Vocabulary Test

Moxiie · 03-17-2012, 01:49 AM

A vocabulary test.

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I got 36,800

What was your score?

**Artio** · 03-17-2012, 02:09 AM

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Hmm, I doubt the results:

"Thanks for taking the test! Based on over 200,000 participations so far, we've got some initial statistics already. Most Native English adult speakers who have taken the test fall in the range 20,000–35,000 words.

And for foreign learners of English, we've found that the most common vocabulary size is from 2,500–9,000 words."

English is my second language.

**Oros Ull** · 03-17-2012, 04:56 AM

33,200

I was doing fine up until that last line…
Never even heard most of them…

Tatterdemalion?
Funambulist?
Williwaw?

LOL! Those are new to me…

**Phaze228** · 03-17-2012, 10:17 AM

33,700
And I'm going to know them all when I'm finished looking up their definitions.....and I can't help but think this test would be more accurate if you had to write, or choose the definition instead. And Oros, Tatterdemalion is synonymous with a ragamuffin.

Moxiie · 03-17-2012, 10:27 AM

	Originally Posted by Phaze228 To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	33,700 And I'm going to know them all when I'm finished looking up their definitions.....and I can't help but think this test would be more accurate if you had to write, or choose the definition instead. And Oros, Tatterdemalion is synonymous with a ragamuffin.

I thought the same thing, it would have been way more accurate that way. I only knew a couple of the words on the last column of the last page.

**Still Standing** · 03-17-2012, 11:36 AM

Cool test. Got 22,600.

English is not my mother tongue and I hardly ever speak it.

**darniem** · 03-17-2012, 11:56 AM

25,900 words.

**silicon212** · 03-17-2012, 09:08 PM

33,400 words.

Some strange ones I've never seen in there. Terpsichorean? I'm not much of a dancer, thanks (yes, I looked that one up).

**envirodude** · 03-17-2012, 09:30 PM

28,700

**Calica** · 03-18-2012, 09:36 AM

23,000
while I`ve heard some of the weirder ones before I don`t know their exact meaning. And I agree, would be more fun if you had to connect the words to their definitions.
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**sehnsucht** · 03-18-2012, 10:56 AM

28,800

**sed0007** · 03-18-2012, 11:13 AM

33.600....embarrassed, but satisfied.

**UltraIncredible** · 03-18-2012, 09:53 PM

	Originally Posted by Oros Ull To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Tatterdemalion? Funambulist? Williwaw?

I was also clueless on the last couple of lines. These are Mr. Burns words.

Coralaisly · 03-18-2012, 10:14 PM

24,900

I doubt the results.

**Magda** · 03-18-2012, 10:30 PM

35,900
Reading classic and/or historical novels helps.

**yoginimama** · 03-19-2012, 04:45 PM

37,200; native English speaker. Man. I did not know as many words as I wanted to. Quite unhappy with my performance.

**hamlet9** · 03-20-2012, 04:14 PM

38,400 words

A fun test. I always like learning new words. Williwaw is great.

**sabotai** · 03-22-2012, 08:52 AM

Wow, I feel like an idiot now. I got 19,800, below the average range as a native speaker! There were lots of words I could likely use correctly in a sentence and had a good idea of, but not the exact definition.

**Gum11** · 06-20-2012, 04:01 AM

Are you all liars? Some of those words are completely ridiculous and are not used anywhere, not even textbooks.

**frontaLobotomy** · 06-20-2012, 05:39 AM

33,600. Some of those words were pretty impossible, and are practically non-existent in modern literature.

**endless** · 06-20-2012, 05:41 AM

36,900

**CakeZ** · 06-20-2012, 10:22 AM

24,400.
cake
I
am
disapont

**Abacus2012** · 06-20-2012, 11:36 AM

Your total vocabulary size is estimated to be:
29,800
words

My result seems consistent with their charts on vocabulary, age, and SAT score relationships.

**Axel** · 06-20-2012, 12:02 PM

18200.

**Merle** · 06-20-2012, 12:03 PM

Your total vocabulary size is estimated to be:
37,600
words

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	Originally Posted by frontaLobotomy To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	33,600. Some of those words were pretty impossible, and are practically non-existent in modern literature.

Yeah - it helps to have studied Old and Middle English, as well as Renaissance lit for 3 years!

