The number of mispronunciations becomes irritating.

98/100 Reading novels is a good way to improve one's vocabulary

I am older and, when I went to school, vocabulary was taught. I learned these words many years ago in school.

95 out of 100. I agree with comments about mispronunciation of words.

If people are interested at all in the etymology of words and meanings of prefixes and suffixes, this quiz becomes much easier. THE difference between high scores and low scores has commonality: those who care to have correct verbiage and those who don't.

I thought a behoove was a home for bamboozles

Behoove is a verb, not a noun. The definition should have been worded differently. There were many of these definitions, correct and incorrect, which did not exactly express the meaning of the word, as they represented the wrong part of speech...nouns, verbs, adjectives.... Good quiz, though, as it was really challenging - for once! So many of these so-called difficult quizzes could be answered by an intelligent ten-year-old! I think I scored 98/100.

If you happen to know Latin or any of the romance languages you will know %50 of those words as simple common words .

Debauch is pronounced "deBAWTCH"

Did ok for a dyslexic stroke survivor

Kudos for the high scores. I am proud that I got over 50% correct with a score of around 66%. I guess being isolated from people can make a difference and affect one's vocabulary. I'm working on getting out more, but people can be very annoying. I'll put reading more on my to do list.

I am from Finland not academic and I got 10% right.

100/100. Ironically, the bonus means using polysyllabic words. 🇬🇧👍

80 out of 100, not great, but not too bad.

100% thanks to a superb Scottish education during the 1940s and 50s including 5 years at university. All free at a time when few people had cars or foreign holidays. Priorities have changed.

He confuses parts of speech, defining adjectives as nouns and so forth.

Some of these I cannot imagine how someone would NOT know.

99%. But the word travesty cracks me up. When my son was 2 I served him breakfast one morning. He asked "What's that?" "That," I replied, "in an omelet.." "That's not an omelet. That is a travesty." 😂😂😂😂

94/100... Pronouncing words correctly is vital... I note others have commented on certain words...

This is not fair for me because I am French born and a Greek and Latin teacher. That makes right answers easier for me.

I scored 94 out of 100, but I take exception to several of your definitions; for example "Quixotic" that can mean both oddly intended (like Don Quixote himself) or without commonly recognized purpose, just to name one. Thanks for this quiz: well done!

Can’t believe I made it all the way through. I got 91.

98, but I think one of those words has multiple meanings. So perhaps I should have credit for 99

I think I scored 90.

96%. I got my library card at age 4 and was allowed full run of the library (library pet). Started reading Shakespeare at age 6. I’ve been lazy recently watching You Tube lately so I took up learning hieroglyphics, latin, and Mayan so keep my old brain active.

Excellent quiz. I got 96, and I'm proud of my score. A few of these words were pretty obscure.

Watching from Ireland

I did pretty well 88 out of 100😊

100/100 although I was almost thrown when you asked about "obdurate" twice in a row. I guess you could argue for "stolid" although it means more like having or revealing little emotion. "Obdurate" implies more cussedness and stubbornness rather than mere impassivity. I picked "stolid" simply because it was the least wrong answer. Sesquipedalian: prone to using excessively long words. Literally, "a foot and a half long."

Worked on the quiz late at night! However, I scored 94/100!

97/100. But then, I was always a nerd.

missed seven. i was feeling really proud of myself, until i read all these comments. y'all are bangers! bravo!

95. Reading historical narratives plus knowing prefixes helped.

I got 80/100. A "B-" if I was still teaching. Not bad, and I enjoyed the quiz!

Sesquipedalian: a frequent use of really long words. Got 96/100. Voracious reader.

I got 99 right: never heard of 'sonder' before. I had to guess one and chose the best fit for many of the others. I knew the bonus word meaning same as everyone else below but was not aware of its derivation even though I knew the 'sesqui' prefix means to the three-halves.

. Enjoyed the quiz very much. Personally, I prefer shorter quizzes. Got 19/20. Likely, I will come back for the rest. Two years of Latin and a knowledge of Greek base words helped. I knew that sweating over Latin books would come in handy someday. 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

90 out of 100

88/100. Not bad for a non-native speaker.

88/100 two of which I thought had a completely different answer than any of those given as a choice.

97/100. Sesquipedalian = verbose, long-winded.

Never heard of the bonus word. Misprounciations grated on the ears, but apart from that, not a bad quiz. 95/101

96 out of 100. I take exception to a a couple of answers, though. I loved books since preschool. My mother would buy me one "Golden Book" a week. I treasured them all. I spent summers with an aunt who was also a voracious reader. We got chores done early in the day so we could spend afternoons sitting out on her porch, each reading a current book. Our favorite pastime was scouring the book stalls at church fairs. I ended up becoming a grade 3 teacher. Each afternoon as the day wound down, I would read a chapter from a chosen book. This was the best part of the day for the kids. They remembered the previous day's installment and looked forward to what would happen next. They loved being read to since it wasn't something they experienced at home. I can't stress enough the importance of being read to by a parent at the very earliest age.

