Rosie_0801 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Have fun with it: http://testyourvocab.com/ I think I'd only ever seen one of the words in the last column on the second page! Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I got a vocabulary of 37,100 words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I think the second page changes depending on what you know on the first page. I went back to look at the 2nd page without clicking on any of the words on the first page and it was completely different and much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Interesting. There were several that when I read them in a book, they make sense, but I could not actually assign a definition to. Thus a score of 28,700. Does purloin mean to steal or something like that? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I am a sight reader and a terrible speller, so I did not do as well as I would have hoped. :001_unsure: It even seamed like they made up some words to test your honesty. I haven't been reading new books lately. Just re-reading books I have. I need to start stretching my self. Was anyone else reminded of pirates and Shakespeare by the words? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 Interesting. There were several that when I read them in a book, they make sense, but I could not actually assign a definition to. Thus a score of 28,700. Does purloin mean to steal or something like that? :D Well you're still cleverer than I am! I only got 22,800. I never did have a great active vocabulary and since having kids, it only got worse! And yes it does. :) I know that one. :D Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I am a sight reader and a terrible speller, so I did not do as well as I would have hoped. :001_unsure: It even seamed like they made up some words to test your honesty. I haven't been reading new books lately. Just re-reading books I have. I need to start stretching my self. Was anyone else reminded of pirates and Shakespeare by the words? Mostly of P&P. Which is great b/c then I just want to watch A&E's version and sigh. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Well you're still cleverer than I am! I only got 22,800. I never did have a great active vocabulary and since having kids, it only got worse! And yes it does. :) I know that one. :D Rosie OK, well make it 28,701 then. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Mostly of P&P. Which is great b/c then I just want to watch A&E's version and sigh. :D LOVE that one! :001_wub: I own it :D I absolutely refuse to watch any other version. Interesting that the higher vocabulary words made us think of older literature... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana B Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Wow. 19,900. That's sad. :( I read and understand a lot, but I don't know how to put an actual definition to some things. If they had given me a sentence for some of them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 29,100 for me. Not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 I think the second page changes depending on what you know on the first page. I went back to look at the 2nd page without clicking on any of the words on the first page and it was completely different and much easier. Ah, well here was the last column on my test: malapropism tricorn tenebrous braggadocio bruit embonpoint pabulum pother valetudinarian cenacle vibrissae cantle estivation regnant terpsichorean clerisy deracinate fuliginous oneiromancy tatterdemalion williwaw caitiff funambulist hypnopompic opsimath pule uxoricide The only one I'm sure I've seen in print was "regnant." :001_huh: But despite my lousy score, I don't feel bad about not knowing these ones, Or should I? Do people really use words like "williwaw?" :001_huh: It's a silly sounding word. :lol: I shall go and learn it right now. *Opens dictionary.com* Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I got a 31,500. There were some words that I remembered seeing, but didn't quite know what they meant. The last column of the 2nd page didn't have a single word I recognized. I guess I didn't read enough British lit;). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Ah, well here was the last column on my test:malapropism tricorn tenebrous braggadocio bruit embonpoint pabulum pother valetudinarian cenacle vibrissae cantle estivation regnant terpsichorean clerisy deracinate fuliginous oneiromancy tatterdemalion williwaw caitiff funambulist hypnopompic opsimath pule uxoricide The only one I'm sure I've seen in print was "regnant." :001_huh: But despite my lousy score, I don't feel bad about not knowing these ones, Or should I? Do people really use words like "williwaw?" :001_huh: It's a silly sounding word. :lol: I shall go and learn it right now. *Opens dictionary.com* Rosie I did not get any of those. I only recognized two of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Ah, well here was the last column on my test:malapropism tricorn tenebrous braggadocio bruit embonpoint pabulum pother valetudinarian cenacle vibrissae cantle estivation regnant terpsichorean clerisy deracinate fuliginous oneiromancy tatterdemalion williwaw caitiff funambulist hypnopompic opsimath pule uxoricide The only one I'm sure I've seen in print was "regnant." :001_huh: But despite my lousy score, I don't feel bad about not knowing these ones, Or should I? Do people really use words like "williwaw?" :001_huh: It's a silly sounding word. :lol: I shall go and learn it right now. *Opens dictionary.com* Rosie I had the same list. I scored 35,500 vocabulary words. But, I studied Latin, French and Spanish, so I think that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooh bear Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 35,600 score. I do read a lot of older books. Maybe that helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Great White North Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 What I'd like to know is how the average self reported SAT score can be so high, yet the average vocab size so low? Can you really get a 700 SAT score with only 24,000 words? