English Vocabulary Quizzes - Difficult

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Level 5: Medium to Difficult

• Banking Vocabulary: Choose theOpposite (Constance Leonard) [M] 7 Questions
• Vocabulary Related to Movies (Miroslava Nikolova) - [M] 9 Questions
• Baseball Idioms in the Real World (Paul Tanner) - [M] 21 Questions
• Top 20 World Languages (David E. Shaffer) - Flash, [B] 20 Questions
• Nationalities 2 (David E. Shaffer) - Flash[B] 20 Questions
• Nationalities 4 (David E. Shaffer) - Flash[B] 20 Questions
• What Do These Idioms Mean? (Jim Chapman) [M] 18 Questions
• Idioms (1) (K. Kitao & K. Kitao) - [B] 26 Questions
• 735 Homonyms/Homophones (Donna Tatsuki) - HTML-only, [M]
  • Homonyms - Quiz 16
  • Homonyms - Quiz 17
  • Homonyms - Quiz 18
  • Homonyms - Quiz 19
  • Homonyms - Quiz 20
  • Homonyms - Quiz 21
  • Homonyms - Quiz 22
  • Homonyms - Quiz 23
  • Homonyms - Quiz 24
  • Homonyms - Quiz 25
  • Homonyms - Quiz 26
  • Homonyms - Quiz 27
  • Homonyms - Quiz 28
  • Homonyms - Quiz 29
  • Homonyms - Quiz 30
  • Homonyms - Quiz 31
  • Homonyms - Quiz 32
  • Homonyms - Quiz 33
  • Homonyms - Quiz 34
  • Homonyms - Quiz 35
  • Homonyms - Quiz 36
  • Homonyms - Quiz 37
  • Homonyms - Quiz 38
  • Homonyms - Quiz 39
  • Homonyms - Quiz 40
  • Homonyms - Quiz 41
  • Homonyms - Quiz 42
  • Homonyms - Quiz 43
  • Homonyms - Quiz 44
  • Homonyms - Quiz 45
  • Homonyms - Quiz 46
  • Homonyms - Quiz 47
  • Homonyms - Quiz 48
  • Homonyms - Quiz 49
  • Homonyms - Quiz 50
  • Homonyms - Quiz 51
  • Homonyms - Quiz 52
• Voice of America's Special English Vocabulary
  • V0A Special English Basic Vocabulary - Verbs - JavaScript, [M] 531 Words
  • V0A Special English Basic Vocabulary - Nouns - JavaScript, [M] 601 Words
  • V0A Special English Basic Vocabulary - Adjectives & Adverbs - JavaScript, [M] 268 Words
  • V0A Special English Basic Vocabulary - Prepositions - JavaScript, [M] 16 Words
  • V0A Special English Vocabulary - All Words - JavaScript, [M] 1,446 Words
• Metals (Charles Kelly) - Crossword Puzzle [D-8]
• Phrases with 'Make' (Donna Tatsuki) - Crossword Puzzle [D-8]
• Verbs (John Erskin) - Crossword Puzzle [D-9]
• Body Parts Used as Verbs (Vera Mello) - Crossword Puzzle [D-9]
• Expressions with Body Parts (Vera Mello) - Crossword Puzzle [D-10]
• Sounds (Roger Scupham) - Crossword Puzzle [D-10]
• Valentine's Day (Donna Tatsuki) - Crossword Puzzle [D-12]
• Montgomery Bus Boycott - (Deanna Carr) - Cloze, HTML-only
• Criminal Offenses (Miroslava Nikolova) - 10 Questions Flash
• Strange Expressions (Idioms) (Katherine M. Mercurio) - HTML-only
• Maps (Kelli Bolden) [M] 22 Questions, Flash

