Guess the word from a description

Fancy yourself an English whizz? Then put your knowledge to the test with this tricky vocabular quiz. 

The challenge, shared on US-based trivia website Quizly, asks players to identify 20 words based on their definitions. 

Some are easier than others to figure out and, according to the creators, you will be doing well if you manage to score 17/20 or above. 

Think you have what it takes? Scroll down to take the test then check your answers at the bottom. But no cheating! 

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1) real or correct; telling what actually exists or happened — true (правдивый, истинный)
2) to divide again into smaller parts — subdivide (подразделять)
3) to do harm when somebody is expecting your support — betray (предать)
4) to make something seem bigger or better or worse than it really is — exaggerate (преувеличивать)
5) to talk with somebody about something — discuss (обсуждать)

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Guess the word by the explanation of it’s meaning
1) a device that gives out heat
2) a piece of ice hanging from the roof
3) indication of how or cold a person or thing is
4) something which happens often or all the time
5) area of water bigger than the sea

Автор: Гость

Ответ(ы) на вопрос:

Guess the word by the explanation of it’s meaning

1) a device that gives out heat

2) a piece of ice hanging from the roof

3) indication of how or cold a person or thing is

4) something which happens often or all the time

5) area of water bigger than the sea.

1. to
   be very easy to do or win

2. a
   short well-known statement that gives advice or expresses something
   that is generally true

3. a
   method of doing something or dealing with a problem

4. good
   sense and judgment, based especially on your experience of life

5. someone
   who changes spoken words from one language into another, especially
   as their job

6. the
   process of getting better at doing something

7. a
   helpful piece of advice

8. the
   way someone pronounces the words of a language, showing which
   country or which part of a country they come from

9. the
   rules by which words change their forms and are combined into
   sentences, or the study or use of these rules

10. all
    the words that someone knows or uses

11. many,
    or involving many things, people, events

12. a
    meeting at which someone asks questions and another person answers

13. an
    area of knowledge that you study at a school or university

14. when
    someone goes to a meeting, class etc, or an occasion when they go

15. a
    group of related documents that you store together on a computer

Match
the adjectives with nouns

1. multiple
   progress

2. foreign
   letter

3. everyday
   TV

4. satellite
   accent

5. wide language

6. strong situation

7. compulsory
   structures

8. decent
   subject

9. grammatical
   choice

10. native
    grammar

11. basic
    speaker

12. colloquial
    vocabulary

13. significant
    language

Wordbuilding

1. Ask
   your teacher to help you identify your areas of (DIFFICULT)……………
   in writing.

2. I
   don’t need any more of your (HELP) ……………. advice!

3. The
   murderer’s identity remains (KNOW)………………

4. I
   don’t know the precise (MEAN)…………..of the word ‘gleaned’.

5. Most
   courses involve an average of eight hours’ (ATTEND)………….. at
   college each week.

6. The
   shoe factory is the largest (EMPLOY)……………. in this area.

7. Don’t
   write down your password, (MEMORY) ……………… it.

8. Take
   (MEASURE)…………… of the room before you buy any new
   furniture.

9. He
   said he didn’t care — well actually he used a rude
   (EXPRESS)………………..that I can’t repeat!

10. All
    students were asked to fill in a (QUESTION)…………………about
    their families.

Guess the words by the definitions given

1. a dictionary giving
   equivalent words in two languages

2. the type of dictionary
   that uses the same language for the words and their definitions

3. a book, such as an
   encyclopedia, dictionary, etc., from which information may be
   obtained

4. the form of language
   that you speak rather than write

5. something that you must
   learn in a school because of a rule or law

6. a
   set
   of
   questions
   that
   a
   lot
   of
   people
   are
   asked
   as
   a
   way
   of
   getting
   information
   about
   what
   people
   think
   or
   do
   generally

7. an
   important
   test
   of
   your
   knowledge,
   especially
   one
   that
   you
   take
   at
   school
   or
   university

8. details
   from
   something
   such
   as
   a
   lecture
   or
   a
   book
   that
   you
   write
   down
   so
   that
   you
   can
   remember
   them

9. all
   the
   words
   that
   a
   person
   knows

10. tasks that a student at
    school is asked to do at home

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