There are some words that are permanent fixtures in our daily vocabulary and there are others we never use or would never need to use in our lifetime. However, it is enlightening to learn or discover new words or different words for some things we already know by different terms.
Test your knowledge on these not so common English language words from A to J. You will get a choice of different words and you will have to pick the correct one. No peeking! Whether or not you are familiar with all the words your vocabulary will be enhanced after the quiz so it is worth the effort. Above all have fun. The words used in the quiz are found in the Webster dictionary.
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The natural separation of plants, leaves or bark
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Cessation
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acquiescence
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abscission
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A blow with a an object, a beating, torture
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Bastinado
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Bamboozle
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Blench
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Muscle pain or stiffness from a bruise or strain
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Crank
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Contraction
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Charley horse
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Tracing or a transfer technique
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Decalcomania
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Decrement
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Decagon
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A scanty amount
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Extirpate
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Exiguous
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Extemporate
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It’s formed in the stomach or intestine
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Ferric
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Flatus
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Fecund
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It keeps your trousers up
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Galoshes
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Gibbous
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Galluses
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A dress, trappings or equipment
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Habillment
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Harbringer
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Harridan
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Firey, volcanic
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Ictus
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Igneous
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Incense
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He buys goods to sell
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Jour
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Jongleur
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Jobber
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7 out of 10, that was a great quiz! I was amazed about ‘charley horse’!
Thank you. i heard the term before looking it up but never knew what it meant.Great score!
Was guessing but got 7 right. Interesting indeed.
You are really good at guessing. Great score.
You got 6 out of 10 right!
Not so bad. Nice quiz Gloridaze.
Thanks for taking the quiz and that is a very good score
Thanks for making this cool quiz!
As an Italian native speaker, I knew I was going to have a little advantage: some uncommon English words, that derive from Latin, can instead be common in Romance languages.
A little knowledge and average guessing skills gave me 7/10. ?
I think you did a lot better than many with a native English tongue. Latin does help.
You got 4 out of 10 right!
Could be better.
I am proud of not getting zero!
I have got 0 in some quizzes so good for you and thanks for taking the quiz
I also got 0 in the Anastasia quiz last week, and I’m proud of that! We’ve broken a record, right? lol
wow this is a different kind of quiz. love it.
Helps to keep our brain active while having fun. Thank you.
so agree, True! ??
6/10, a lot of new knowledge for me, very grateful!!!
Very good score and glad you took the quiz
Vocabulary showdown ~ How wordy are you Quiz
You got 7 out of 10 right!
That’s great. You know your words. Thanks for taking the quiz.
My answers did not go well. You got 5 out of 10 right!
I think that is a great score. Thanks for visiting
I got only half of them right, but it was a fun quiz!
Half is great. Thanks for visiting
Missed several but learned some word knowledge! Great quiz.
That is the idea, learning and having fun and glad you visited
Excellent but very difficult quiz for me … I only have 4 correct ones
It is a hard one so you did good. Thanks for visiting