Level 6: Difficult

• Nationalities 3 (David E. Shaffer) - Flash, [B] 20 Questions
• Abbreviations
  • Abbreviations of Company Names (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Abbreviations of U.S. College or Graduate School Exams (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Abbreviations of U.S. Government Agencies (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Abbreviations Used in Ads for Autos for Sale (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Abbreviations Used in Employment Ads (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Baseball Abbreviations (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Basketball Abbreviations (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Computer Disk Capacity and Chip Speed (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Dictionary Abbreviations (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Football Abbreviations (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Abbreviations Used for Movie Ratings in the USA (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Three-letter Olympic Country Abbreviations (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Abbreviations Used in Ads for Houses or Apartments for Rent (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Some Football (Soccer) Abbreviations (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Postal Abbreviations for Streets (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Abbreviations of United Nations Specialized Agencies (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Abbreviations of United Nations Programmes and Funds (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Main USENET Newsgroup Topic Categories (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Abbreviations of U.S. Television Networks and Channels (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
  • Abbreviations Quizzes for ESL Teachers
    • Abbreviations of EFL/ESL Tests and Certifications (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
    • Abbreviations of ELT- and Linguistics-related Journals (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
    • Abbreviations of ELT-related Organizations (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
    • TESL/TEFL Abbreviations (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
• American & British English 1 (Letitia Bradley) - HTML-only
• American & British English 2 (Letitia Bradley) - HTML-only
• Animals and their Babies (Donna Tatsuki) - JavaScript, [M] 10 Questions
• At an Airport (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
• Beer Basics (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
• Disasters (Letitia Bradley) - HTML-only
• Expressions with "Hand" (Vera Mello) - HTML-only
• Geometric Shapes (Nevitt Reagan) - JavaScript, [M] 19 Questions
• Historical Events (Letitia Bradley) - HTML-only
• Idioms and Proverbs for Halloween (Donna Tatsuki) - JavaScript, [M] 31 Questions, Vocabulary & Culture
• Jobs (Albert Adroer) - Flash, [M] 10 Questions
• Keyboard Symbols and Punctuation Marks (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
• Money in the United States (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
• Natural World (Joan M. Diez) - HTML-only
• Odd One Out (Mark Offner) - Flash, [M] 10 Questions
• On an Airplane (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
• One Word -- Two Meanings (Letitia Bradley) - HTML-only
• Opposites (Verbs 2) - Matching Quiz (Vera Mello) - HTML-only
• Physics (Vera Mello) - Crossword Puzzle [D-10] For students studying physics.
• Plant or Animal - Advanced Level (Charles Kelly) - JavaScript, 2 Choices, 172 Questions
• Similar or Opposite - A (Letitia Bradley) - HTML-only
• Similar or Opposite - B (Letitia Bradley) - HTML-only
• Similar or Opposite - C (Letitia Bradley) - HTML-only
• Similar or Opposite - D (Letitia Bradley) - HTML-only
• Similar or Opposite - E (Letitia Bradley) - HTML-only
• Similar or Opposite - F (Letitia Bradley) - HTML-only
• Similar or Opposite - F (Letitia Bradley) - HTML-only
• Similar or Opposite - G (Letitia Bradley) - HTML-only
• Similar or Opposite - H (Letitia Bradley) - HTML-only
• Similar or Opposite - I (Letitia Bradley) - HTML-only
• Similes - As [Adjective] As ... (Donna Tatsuki) - JavaScript, [F] 99 Questions, Vocabulary, Idioms
• Some Antonyms (Opposites) - Difficult (Letitia Bradley) - JavaScript, [M] 173 Questions
• Suffixes (Jim J. Johnson) - HTML-only
• Thanksgiving (Vera Mello) - JavaScript, Matching, 10 Questions, Reading / Vocabulary / Cloze
• The "Father" Quiz (Donna Tatsuki) - HTML-only
• The "Mother" Quiz (Donna Tatsuki) - HTML-only
• Web Vocabulary (John de Szendeffy) - Crossword Puzzle [D-17]
• Which Choice Has the Closest Meaning? (Mark Offner) - Flash, [M] 15 Questions
• So or Such (Silvana Salomao) - HTML-only
• Word Association - Matching Quiz (Vera Mello) - HTML-only
• Idiom Quizzes by Letitia Bradley- HTML-only
  • Food Idioms
  • Idioms Beginning with A
  • Idioms Beginning with B
  • Idioms Beginning with C
  • Idioms Beginning with D
  • Idioms Beginning with E
  • Idioms Beginning with F
  • Idioms Beginning with G
  • Idioms Beginning with H
  • Idioms Beginning with I
  • Idioms Beginning with J
  • Idioms Beginning with K
  • Idioms Beginning with L
  • Idioms Beginning with M
  • Idioms Beginning with N
  • Idioms Beginning with O
  • Idioms Beginning with P
  • Idioms Beginning with Q
  • Idioms Beginning with R
  • Idioms Beginning with S
  • Idioms Beginning with T
  • Idioms Beginning with U
  • Idioms Beginning with V
  • Idioms Beginning with W
  • Idioms Beginning with Y
  • Idioms Beginning with Z
• Slang Quizzes by Letitia Bradley- HTML-only
  • Slang Words Beginning with A
  • Slang Words Beginning with B
  • Slang Words Beginning with C
  • Slang Words Beginning with D
  • Slang Words Beginning with E
  • Slang Words Beginning with F
  • Slang Words Beginning with G
  • Slang Words Beginning with H
  • Slang Words Beginning with I
  • Slang Words Beginning with J
  • Slang Words Beginning with K
  • Slang Words Beginning with L
  • Slang Words Beginning with M
  • Slang Words Beginning with N
  • Slang Words Beginning with P
  • Slang Words Beginning with Q
  • Slang Words Beginning with R
  • Slang Words Beginning with S
  • Slang Words Beginning with T
  • Slang Words Beginning with U and V
  • Slang Words Beginning with W
  • Slang Words Beginning with Y and Z
• Adding Letter Word Game (Letitia Bradley) - HTML-only
  • Adding Letters-A
  • Adding Letters-B
  • Adding Letters-C
  • Adding Letters-D
  • Adding Letters-E
  • Adding Letters-F
  • Adding Letters-G
  • Adding Letters-H
  • Adding Letters-I
  • Adding Letters-J
  • Adding Letters-K
  • Adding Letters-L
  • Adding Letters-M
  • Adding Letters-N
  • Adding Letters-O
  • Adding Letters-P
  • Adding Letters-Q
  • Adding Letters-R
  • Adding Letters-S
  • Adding Letters-T
  • Adding Letters-U
  • Adding Letters-V
  • Adding Letters-W
  • Adding Letters-X
  • Adding Letters-Y
  • Adding Letters-Z
• 565 Commonly Confused Words (Donna Tatsuki) - HTML-only
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 1
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 2
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 3
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 4
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 5
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 6
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 7
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 8
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 9
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 10
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 11
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 12
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 13
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 14
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 15
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 16
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 17
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 18
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 19
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 20
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 21
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 22
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 23
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 24
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 25
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 26
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 27
  • Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 28
• Proficiency Test (Michael Sierpowski) - HTML-only - 10 Questions
• Winning Words (World Cup) (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
• 40 Common Chemical Elements (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only - 40 Questions
• Geometric Figures (Margriet Van Camp) Multiple-choice, Difficult, 30 Questions, Vocabulary
• Signs of the Zodiac (Nevitt Reagan) - HTML-only
• Business English
  • Work Team Skills (Alyssa Hennig) - Flash [M] 18 Questions

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