Thank you Quiz Class 👍👍 99/100

Only had time for the first ones. 10 out of 10. Though I only got eunoia because I recognized the Greek prefix eu-.

Stopped after 20 with 100% accuracy.

Fun - Thanks :O), g

It’s a person who likes to use long words. I missed 4. Loved this quiz.Thank you.

97/100 Sesquipedalian = long-winded or a polysyllabic word - somewhat like this quiz❤

I enjoyed this, thank you. Did pretty well at 89 correct. Learned some new words. No idea what that bonus word means 😂

Thanks again for sharing

95/100, considering I am a factory/warehouse worker I think I did okay. Some of those words can't be used in regular speech as most people wouldn't have a clue what they meant. Most people would have a better reading vocabulary than spoken.

Really a great quiz - make me think!

86 points, so it well challenged me and I enjoyed it.

I appreciate this channel! I love words!!

As a foreigner 65 is not bad. :)

Had great pleasure partaking in this quiz and humbly said only managed 96, however it was an interedting challenge. Thanks.

The quiz might be more difficult if they would make the three possible answers all verbs or adjectives or nouns.

That was fun! I missed 10 correct words. Thank You.

82 correct answers

Great quiz! I missed 4 of these but was surprised that I got the rest. Thanks for doing this!

100% Fairly easy.

98 out of 100 here!

Thanks again

98/100 Bonus .. SESQUIPEDALIAN .. It's a long word !!

95. Sesquipedalian (ses-quih-ped-AY-lian) means "a foot and a half." It can mean "longer than usual," as in this word. It can also mean something smaller than expected, as referring to the Seven Dwarfs of Snow White fame.

87/100....If i'd not stopped being a chronic bookworm ever since i became a full time mom years ago, i'd certainly have made 98/100🤣🤣

75/ 100 and the bonus: ...a six legged creature ??....it's just a wild guess...;) Thank you and please more of those quizes ...as I am not a native speaker but always love to learn..... ;)

93/100. I didn't expect the three choices for each, which made it easier to recognize which to eliminate. Am bookmarking, thanks!

97/100 Read and ye will learn :) But then I am ancient at 76 years young :)

I only had time to do 15 questions, so far I got 14 right.

93/100. I learned a few things. Excellent test. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

88/100 good quiz

My score was 96%.!

I need to add alot of these to my vocabulary

94 correct! In many cases Thanks to Gilbert & Sullivan and in other cases thanks to my lawyer daughter. And especially thanks to being bilingual.

Nos 5, 84 - was distracted and misheard this one, embarrassed given it was so easy,

92/100

Question 67, the wrong definition for clamour was given, it doesn't mean a "loud complaint about something or a demand for something", the word means "a loud and confusing din" for example people shouting all at the same time, an example of which is the noise at a football match.

96 right. I love reading. Some if the definitions don't do the word justice

Q.32 I thought travesty is a false representation of something, not a false interprétation..

I got the first 10 correct and decided to retire on my perfect record. 100 questions is more than I have the patience for. Maybe consider shorter quizzes, say on the order of 30 questions.

I got 91/100. Seven I got wrong were words I have never actually seen or heard before. Two were words I realize now were being used wrong everytime I heard them: Travesty always incorrectly used to mean a complete collapse or utter failure; Enervate -- rather than innervate -- used to mean the exact 'opposite' of draining or weakening someone of vitality. I attribute this possibly to my hearing it pronounced wrong [ folks being lazy with the short I and E ]. Tho admittedly it is actually only a relatively few times I have heard it used as most speakers will generally try to find some other less misinterpretable word.

97/100. I sped it up to 1.5x toward the middle. (It was going too slow.)

86

90/100

93 /100 correct No clue on the bonus question. Not the best but respectable.

Great fun! Only missed by 23. Not bad 😊

"Doldrums" was a nautical term from the days of sail. No wind in your sails? You are in the doldrums.

I was disapointed in my score. The first 50 I was better than 90% but fell apart on the last half. 77%. I thought I was smarter than that.😢

99/100

Only 83% for me and that included a couple of guesses, so more like 80% to be honest.

97/100 I should have concentrated .. polysyllabic words.

I missed six. I'll gladly take it! 😊

Sesquipedalian means to use long words. I scored 95%, as I got 95 right and 5 wrong.

i got 5 wrong, but i love the way he says "behoove".

88/100

What a coincidence! I was nibbling some feta cheese when "fetter" came up!

89% Quite proud of "meself"! Bonus word? Not a clue, thought it had something to do with thread or hair!!

98/100 Thanks.