If You Know These 21 Words, Your English is TOP 2% Worldwide!

[@Gearparadummies]

Got 20 out of 21. First time in 40 years of learning English that I have heard the word "Obstreperous".

[@Diptanupoet]

I knew 15 of those words. I'm a non-native English speaker, and I'm constantly optimising my lexicon.

[@BrianWilesQuizzes]

Wow, nicely done!

[@ledoledo5161]

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[@alidalavezzari4103]

17! I am Italian. Thank you.

[@PaulBridge-e7f]

I got 20/21, this is a great tool for people learning English or just wanting to improve their vocabulary. At last a useful quiz.

[@HxTurtle]

you couldn't have chosen better words! they all perfectly fit into their respective category and increased in difficulty as expected; from, "yeah, that's pretty easy, isn't it?" to, "wait a second, I surely heard this one before; when I give it a few, I might just recall it" to, "what language did you say is this supposed to be?!" English isn't my first language but consider myself to be fairly advanced nonetheless. I used to live in Canada for about five years and don't face any language barriers or whatsoever in everyday situations. but still, while I kept a perfect score during the first two categories, I've only heard of two words in the last one. those aren't exactly words you need to get around in your daily life, but are certainty nice to know.

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

Asset is something valuable Vibrant is energetic. Hierarchy is a ranking system

[@mollylundquist9145]

Yay---21/21. But I'm a former PR writer who, in my late 40s ended up teaching English (favorite job of all time). I'm OLD now...75. My problem is not whether I know the definitions...but whether I can remember them!! So far...so good. Nursing home may be a bit farther off than I worry about. Anyway, your word quizzes are great fun. Thank you.

[@katrinaclifford4311]

21 out of 21 (I'm a retired English teacher). This was fun; thanks for posting!

[@craftypam9992]

I agree with you: it was quite fun. Shame it's not actually aimed at 69 year old native English speakers!

[@grayson1946]

20 of 21. The last word got me! Of course, I was always last in my class!🤣🤣🤣

[@masalcilar9784]

Are these vocabulary still being predominantly utilized as the cutting-edge honing of English?

[@youssefsadek1826]

I've got the 1st and 2nd levels all correct, but boy level 3 was much harder than I thought. I got only 1 correct at level 3, but I definitely enjoyed it ! Thanks for making this video

[@BrianWilesQuizzes]

Thanks a lot, Youssef!

[@tallulahbeaverhausen4382]

Brian, it seems you lifted most of these words from French because... : Asset : Atout Vibrant : Vivant Refute : Réfuter Hierarchy : Hiérarchie Scrutinize : Scruter Convey : Transmettre (convoyer sounds similar and somewhat conveys the same idea) Illicit : Illicite Resilient : Résilient Evoke : Evoquer Epiphany : Epiphanie (used only as a religious celebration, it means "what appears" in latin) Mitigate : Mitiger Enigma : Enigme Implore : Implorer Arduous : Ardu Sycophant : Sycophante Sordid : Sordide Disseminate : Disséminer Obstreperous : Agité Vicissitude : Vicissitudes (usually plural) Apocryphal : Apocryphe Encomium : Louanges

[@patmcgillhastings9657]

I got an A...missed 1. Good quiz and I learned a new word!! Thank you 🤔 👍

[@richardarmstrong8477]

This was a good one for sure. I got 19 correct of the 21. I'm really enjoying learning these words and how to pronounce each word. So glad I found your KZbin channel.

[@guidoroemer81]

19 correct and I'm Dutch.

[@larrylewis3573]

Dear Mr. Wiles, I am happy that I scored 21 out of 21. Thank you for the quiz. I enjoyed taking it. I have always enjoyed words, and making use of new ones. Sincerely, Larry Clarence Lewis London, Ontario, Canada.

[@Elmatador_ezz]

انت تستحق الدعم❤

[@BrianWilesQuizzes]

شكرا جدا

[@bernicecoryea1928]

I got 19 correct. I like this challenge. I have learned some new words!

[@rohannarayan5393]

Got 19/ 21 Very happy with this

[@peacefuldecadence328]

French being my Second language it helped a lot got 18 right.

[@khanoo08]

18/21 learnt some new words.. always great to continue expanding one’s vocabulary

[@jcsrst]

20/21 ! I so look forward to these!

[@BrianWilesQuizzes]

Ah great job! And thank you!