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 What I'd like to know is how the average self reported SAT score can be so high, yet the average vocab size so low? Can you really get a 700 SAT score with only 24,000 words? Well isn't there a bit of luck involved with the SAT? If you are being honest with this test then you are not checking words you cannot think of a definition for. With the SAT, if I didn't know the word, I still guessed. I had a 25% chance of getting it right. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicAnn Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I had about 36,000. There were a few of the really hard ones I didn't know whether to count or not. I *think* I know the definition on some of them, but unless I looked at the definition I couldn't be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) I scored 35,600. Rosie, some of the words you posted that were on your second page were on my first page. On my second page last column I only knew (or could figure out) 2. Edited July 19, 2011 by Parrothead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana B Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 So you guys with bigger vocabs, do you look up words you don't know? I occasionally run across words I don't know, but I can figure out their meaning in context. But I don't actually look the word up. So if I ran across the word in a list like this, I might recognize it, but would not be able to come up with a definition. So I'm just wondering if I could improve my vocab by looking up the words I read, or if I need to wait until DS studies Latin (so I can study it too?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Ah, well here was the last column on my test:malapropism tricorn tenebrous braggadocio bruit embonpoint pabulum pother valetudinarian cenacle vibrissae cantle estivation regnant terpsichorean clerisy deracinate fuliginous oneiromancy tatterdemalion williwaw caitiff funambulist hypnopompic opsimath pule uxoricide The only one I'm sure I've seen in print was "regnant." :001_huh: But despite my lousy score, I don't feel bad about not knowing these ones, Or should I? Do people really use words like "williwaw?" :001_huh: It's a silly sounding word. :lol: I shall go and learn it right now. *Opens dictionary.com* Interesting. I had about half those on my last column, a few in previous 2 columns, and the rest on my list were completely different (most of which I'd never even seen before, much less formed even an inkling of a definition). Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 So you guys with bigger vocabs, do you look up words you don't know? I often mark my books with a blank cardstock bookmark, and write words I don't know on the bookmark. I look them up later and write the definition on the bookmark. ETA: I also took a word roots linguistics class in college and loved it. It definitely helped with my general vocabulary. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 So you guys with bigger vocabs, do you look up words you don't know? I occasionally run across words I don't know, but I can figure out their meaning in context. But I don't actually look the word up. So if I ran across the word in a list like this, I might recognize it, but would not be able to come up with a definition. So I'm just wondering if I could improve my vocab by looking up the words I read, or if I need to wait until DS studies Latin (so I can study it too?) dictionary.com baby! :D [of course this means I consider my vocab larger.] I guess that is a bit pretentious. :tongue_smilie: Oh and accidentally hit enter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 31,900 or 75th percentile :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I often mark my books with a blank cardstock bookmark, and write words I don't know on the bookmark. I look them up later and write the definition on the bookmark. I do that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I often mark my books with a blank cardstock bookmark, and write words I don't know on the bookmark. I look them up later and write the definition on the bookmark. ETA: I also took a word roots linguistics class in college and loved it. It definitely helped with my general vocabulary. Cat When I was reading Abolition of Man I kept the computer handy to look up, oh every.other.word/phrase. :D After I had read 3/4 of the book, I realized that I was using the same site over and over again. Someone had gone through the book and defined and translated all of the difficult words and phrases. I finally printed it out. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I'm not saying. It's my mother's fault. Some moms read fairy tales to their kids; mine..dictionaries with root suffix & origins. Blah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbemom Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 LOVE that one! :001_wub: I own it :D I absolutely refuse to watch any other version. