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Fancy Vocabulary #1

Feel smart and fancy by completing the English words from their definitions. Correct spelling is required.
Quiz by kiwirage
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Last updated: October 13, 2018
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First submittedSeptember 3, 2018
Times taken43,527
Average score60.0%
Rating4.64
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Definition
Answer
Ardent supporter, fanatic
Zealot
Conjoined, contradictary terms
Oxymoron
Transparent; clearheaded
Lucid
Extravagant exaggeration
Hyperbole
Of the middle-class
Bourgeois
Harsh, dissonant sounds
Cacophony
Complete failure, fiasco
Debacle
Foolishly sentimental
Maudlin
Blissful, pastoral, serene
Idyllic
One who flatters for self-gain
Sycophant
Definition
Answer
Habitually silent, uncommunicative
Taciturn
To fully determine, find out
Ascertain
Prolonged military blockade
Siege
To charm with flattery or slyness
Beguile
Yearn to possess
Covet
Whirlpool, turbulence
Maelstrom
Attractively old-fashioned
Quaint
Euphoria, state of bliss
Ecstasy
To sway from one side to the other
Oscillate
Mucus from a cough
Phlegm
divantilya
+5
Level 37
Sep 3, 2018
Pretty good quiz! Thank you.
coxbury
+10
Level 56
Sep 4, 2018
Nice quiz, but the definition of siege is incorrect. in fact generally it is exactly the opposite. Not all out attack, but no attack at all !

Coxbury

kiwirage
+6
Level 62
Sep 4, 2018
Interesting; I didn't really realise that! I've changed the clue to reflect your comment.
kszoo1
+1
Level 43
Sep 14, 2020
siege

/sēj/

Learn to pronounce

noun

a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside.

"Verdun had withstood a siege of ten weeks"

Similar:

blockade

beleaguerment

encirclement

investment

besiegement

Opposite:

relief

raising

an operation in which a police or other force surround a building and cut off supplies, with the aim of forcing an armed person to surrender.

a prolonged period of misfortune.

NoahGBurns
+13
Level 37
Aug 8, 2021
I don't think 'siege' can be classed as fancy vocabulary.
luxint
+6
Level 65
Sep 5, 2018
Desperately kept trying to get mawkish to be the sentimental one! As per the similar recent quiz: pitched at the perfect level IMO. Deserves to be a featured quiz, am sure it will be one day as I see you are no stranger to the front page! Thanks, enjoyed that quiz lots.
samiamco
+1
Level 69
Oct 13, 2018
Another great series, kiwi! Congrats on being featured (again!); these were definitely deserving!
redsplat
+8
Level 74
Oct 13, 2018
Prepossessing, meritorious, and pulchritudinous quiz! Thank you for making this series!
iuvas
+1
Level 94
Oct 14, 2018
i got all except the sentimental and the old-fashioned ones (never heard of) .. yay for me!

by the way in my language the word sycophant has more a meaning of whistleblower (even if here too it is largely unused)

