OK, good to know thanks. I'll just leave it long. I guess it's not a quiz where you can try every answer from a set until you get the right one so it can't really be too long.
He's not pining! He's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! He's expired and gone to meet his maker! He's a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed him to the perch he'd be pushing up the daisies! His metabolic processes are now history! He's off the twig! He's kicked the bucket, he's shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!
Great quiz! I sure stalled out on the last couple. Thanks for the extra time allowed. It sure is hard to believe that there are this many synonym-like words within words. I have to imagine that you manually thought of all these. Thanks for the effort!
I have to say rhat some of these word not really means the same thing at all.
One of the easiest examples is Revolt and Revolution. Revolt is usually something not too big, that can be put down by the authorities. However, a Revolution implies a really big event where deep changes are made in a society.
I feel that Americans are quite laxist with the meaning of words, and don't care to know what they mean exactly and how should they be used.
First of all: "Sentences illustrate usage. They have similar meaning with either the shorter or longer word."
Second, if you're going to criticize an entire country of 300+ million for their grammar, the least you could do is use proper grammar yourself, Mr. "some of these word not really means the same thing."
Odd comment, to be sure, but parts of the reply are WAY OFF the mark. Pointing to the quiz instructions is helpful, but there is no place for name calling and the meaning of words is unrelated to proper grammar.
Really fun quiz, but wouldn't it make more sense to have us guess the word contained within the word, instead of the letters around it? Not sure if that's possible but I feel like it would be more of a challenge.
Great quiz!
One of the easiest examples is Revolt and Revolution. Revolt is usually something not too big, that can be put down by the authorities. However, a Revolution implies a really big event where deep changes are made in a society.
I feel that Americans are quite laxist with the meaning of words, and don't care to know what they mean exactly and how should they be used.
First of all: "Sentences illustrate usage. They have similar meaning with either the shorter or longer word."
Second, if you're going to criticize an entire country of 300+ million for their grammar, the least you could do is use proper grammar yourself, Mr. "some of these word not really means the same thing."