Think you’re smart? But can you pass this high school English quiz?

A: snooty attitude
B: coolness under pressure
C: French chef

[B] coolness under pressure. With unrelenting sangfroid, Andrea remained a pro at the poker table despite the high stakes.

Find out which common words used to mean completely different things.

A: unquestionable
B: dubious
C: formidable

[C] formidable. The pitcher shuddered as the redoubtable Albert Pujols strode to the plate.

A: curse
B: famous
C: pester or distract

[A] curse. Before being banished, the witch ominously threatened to imprecate the town for five generations.

A: a sleepwalker
B: hypnotiser
C: historian

[A] sleepwalker. For a somnambulist, Lady Macbeth is rather talkative.

Check out these separate words everyone combines into one – but shouldn’t.

A: comfortable
B: leftover
C: fidgety

[C] fidgety. Peter got so restive during the exam, he chewed his pencil almost to the lead.

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Source: RD.com