drlancy
+3
Level 58
Oct 15, 2018
Tried Ecstatic and never thought to try different derivatives of the same word.
kiwirage
+7
Level 62
Oct 15, 2018
'Ecstatic' is not the same word as 'Ecstasy'. One's an adjective, one's a noun. Just like a crossword, the answer must match the clue: "Euphoria, state of bliss" requires the noun. "Euphoric, in a state of bliss" would require the adjective.
martay
+1
Level 70
Dec 2, 2018
Trust me, the crossword fans are equally if not more pedantic than jetpunkers. I've got a few bones to pick with Will Shortz regarding clue/answer symmetry.
musiclistsareus
+2
Level 62
Dec 2, 2018
Yeah, I tried idyll and for some reason when it didn't work I couldn't think of idyllic--never made it from the noun to the adjective form of the word.
KateAlex
+1
Level 36
Dec 2, 2018
same here
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Dec 2, 2018
pretty easy. All of these words are used commonly. Just had a little difficulty with spelling one.
hirsutebodkin
+17
Level 58
Apr 15, 2019
You must be weird to talk to if those are commonly used words for you
kalbahamut
+8
Level 82
Apr 15, 2019
As opposed to words like hirsute and bodkin?
FadKrashmor
+3
Level 71
Mar 17, 2020
I agree, quite simple, at four minutes, two minutes too many allowed (I don't type that fast myself). But yes, people I talk to do sometimes tell me I sound like a book.
woshiwaiguoren
+14
Level 70
Aug 8, 2021
classic kalb comment lol
Jacktheguy
+5
Level 89
Oct 6, 2021
classic low effort reply lol
Chronikhiles
+3
Level 49
Dec 2, 2018
Proud to have got all except maudlin.
KateAlex
+3
Level 36
Dec 2, 2018
Please accept idyll (noun) as well as idyllic (adjective)
TjizzleDizzle
+2
Level 67
Dec 2, 2018
Nice quiz, noticed i know quite some words, but the spelling is my problem (English is not my native by the way). Had 8, but at least 4 i kept messing up the spelling despite knowing the word.
cornflakesfu
+1
Level 86
Dec 2, 2018
Took me almost the full time to remember that "Bourgeois" has an "r" in it.
joez
+2
Level 72
Dec 2, 2018
I ascertained that I got all but that one word.
kinjapan
+1
Level 72
Dec 2, 2018
Missed a few, but got Maelstrom. Thanks, Solo!
idfx
+1
Level 26
Jan 16, 2019
More, please!
undeadwarrior
+1
Level 63
Apr 14, 2019
Neither a siege or a blockage have to be prolonged. They could be very quick, if their goals are easily met. Also, pastoral refers to "idealised country life," which is much more specific than the word idyllic refers to. Get rid of that word, because the others will don fine on their own - that third word throws the meanings out of whack. Also, be consistent with how many letters you give us of the words. I'd rather just one letter, and perhaps the number of letters in the answer, as it is far too headache-inducing to figure out many answers due to your idiosyncrasies.
cariad
+1
Level 42
Apr 15, 2019
Nice quiz, 10/10
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Aug 24, 2019
I tried begeister instead if beguile. Apparently it is not used in english, it sounds like it could/would since english has several german loanwords this one would fit right in. Feels natural imo (i am not german btw and actually checked wiktionary if it wasnt used in english)
caesaria
+2
Level 78
Aug 31, 2019
I guessed maelstrom, I just couldn't figure out how to spell it...
EytanMelech
+3
Level 67
Feb 1, 2020
Got ascertain from To Kill a Mockingbird.
Vog
+8
Level 87
Apr 10, 2020
I enjoy the implication that discussing phlegm more will make me feel fancy.
Baxtergrad
+6
Level 52
Mar 14, 2021
Not by itself, but it's fancier than discussing snot.
woshiwaiguoren
+2
Level 70
Aug 8, 2021
I got "oscillate" but the definition is unclear. "To sway from one side to the other" makes it sound like you're swaying someone, convincing them to change sides. That ambiguity caught me for a while.
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 75
Aug 8, 2021
Weird quiz - loved it!
dogmeat
+2
Level 67
Aug 8, 2021
Relatively easy except I now realise that I cant for the life of me spell bourgeois
lucd13
+2
Level 69
Aug 8, 2021
I personally feel ALL quizzes should demand correct spelling. I hate it when I try to guess the next answer, but the 'superfluous' e or s from the previous answer is blocking me because too many cry-babies demanded an alternate spelling. Learn how to spell, illiterates.
fubarrossi
+4
Level 34
Aug 9, 2021
Really bad definitions
Dimby
+3
Level 77
Oct 6, 2021
Why don't you link your own quiz that you took the time to make? Oh, you didn't make one? You're just making flippant and rude comments about this one? This quiz that has been featured because it's a generally good quiz that has perfectly fine definitions? Is that what you're doing, fubarrossi? You woke up on the morning of August 9, 2021, and decided at some point to contribute nothing but criticize a fun quiz in the most unhelpful way possible? That was your decision?
Ctrling
+2
Level 46
Aug 11, 2021
had to look up how to spell bourgeois. kept forgetting the e
Minutiae
+2
Level 73
Aug 19, 2021
I'm normally an excellent speller but man did I struggle to spell correctly on this quiz, seeing the first few letters of the responses threw me off.
bkemp2001
+3
Level 61
Oct 6, 2021
I feel both smart and fancy.
jmellor13
+2
Level 67
Oct 6, 2021
People who finished high school should get most of these right.
Koopa
+1
Level 77
Sep 6, 2022
I would argue the other way.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 60
Nov 30, 2023
It depends where... especially if they didn't learn English natively.
Koopa
+1
Level 77
Sep 6, 2022
Awesome quiz.
Velocipacker
+1
Level 54
Mar 3, 2023
idk if phlegm is "fancy" per say lol
poisongift
+1
Level 55
Nov 29, 2023
I think it's about the spelling, seeing as you had to spell each word exactly right in order to have it accepted.
triviaolivia
+1
Level 62
Nov 29, 2023
What, I gotta SPELL, too!?!?
Tripehound
+1
Level 48
Nov 29, 2023
Good game! For me, as much of a spelling test as it was of vocabulary.
DonnieDee
+1
Level 40
Nov 29, 2023
It's a fun challenge to have a quiz that requires correct spelling.
supermoose7115
+3
Level 42
Nov 29, 2023
I couldn't figure out how to spell bourgeois
Tysia
+1
Level 52
Nov 29, 2023
damn those french words ughh
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