[@ajmittendorf]

You are very expressive and engaging in your presentation, but sometimes that expressiveness works against you because you sometimes give the answer away by emphasizing it when you read the list of options. The more obvious example is with word # 15 of the quiz. You quite seriously give it away.

[@howard1beale]

Im an English teacher. I love this channel and recommend it to my students. A question... how do you determine the level of difficulty?

[@BintEHawa-f8i]

16 out of 21 and I am a non-native English speaker. I have subscribed your channel a month ago and have watched first video completely because it was really captivating and a great activity for me. I'm trying my level best to get expert in English and hopefully your videos are going to help me alot. Pardon me if there is any mistake.Thank you sir❤

[@marisa5359]

18 out of 21. Would have done better but for allowing my second guessing to cost me a couple of correct answers. Also, I am glad to learn the meaning of apocryphal after seeing it more than once and not fully absorbing the definition until now. Thanks.

[@jemckee]

#19 & #21 got me, but I want to find the words that mean "withhold smugly," "complain at length," & "staunchly unyielding." Having spend more than half a century reading English, I'd say encomium and vicissitude are words that seldom are heard (and the skies are not cloudy all day).

[@FranciscoLuche-1971]

17/21 😅👍 Hi from Vietnam. 🤗🇻🇳

[@BrianWilesQuizzes]

Amazing work, Francisco!

[@FranciscoLuche-1971]

@ In fact, many words have the equivalent in French, so it was easier to guess. 😊👍🇫🇷

[@zgs12212012]

21/21!!!

[@BrianWilesQuizzes]

Ding ding ding! Congrats!

[@zgs12212012]

@ The last quiz I took from you I missed two so I was determined to nail this one.

[@FranciscoLuche-1971]

@@zgs12212012 Whouaou !!! 😊👍🎉

[@kellyharrison5184]

I am quite lugubrious that I missed 18, 19, and 21. My lexicon is not as redoubtable as I had previously thought. LOL

[@biljasmiljanic6672]

I am not proud of my 17 correct ones, but I learnt a lot from you. Thank you

[@nicholasharvey1232]

I got 19 correct, having never encountered the words obstreperous or encomium before. I did know the meanings of all the others without having to make lucky guesses. The first 16 or so words here should be in the vocabulary of every English-speaking adult.

[@schochterleandro]

Wow, seventeen out of twenty one is not a bad achievement for me as a Brazilian who has learned English by myself.

[@larrycarroll5783]

Hello, Brian .This evening (Thursday, January 23,2025) I decided to do your quiz. I sat down with my dictionary, and ,with its help,I GOT ALL 21 CORRECT! SUPERB! By the way, I have subscribed, so keep e-mailing these quizzes to me 1 Larry Carroll

[@orlandoacontreras]

Greetings from Venezuela. 👋👌 I love your teachings. 😁

[@vincemccord8093]

Good quiz. I learned about 'apocryphal' from this.

[@Jasminehaydon]

I honestly found them to be very easy. Perfect score. Please make them harder.

[@karolw.5208]

A son of a car mechanic in Poland, no English nanny, got 20/21, only 'vicissitude' defeated me.

[@suzanne4258]

I knew 19 of the words, and enjoyed the quiz. Thank you.

[@evanevans2964]

I got all but one correct. I never remember ever coming across the 20th word Apocryphal before today.

[@gillesjoly3811]

I missed "obstreperous", but got all the others correct. As usual, your examples are to the point. Thanks again!

[@annmarierose1086]

19. Fun. I love learning the hard ones. They are significantly harder than level 2. They are often words I would have to look up while reading if I am confused about the meaning of a sentence. They are not usually words I use with any confidence.

[@Medusafr]

14/21 i think for non - english Speaker ive done well? Anyways Last Round was Very tough tho I barely got anything right there

[@BrianWilesQuizzes]

That's a great score for a non-native speaker- the last round is very tough!

[@grannygigglesandyouwilltoo]

Got 17-that was cool!

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

Encomium is an expression of high praise

[@AFarrell]

19. Love these

[@arielvergeldedios7068]

Got 20 out of 21. Thanks

[@goaway3333]

Can you recommend a learning aid for more difficult words?

[@RaynaWithanR-d3y]

Fruitful video ❤ Thank you Brian, great job 💯

[@Kinkle_Z]

19 out of 21. Thanks for teaching me something!

