1877 Spelling Test Quiz

A token or item that you buy or keep to remember something is called a:

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suvenier

suveneer

souvenir

souvenier

Correct!

Wrong!

It's "souvenir"!

This plant-eating mammal with horns native to Asia and Africa is called a:

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rinosauros

rhinoceros

rhinosaurus

rhinoceras

Correct!

Wrong!

It's "rhinoceros"!

Getting queasy or sick to your stomach is also referred to as feeling:

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nauseus

nausious

nauseous

nousious

Correct!

Wrong!

It's "nauseous"!

Every 1,000 years is also referred to as a:

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millineum

millennium

milennium

milenium

Correct!

Wrong!

It's "millennium"!

When you continue through difficulty, you:

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perservere

persevere

perseveer

preservere

Correct!

Wrong!

It's "persevere"!

Something average, ordinary, or common can also be referred to as:

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mideocore

midiocore

mediocre

mediocor

Correct!

Wrong!

It's "mediocre"!

Someone nameless or incognito is referred to as:

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anonamous

anonomous

anonimous

anonymous

Correct!

Wrong!

It's "anonymous"!

A summons to court is a:

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subpoena

subpeana

subpeena

sobpeena

Correct!

Wrong!

It's "subpoena"!

A moral sense of right and wrong is a:

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conscience

concience

consounse

concionce

Correct!

Wrong!

It's "conscience"!

Movement back and forth at a consistent speed is known as:

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oscilation

oscillation

ossilation

oscelation

Correct!

Wrong!

It's "oscillation"!

To require or demand is also to:

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necessitate

neccesitate

nessessitate

necessetate

Correct!

Wrong!

It's "necessitate"!

Moving away from the center is also known as being:

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centerfugal

centerifugal

centrifugal

centrefugal

Correct!

Wrong!

It's "centrifugal"!

To make someone happy or elated means to:

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exhilirate

exhillarate

exhillirate

exhilarate

Correct!

Wrong!

It's "exhilarate"!

Something extremely small is:

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infintesmal

infinitisimal

infinitesmul

infinitesimal

Correct!

Wrong!

It's "infinitesimal"!

An oddity or peculiarity can also be seen as an:

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idiosyncrasy

idiosyncracy

idiosincrasy

idioseencracy

Correct!

Wrong!

It's "idiosyncrasy"!

How Well Will You Do On This 1877 Spelling Test?

Below are spelling words from an 1877 "Test-Spelling Book." Do you know how to spell them correctly? Let's find out!

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