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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
quiz
/kwɪz/
noun1 of 2
a game in which players answer questions on a specific topic
- “We will have a quiz at the end of class today.”Tatoeba
- “We enjoyed the quiz show on television last night.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)