Ester Maria Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I got 30,900. But I am not a native speaker, so whatever the result (though this is a solid result, 65th percentile), I have an excuse. ;) Of course, I knew all the words like oneiromancy or deracinate, but then again I did not even know all the words on the first page. My problems with English are mostly in more common words, while I have generally no problems with "higher" registers of the language that is Greco-Latinate, I can read Milton with no issues, but on the other hand, I learned words like midriff quite recently. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I scored with a vocab of 35,600. In the last column on the second page I knew: tricorn, braggadocio, pabulum, pother, cantle and regnant. I didn't tick the box unless I had seen the word in print and knew what it meant. So, I didn't tick words where I could gather a sense of the definition from the root words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janna Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Too bad "sardonic" or "sardonically" wasn't listed. :lol: http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=293300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMom Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 32,300.... But - I don't see how accurate that can acutlaly be. It seemed like a narrow range of words to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 35,600 I didn't believe the average verbal SAT of 700, but then noticed most of the respondents were younger. I just gave myself an education on the recentering of SAT scores in 1995 and found out a 700 is not what I thought a 700 is. :glare: OTOH, my score jumped! :D 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 I didn't believe the average verbal SAT of 700, but then noticed most of the respondents were younger. I just gave myself an education on the recentering of SAT scores in 1995 and found out a 700 is not what I thought a 700 is. :glare: OTOH, my score jumped! :D Oh yes. I forgot about the "re-norming." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 32,300....But - I don't see how accurate that can acutlaly be. It seemed like a narrow range of words to me. Did you read this? http://testyourvocab.com/details.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura in CA Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) I had the same list. I scored 35,500 vocabulary words. But, I studied Latin, French and Spanish, so I think that helps. :iagree: I had five years of Latin in school, so I was able to figure out words like "uxoricide" -- which I've never seen in print, as far as I know, but which is easy to figure out if you know what an "uxor" is :) Another reason to study Latin! :) ... I had forgotten what "noisome" means, and also "terpsichorean" (thought maybe it had something to do with drama) ... this was a good review! 35,900 ETA: My father is not a native English speaker (and not even a native Indo-European-language speaker!) and loved to quiz us kids on big words ... pusillanimous, truculent, etc. Now he quizzes my teenage sons :) Edited July 20, 2011 by Laura in CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) 34,100 - and I, too, saw many that looked familiar but I didn't click them since couldn't define off the top of my head. Easy to figure out a word in the context of a sentence. Took it a second time - a few words were indeed different - and I scored a 39,000. Edited July 19, 2011 by JFSinIL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slojo's Homeschool Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 I received a very low score of 23,800 - not much better than a high school sophomore. Not sure what to think about that. Oh, well, despite my poor showing I still managed to obtain two advanced degrees and be published in a few academic journals before tamping back my career. Maybe I'm too much of a specialist - I know a lot of technical words specific to my field and not much else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silliness7 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 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. That's me too. Without context I'm a bit lost. Only 28,200 here. I knew I was in trouble when ds's vocab words in Wordly Wise last year were new to me too. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 I received a very low score of 23' date='800 - not much better than a high school sophomore. Not sure what to think about that. Oh, well, despite my poor showing I still managed to obtain two advanced degrees and be published in a few academic journals before tamping back my career. Maybe I'm too much of a specialist - I know a lot of technical words specific to my field and not much else.[/quote'] You still scored better than I did, and I read more than most people I know IRL. I think this test is only taken by geeks, and my geek-interest level is higher than my geek-skill level. At least I know what a williwaw is now. :lol: Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silliness7 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 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 That was my list too. I only new tricorn because of the tricorn hat. Never seen or heard of regnant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slojo's Homeschool Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Okay, took it again for pride - but didn't do much better 27,700. Oh, well, one can only hope my low vocabulary level won't hamper me in life. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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