03-17-2012, 01:49 AM	#1
Moxiie Core Member [209%] MBTI: eNfP Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 8,396	A vocabulary test. To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. I got 36,800 What was your score?
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03-17-2012, 02:09 AM	#2
Artio Core Member [510%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 20,418	To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Hmm, I doubt the results: "Thanks for taking the test! Based on over 200,000 participations so far, we've got some initial statistics already. Most Native English adult speakers who have taken the test fall in the range 20,000–35,000 words. And for foreign learners of English, we've found that the most common vocabulary size is from 2,500–9,000 words." English is my second language.
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03-17-2012, 04:56 AM	#3
Oros Ull Veteran Member [76%] MBTI: INFJ Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 3,075	33,200 I was doing fine up until that last line… Never even heard most of them… Tatterdemalion? Funambulist? Williwaw? LOL! Those are new to me…
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03-17-2012, 10:17 AM	#4
Phaze228 Member [26%] MBTI: ENTP Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,044	33,700 And I'm going to know them all when I'm finished looking up their definitions.....and I can't help but think this test would be more accurate if you had to write, or choose the definition instead. And Oros, Tatterdemalion is synonymous with a ragamuffin.
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03-17-2012, 11:36 AM	#6
Still Standing Core Member [138%] MBTI: Isfp Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 5,543	Cool test. Got 22,600. English is not my mother tongue and I hardly ever speak it.
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03-17-2012, 11:56 AM	#7
darniem Member [11%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 445	25,900 words.
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03-17-2012, 09:08 PM	#8
silicon212 Member [23%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 939	33,400 words. Some strange ones I've never seen in there. Terpsichorean? I'm not much of a dancer, thanks (yes, I looked that one up).
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03-17-2012, 09:30 PM	#9
envirodude Core Member [111%] MBTI: INTx Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 4,447	28,700
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03-18-2012, 09:36 AM	#10
Calica Core Member [144%] MBTI: infp Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 5,789	23,000 while I`ve heard some of the weirder ones before I don`t know their exact meaning. And I agree, would be more fun if you had to connect the words to their definitions. To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
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03-18-2012, 10:56 AM	#11
sehnsucht Member [08%] MBTI: INFP Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 346	28,800
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03-18-2012, 11:13 AM	#12
sed0007 Core Member [211%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 8,450	33.600....embarrassed, but satisfied.
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03-18-2012, 10:14 PM	#14
Coralaisly Veteran Member [79%] MBTI: XXXX Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3,183	24,900 I doubt the results.
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03-18-2012, 10:30 PM	#15
Magda Member [24%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 989	35,900 Reading classic and/or historical novels helps.
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03-19-2012, 04:45 PM	#16
yoginimama Core Member [137%] MBTI: INFJ Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 5,509	37,200; native English speaker. Man. I did not know as many words as I wanted to. Quite unhappy with my performance.
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03-20-2012, 04:14 PM	#17
hamlet9 Member [18%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 737	38,400 words A fun test. I always like learning new words. Williwaw is great.
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03-22-2012, 08:52 AM	#18
sabotai New Member [01%] MBTI: INTx Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 53	Wow, I feel like an idiot now. I got 19,800, below the average range as a native speaker! There were lots of words I could likely use correctly in a sentence and had a good idea of, but not the exact definition.
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06-20-2012, 04:01 AM	#19
Gum11 New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 4	Are you all liars? Some of those words are completely ridiculous and are not used anywhere, not even textbooks.
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06-20-2012, 05:39 AM	#20
frontaLobotomy Member [11%] MBTI: INTj Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 453	33,600. Some of those words were pretty impossible, and are practically non-existent in modern literature.
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06-20-2012, 05:41 AM	#21
endless Member [05%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 214	36,900
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06-20-2012, 10:22 AM	#22
CakeZ Member [05%] MBTI: INxJ Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 213	24,400. cake I am disapont
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06-20-2012, 11:36 AM	#23
Abacus2012 New Member [01%] MBTI: INxx Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 54	Your total vocabulary size is estimated to be: 29,800 words My result seems consistent with their charts on vocabulary, age, and SAT score relationships.
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06-20-2012, 12:02 PM	#24
Axel Member [20%] MBTI: XXXX Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 826	18200.
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