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sputterduck Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 When I was reading Abolition of Man I kept the computer handy to look up, oh every.other.word/phrase. :D After I had read 3/4 of the book, I realized that I was using the same site over and over again. Someone had gone through the book and defined and translated all of the difficult words and phrases. I finally printed it out. :tongue_smilie: That is one of my favorite books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 I'm not saying. It's my mother's fault. Some moms read fairy tales to their kids; mine..dictionaries with root suffix & origins. Blah. Your mum is cool. :lol: I used to keep a dictionary and notebook on my bedside table to note down words. Then I had children and lost not only the ability to remember definitions in isolation like that, but also my notebook and dictionary. :glare: Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Related site from Oxford Dictionary: http://savethewords.org/ Does anyone remember the REAL OED on a stand with the magnifier glass in the drawer? ::swoon:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 Related site from Oxford Dictionary: http://savethewords.org/ What a cool site! You have led me to my new favourite word: "Penarious." My old favourite was "pestilential." :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Related site from Oxford Dictionary: http://savethewords.org/ Does anyone remember the REAL OED on a stand with the magnifier glass in the drawer? ::swoon:: Yes, I saw one once, when I was a child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 33,700. Not sure how that makes me feel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 What a cool site! You have led me to my new favourite word: "Penarious." My old favourite was "pestilential.":) Rosie I cannot remember the word I adopted over a year ago, but I just adopted "agonyclite" :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 You guys are a hoot. I'd love to see a thread that uses only new adopted words. My entire family are word monsters. You should see the annual Christmas scrabble game played. It is scary-mary. We play with five bags of tiles...lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 My entire family are word monsters. You should see the annual Christmas scrabble game played. It is scary-mary. We play with five bags of tiles...lol. :001_huh: Dh and I played Scrabble last night for the first time in forever. 99% of the time he beats me, but I don't even get any pleasure from beating him. It's like a lose-lose situation for me. That must be why we haven't played in so long. :lol: Anyway, now I need a vocabulary books for four and five letter words. My idea of frightening would be a Polish scrabble game. 3 different types of z? :svengo: Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Wow, Rosie--cool but depressing test. :D:tongue_smilie:My score is 39,500 word vocab, but I still knew almost none of the last column of words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Wow, Rosie--cool but depressing test. :D:tongue_smilie:My score is 39,500 word vocab, but I still knew almost none of the last column of words. You got more than 10,000 words than I did and you're depressed? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) Ah, well here was the last column on my test:malapropism tricorn tenebrous braggadocio bruit embonpoint pabulum pother valetudinarian cenacle vibrissae cantle estivation regnant terpsichorean clerisy deracinate fuliginous oneiromancy tatterdemalion williwaw caitiff funambulist hypnopompic opsimath pule uxoricide This list is very close to the one I got, but a few at the end were different for me. From this list I knew malapropism, tricorn, and braggadocio. I got a total score of 25,400 which supposedly puts me in the 35th percentile. I seriously doubt that's accurate. Oh wait, I know terpsichorean too, but I don't think that was on my list. Edited: I went back and read more closely and added a few that I did know, and upped my score to 27,600. Edited July 19, 2011 by AndyJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 You got more than 10,000 words than I did and you're depressed? :D :iagree: Have a whinge, Caitilin! :nopity: :D Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 That was fun--dh and I were just saying the other day that we needed some new words for our vocabulary. I found him jejune (insipid, dry, witless, childish) in The Mill on the Floss, but now I have more to look up!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceyobu Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 What I'd like to know is how the average self reported SAT score can be so high, yet the average vocab size so low? Can you really get a 700 SAT score with only 24,000 words? I scored 21,700 and got a 710 on the verbal SAT. Maybe I've gotten a lot dumber since then? I only checked words I was really sure of the definition. I'd like to see how I could come out in a test where you have to actually pick the definition and not just say if you think you know it. My husband says every time I watch TLC I kill brain cells. Maybe he is right?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I knew them all which gave me a score of 45000, but I'm an enormous word geek. As someone else mentioned, I also read with a card to write down new words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 27,100 but I did not check words that I recognized from reading and understood, but could not think of a definition while taking the test. Time to start playing Balderdash some more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I got a score of 30, 700 I have read lots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfishes Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 27,600. Most of the last column on page 2 had me :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Peach Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I got 24,500, which was a bit lower than I expected. Although, if I used 95% of the words on the last page in general conversation, most people would be like :confused:. So I guess I'm ok. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 33,800. There were many I had seen before but couldn't define. I heard recently that Shakespeare had a vocabulary of at least 54,000 words. That doesn't seem quite fair if he made a lot of them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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