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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsCan you pass this 50-word vocabulary test??
https://www.arealme.com/vocabulary-size-test/en/NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)I guessed on maybe 7-10 of them.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)MicaelS
(8,747 posts)Great link, thanks.
Donkees
(31,452 posts)"You are Shakespeare! You can even create new words that will expand the English dictionary."
shenmue
(38,506 posts)MuseRider
(34,117 posts)All these years being a reader really helped!
Phentex
(16,334 posts)had to pay more attention to the word synonym or antonym than I did the actual words.
lastlib
(23,278 posts)(but "fugacious" was a half wild-a** guess.........)
Donkees
(31,452 posts)MrPurple
(985 posts)RazzleCat
(732 posts)Your English Vocabulary Size is:
29100
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smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Oh well, I guess I should read more.
Dulcinea
(6,660 posts)29,450, top .023%.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,018 posts)I like words!
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)kairos12
(12,870 posts)Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)My vocabulary is at the level of professional white-collars in the U.S. Lucky for me since I am a professional white-collar person.
NeoConsSuck
(2,544 posts)Smickey
(3,336 posts)Very solebrioessent. haha (we can make up words too)
Red Mountain
(1,737 posts)30325
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mythology
(9,527 posts)At the very least we could be one of the infinite monkeys on the infinite typewriters.
That said, I think the test was designed to benefit those who are good at multiple choice tests. Many times at least two of the answers can be immediately discarded.
Also this test doesn't actually test the actual usage of words. I may have been able to remember the definition of the word salubrious, but this is the first time I've ever used it in a sentence.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)18,840 in Spanish Top 4.27%
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)lastlib
(23,278 posts)(but I guess it ain't bragging if you can do it, and you can and did!)
Congrats! .
too much clicking. I gave up
TexasBushwhacker
(20,211 posts)and declare it a stupid test.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)True Dough
(17,314 posts)as a synonym to large.
CurtEastPoint
(18,658 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)When I was quite little, my Grandmother had one of those huge Miriam Webster dictionaries on a stand in her house, and when I was there, sometimes for the whole summer, I would read as many words as I could..
today I have that dictionary and stand, and my kids used it when they were small.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)Quite a gift
Fla Dem
(23,739 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Madam Mossfern
(2,340 posts)23400
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Your vocabulary size is equal to that of a 30-year-old successful American businessperson!
Also, they don't tell you what you got wrong...so how's a person supposed to learn?
Ha! (on edit) That site said that green is the best hair color for me! lol
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)Green eyes I can see but green hair? I'll have to try that one
hlthe2b
(102,351 posts)Still Blue in PDX
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Arkansas Granny
(31,528 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)Trailrider1951
(3,414 posts)30325
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Naaaa, just a nerdy bookworm since the late '50's, before that was even cool! And, I must admit, I guessed at a few of them....
jalan48
(13,882 posts)You probably know more than you think-- whenever I guess, I invariably pick the wrong answer
Good job
Yavin4
(35,445 posts)You are Shakespeare! You can even create new words that will expand the English dictionary
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)I'd like to know which ones I missed.
benld74
(9,909 posts)Guessed at a lot
Had to ask my 15 yr old
What antonym and synonym was
As I always mix em up
😂
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)You still did great!!
csziggy
(34,137 posts)There were two I wasn't sure about but my usual facility with multiple choice gave me an advantage!
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)mnhtnbb
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Danmel
(4,921 posts)I'm not really surprised. I'm a lawyer and a chief of staff for a local elected Democratic official. Words are my life. That, in part, is why this drives me so crazy. Words really really matter. A lot.
UTUSN
(70,726 posts)Top 22.00
Your vocabulary size is like that of a 18-year-old teenager in the US!
Your English Vocabulary Size is: 17,400
*****NOT making excuses, but being noted here that I wasn't prepared for the shifting back and forth between antonyms and synonyms in the questions.
UTUSN
(70,726 posts)23,550
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30-year-old American businessperson
(Didn't do any look-ups or other prepping)
hibbing
(10,109 posts)Not bad, I had to guess on some.
Peace
mainer
(12,029 posts)But then, I do make my living at this.
Deal was annoying. Yes, it can mean a sale. It can also mean a plea. Both slang, different contexts. The correct one assumes little interaction with the defense side of the law. Which is classist.
mainer
(12,029 posts)I think there were 2 where I thought there could be an alternative defensible choice.
likesmountains 52
(4,098 posts)Wish I knew which ones I missed!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,831 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,363 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Your English Vocabulary Size is:
29800
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Bucky
(54,053 posts)It's at 30,150. That's one hell of a margin of error.
I mean, it's either that, or this is a not very scientific test. Wouldn't wanna go there.
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progressoid
(49,998 posts)I took an online IQ test and scored a hundred forty something so I is smart!
jack69
(163 posts)A few guesses, but for a 70 year old scum of the earth left winger, not to bad.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)Not bad at all!!
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)so much so that they had to move me away from decent humans at work. (I do good work. Moving was preferable to firing)
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)And mutter "You're damn right, they do."
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)we built a whole house for it!
hunter
(38,325 posts)My wife's sister is one. And it's not that she doesn't already have a huge vocabulary. (No, not like Trump.)
The weird thing is that it's usually obvious what they are talking about. It leaves you thinking, "yeah, that word just sounds right."
I think it's some clue about the origins of languages. Certain people are catalysts for the creation and evolution of languages.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)top 4.67%
VOX
(22,976 posts)But I have been a professional writer for 30+ years, so I'd better land on the high end.
BluesRunTheGame
(1,619 posts)Top 0.01%
You are Shakespeare! You can even create new words that will expand the English dictionary.
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)Actually, thanks to all my teachers...
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)I can never resist a good old vocabulary test
progressoid
(49,998 posts)That's a bigly score.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)mainer
(12,029 posts)I suspect that the faster you answer the questions correctly, the higher your score. Would be interested to know how it's graded.
Iggo
(47,564 posts)Iggo
(47,564 posts)Ten words in and I was all "Yeah, I got this."
Grey Lemercier
(1,429 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)WinkyDink
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smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I am pretty sure he would be at the low end of the bell curve.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)baldguy
(36,649 posts)I'm not sure what that means.
bikebloke
(5,260 posts)Top 0.31 %
a few near the end were guesswork for me.
yagotme
(2,919 posts)"You can create new words."
Hogwash.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,482 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,160 posts)Don't remember the number associated with it. I was looking more at the percentile.
Hula Popper
(374 posts)30325.......
and my wife says all I say is fuck it!
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,806 posts)"You are Shakespeare! You can even create new words that will expand the English dictionary."
FWIW.
mopinko
(70,203 posts)i sing my people's song. what can i say.
irish.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)★★ Top 0.01%
You are Shakespeare! You can even create new words that will expand the English dictionary.
Even though many of those sets were neither synonyms nor antonyms.
OrwellwasRight
(5,170 posts)A number of guesses must have been right.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)Cadfael
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You are Shakespeare! You can even create new words that will expand the English dictionary."
^
Ridiculously excessive (2 more words in my vocabulary)
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)shraby
(21,946 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)nolabear
(41,991 posts)tblue37
(65,483 posts)30,350 words! No way they can extrapolate that number from that silly test. Besides, although I got them right, most of those "synonyms" were related but not synonymous.