Expert Spelling Quiz 2

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This spelling quiz consists of words considered expert in difficulty, a rating between 3 and 4 on my scale, which roughly corresponds to under a tenth of a percent of the best spellers among all fluent English speakers. Unlike my general spelling quizzes, this one is meant to fine-tune one's spelling ability, and unlike my less difficult quizzes a bracketed etymology is given. The definition is after a colon for ease of reading.

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    ki 'lahr nee, kuh 'lahr nee [from a place name in Ireland] : a moderate yellowish green that is stronger than Gretna green

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    ka duhr foy l, ka truh foy l [Middle English from Middle French] : a heraldic representation of a flower with four petals

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    oh duh rie noh layr uhn 'gah luh jee [International Scientific Vocabulary] : the branch of medicine specializing in the ear, nose, and throat

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    ka vuh 'led ee [Italian from Latin] : timber jumps with adjustable height designed to school horses

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    ek uh 'nay shee uh [New Latin] : the dried rhizome and roots of particular herbs in the daisy family whose extracts are commonly used to treat ulcers and boils

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    'hes uh kast, 'hes i kast [Middle Greek from Late Greek from Greek] : a particular Eastern Orthodox sect originating in the 14th century among the monks of Mount Athos that practices contemplation

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    mien 'heer, mien 'hir [Dutch] : a native or inhabitant of the Netherlands

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    fyoo nuh 'pen juh luhs [combination of Latin and English] : suspended by a rope or cord

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    kuh 'wah [Hindi] : a semihydrated whole milk produced in India

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    em 'bir uh, uhm 'bir uh, em 'beer uh, uhm 'beer uh [Shona] : an African instrument consisting of a wooden board with attached metal strips with a sound similar to a xylophone

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