letter Words
Just choose the definition you think is correct. As with the previous quiz, all words can be found in the Concise Oxford Dictionary.
Tough
25 Q
spanishliz
Feb 01 01
2187 plays
10 Call My Bluff 3
I again revisit the BBC quiz show ‘Call My Bluff’. Two teams take it in turns to describe an obscure word, which their opponents would have to correctly identify. Only one description was the true one. Here we go again.
Tough
10 Q
awkins
Jan 06 05
690 plays
11 Unusual Adjectives
Here are 10 questions on some rather unusual adjectives. Enjoy!
Tough
10 Q
nerthus
Apr 13 01
1059 plays
12 Malvern Vocab Quiz Lesson 1
This is Vocab Lesson 1, it applies to all the classes because we all used the same book this year. Other lessons will be soon to come, just give me some time.
Very Easy
20 Q
tjsoccer15
May 07 02
2385 plays
13 Crazy Job Descriptions
The following questions describe occupations. Some are more serious definitions, some not so. But all of the words end in -ing. Ready, set, go!
Average
15 Q
ravenskye
Dec 02 00
4140 plays
14 Vocabulary Fun
Do you know your vocabulary? If so, you should do well on this word quiz.
Average
10 Q
SKR
Jun 15 00
6555 plays
15 Adjectives ending in -ous
In this quiz you are served up an adjective ending in -ous. You have to choose the correct meaning from one of the four choices. Easy? Well, maybe not. Most of these adjectives aren't very common.
Average
10 Q
Buguru
Jan 26 02
2430 plays
16 Random Promenade through the Dictionary
Here's another random trip through dictionary land, by popular request. Have a safe and pleasant journey through a standard collegiate version.
Tough
10 Q
Bruyere
Jul 15 01
1335 plays
17 Tough English Vocabulary 101
I'll give you a definition, and you match it with the words. All are multiple choice. Good luck!!
Easy
15 Q
myth_god
Jun 11 00
3348 plays
18 Walking With Webster
A very hard vocabulary quiz on words that can be found in the New Merriam-Webster Dictionary. For all questions I will give you the definition and you must choose the word from the choices given. Some definitions may be shortened.
Average
15 Q
smarmie19
Jul 17 01
1386 plays
19 Ghosts of Language Past
Words that were once in common use, but are now effectively dead. I give you the word, you give me the meaning.
Tough
10 Q
wordnerd
Jun 24 02
729 plays
20 Words You Can Chew On
Some words just sound good, don't they? The words in this quiz are all adjectives chosen simply because I like the way they sound. Maybe you'd like to add some to your everyday vocabulary.
Average
10 Q
jellow_10
Aug 13 00
2715 plays
21 Word Definitions
If you love words and are fascinated by their meanings this will be a piece of cake for you! I hope you might learn something new as well - enjoy. All definitions are from Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Difficult
10 Q
Mink
Jul 20 01
1323 plays
22 Dictionary Definitions
How well do you know the dictionary? Here is a little quiz. Good Luck and Have Fun!
Tough
10 Q
thelowspark
Mar 01 00
1521 plays
23 Word Definitions
A quiz on unusual words, one for each letter of the alphabet from A to Y. (The max is 25 questions!) Match the word with the correct definition. These are tough but educational. I hope you have as much fun taking the quiz as I did looking up the words!
Tough
25 Q
Pat6789
Mar 11 00
4695 plays
24 Intentionally Easy Meanings
Today's society has lost faith in its education system. Let's see if they're right.
Easy
10 Q
DeiDei
Sep 30 01
3084 plays
25 Word Definitions
How big is your vocabulary? Try to pick the correct definitions to words in this fairly easy quiz.
Average
15 Q
stalkworthybabe
Mar 24 01
1704 plays
26 Where'd I Hear That?
You know those words you hear and you 'kinda' know what they mean? You used to skip over them in books and rely on context to get by. I've found a few that seem to fall into that category. You've likely heard them all but do you know their meanings? Let'
Average
15 Q
ChainGangYoda
Jul 21 00
1338 plays
27 Call My Bluff
Back in the days of steam T.V., there was a quiz called "Call My Bluff". Two teams would take it in turns to describe an obscure word, which the opposite team would have to identify. Here is my tribute to that show. (maybe the 1st of many)
Tough
10 Q
awkins
Jul 13 04
1095 plays
28 Call My Bluff II
Join me as I again return to the days of old and revisit the quiz show ‘Call My Bluff’. Two teams would take it in turns to describe an obscure word, which the opposite team would have to correctly identify. Only one description is the true one.
Difficult
10 Q
awkins
Aug 11 04
351 plays
29 Military Vocabulary
These are some of the most common terms used in the military today.
Average
10 Q
YOPAPA
Oct 08 00
2172 plays
30 Dual Connotations
I'll give you two definitions, and you give me a word that fits them both. Ex. noise a dog makes, outside covering on a tree = bark
Average
10 Q
wild_gal_17
May 06 01
2379 plays
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