[@dezmair1288]

18. happy with that!

[@hodasobhy2569]

أحلى براين 👍👍👍

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

To implore is to beg earnestly Arduous is difficult

[@Valor-w7e]

Got the last 3 wrong.

[@hjhill1465]

I got all 21, but "encomium" almost tripped me up at the end

[@DreamingCatStudio]

Missed 2… grrr! 😊

[@BrianWilesQuizzes]

Ah so close- great job!

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

To mitigate is to make less severe Enigma is a mystery

[@carmium]

21. Canadian. Speak English. I can even spell and use correct grammar and syntax! 😲

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

I think resilient is able to recover quickly

[@laxmannanda6726]

Hello sir, I have been watching you for a long time. Please respond.

[@BrianWilesQuizzes]

Hi! And thank you for watching.

[@laxmannanda6726]

OMG no way🎉

[@tomsmith7571]

20 of 21 Your videos are always interesting.

[@WilfriedVanDaele-tj3ku]

19 correct and I'm Belgian.

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

Disseminate is to spread information

[@orthoh2224]

Most of these words have French roots. Which makes this is easy. 19 out of 21 for me. Not sure that makes me in the top 2% though :)

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

To implore is to beg earnestly

[@solfeinberg8591]

Like to think I'd be in the top 2%, but I messed up 3 - trying to guess before I had the choices.

[@marcohanig176]

21. English is my third language. German and Italian were #1 and #2

[@ASHKUM-uw2qg]

19/21.

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

Vicissitude is an unexpected change

[@reimyuniquemikell5374]

❤ thanks for helping me

[@yankiisam]

I know almost all the words , except the toughest level only 1,2 from it.but I seldom use those words in daily speaking my English is fair.I can write and speak well being a non native I now its high time that I work on my vocabulary ❤😊Thanks a ton

[@jujubee2141]

16 correct. The first 14 we’re fairly easy for me but it was the last 7 where I had a hard time. I guess I’m not as smart as I think 😔. It was fun though so Thank you.

[@johnmoyer1421]

Got all 21

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

To convey is to transport or communicate something

[@blue39503]

I'm glad I missed one, as now I can pretend to retain some semblance of humility.

[@allentowngal4769]

Dang...18- a B. Level 3 got me.

[@EeroKutale]

I got 17 right, not too bad for a non native speaker.

[@SOLIDToM77]

20 out of 21. Obstreperous really caught me off guard 😅

[@The_Old_Wolf]

All 21.

[@lisaboban]

Ok. You got me with "encomium". Fun quiz!

[@BrianWilesQuizzes]

That last one is tough! And thanks for your comment, Lisa.

[@patriciachen-mahabir335]

19 correct.

[@daymoonfarm2903]

I missed the last 3 words.

[@RavanMaharaj01]

Great teacher i'm from India sir

[@BrianWilesQuizzes]

Thank you so much, Ravan!

[@deborahbinnie5652]

I knew 21 of 21. I read a lot.

[@Stanislaw-b1h]

21/21. "Obstreperous" was a difficult one (I'd seldom use it), but my recall was correct.

[@deeaxelrod6499]

How about some words that are truly abstruse? Make the top tier harder.

[@CherylReese-d8y]

I got all of them, but there were a couple in the last group that I just guessed at.

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

Apocryphal is of doubtful authenticity

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

Epiphany is a sudden realisation

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

To mitigate is to make less severe

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

Obstreperous?? I don't know it 😂 Maybe Timid and reserved? No Loud and unruly 😂

[@tamorakowalski6255]

21 ❤ but I guessed on 1 of them

[@midnightmosesuk]

21 out of 21 though encomium was an educated guess. I suppose it's probably more of a score of 20 out of 21.

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

Sycophant I don't know it 😂😂😂 Maybe... A rebel? No a flatterer ADULATORE

[@Nodevillivedon0]

21/21 🎉

[@feurigerStern]

21/21 Easy Peasy

[@BelieveInTheTruth.]

It's discourage alot me because without these difficult words still other people understand my English.

[@peacefuldecadence328]

No they don't stop the 🧢

[@nicolekrause9291]

20 out of 21

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

To convey is to transport or communicate something Illicit is illegal

[@hollypepen4012]

19/21 - missed vicissitude and encomium

[@caspargroenen4363]

19. (Dutch).

[@emmaberkowitz823]

20/21