Ur mad vocabularian skilz
 

http://www.merriam-webster.com/quiz/index.htm

Ten question vocabulary quiz with points awarded for difficulty and speed.

I average about 3400, my high score was 3750. The leader board has scores of 4200 and up. Those must be speed points because even when I get all ten words right I don't hit 3800.

They show average scores by age group. The 60 and up set have the best average scores. At either end the scores dip.

I'd say my skilz are furious, but not enraged. Certainly more than mad.

3580 - lucky and surprisingly high for a 70+ - don't dare try again :rolleyes:

I would say 3580 would be considered Livid skilz.

3800

3940.
Knew all the words but I just don't have a good reaction time.
8 seconds usually, 9 seconds rarely. And I had to click twice on one of them.

I don't play computer games because of this (games-games I mean) because I just can't react fast enough. I'm sure I could improve my score with time, but I don't have the commitment.

Funz tho, thx.

First pass through: 3680. I'm gonna figure out the keyboard shortcuts for this one. What a great game I lurve it. Thanks!!!

2740, missed one, that's the kiss of death.
3780

I don't want to talk about it.

:)

I got 3580 and that's with missing one.

I think I got almost all the bonus points, besides the missed one.

Final Score: 3580 Points!
How That Compares:
The average score is: 2470 points

Spoiler below:


Correct Answers:
Stellar: Outstanding (Easier)
Lethargic: Sluggish (Harder)
Largess: Generosity (Harder)
Stagnant: Still (Easier)
Languid: Slow (Harder)
Rendezvous: Meet (Medium)
Mulct: Swindle (Hardest) Your Answer: Warn
Suave: Smooth (Easier)
Repose: Rest (Medium)
Resonate: Echo (Medium)

3220 because gauche means awkward. orly?

man, they always throw some fucker of a word like :

Oleaginous: Oily (Hardest) Your Answer: Chewy

at me. i can't break 3440.

go piss up a rope

Mulct I did not know. Never heard of.
Gauche is French for left. As is sinister in Latin.
I consider myself a cunning linguist. UG would disagree but I'm used to that ;)

(Oleaginous is often used to describe politicians and gameshow hosts)

I fared significantly more poorly on the other quizzes.
Some by simply being a furriner (True or False) and some by just not knowing what I was looking at (The Naming of the Parts or whatever it is called). By the time my brain had recognised the item I was almost out of time. I am not a visual person.

First go-
Crepuscular - sumbitch new one to me
3000 with the one miss

Crepsucular is one of my favorite words!

From Edward Gorey:

There was a young sportsman named Peel
Who went for a trip on his wheel;
He pedalled for days
Through crepuscular haze,
And returned feeling somewhat unreal.

Geeez, from some of the words you people got, I'm glad I only took the test once !

Crepsucular - my eyes would have seen that as corpuscular
Mulct - that would been mulch to me

yep. As I recall my answer had something to do with blood.

My fun ride through the visual vocabulary quiz:

Final Score: 3820 Points!

How That Compares:

The average score is: 2420 points

Correct Answers:

Toucan (Medium)
Muzzle (Easier)
Ferrule (Hardest)
Litchi (Easier)
Carabiner (Harder)
Joist (Harder)
Foliage (Easier)
Duffle Coat (Medium)
Clapper (Harder)
Fuselage (Medium)

3580
um... that 2nd quiz looked sorta familiar

3620:

Contumacious: Rebellious (Hardest)
Crescendo: Peak (Medium)
Elaborate: Fancy (Easier)
Consummate: Superb (Medium)
Contention: Conflict (Medium)
Elated: Delighted (Easier)
Bolster: Support (Harder)
Bucolic: Rural (Harder)
Caprice: Whim (Harder)
Ecstatic: Joyful (Easier)

OK. First go was 3700


But...my comp was being a bastard so i lost a few points I think on speed :p

Hahah.

Second go = 4000

Legacy: Inheritance (Easier)
Leverage: Power (Easier)
Recidivism: Relapse (Harder)
Prudence: Wisdom (Medium)
Repast: Meal (Harder)
Ludicrous: Laughable (Easier)
Redact: Edit (Harder)
Render: Deliver (Medium)
Pungent: Sharp (Medium)
Sanguineous: Bloody (Hardest)


score: 3860

ok.... i have to stop...im getting repeats.

Dropped a bit on the next two tries. Got two words wrong.

Then back up to 4040

freak

I'm a word phreak

3100

I think I need to put my glasses on. I can't read the words fast enough. and I've always sucked at these kinds of tests anyway. I know the words, but I'm just too slow to make the connection in my brain.

I'm a very thoughtful person. :)

mulct
noun
a sum of money to be paid as a punishment <the loan shark usually imposed a mulct of an additional 20% on overdue payments>


we call that a Vig in our lingo... banks ....bad credit banks... charge a fee to write a loan. they have different names for the fee. 'discount' or 'acquisition fee' or just 'bank fee' we all call it a Vig. Vig short for Vigorish

3800 yay me.

I'm a little bevved up right about now, FSB, and I got 3880.

Then things went south quickly as I tried to work on my speed drills.

also a little tanked up, got 3860. I guess I don't care so much if I get them wrong so am faster! (didn't)

Why am I drinking beer? I have to be up at 5!

Because god loves you and wants you to be happy

I've learned a couple cool new words with this quiz. Thanks foot.

Mmmmm.....knowledge..

I love this game :)

Final Score: 3920 Points! Post it:
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How That Compares:

The average score is: 2470 points

Want to see how your score rates in your age group?
Correct Answers:

Dossier: File (Harder)
Efflorescence: Blossoming (Hardest)
Facet: Aspect (Medium)
Exposition: Explanation (Medium)
Doppelganger: Double (Harder)
Inadvertently: Unintentionally (Easier)
Draconian: Severe (Harder)
Extraneous: Unimportant (Medium)
Implicit: Implied (Easier)
Inadequate: Lacking (Easier)

Funny. I just tried it again and got 50,000.
Which makes me Queen Wervert.
I got two wrong:
DanaC - Jammy bitch
Sundae - Jealous bitch

First try: 3280 (one wrong)
Best out of four tries: 3700 (That's Dana's first try, good enough for me :) )

brainy cellar women are teh hotness

3700. Fun.

It's instigorating!

A fun thing would be to take the 10 words from your quiz and write a paragraph using all the words.

I would do it, but I'm too busy. Well, I will be busy. I'm commencin' to get busy.

How about this:

Yesterday my virtual friend, who raises mammoth Chihuahuas and miniature cows, took a quiz that contained the following words:
Dossier: File (Harder)
Efflorescence: Blossoming (Hardest)
Facet: Aspect (Medium)
Exposition: Explanation (Medium)
Doppelganger: Double (Harder)
Inadvertently: Unintentionally (Easier)
Draconian: Severe (Harder)
Extraneous: Unimportant (Medium)
Implicit: Implied (Easier)
Inadequate: Lacking (Easier)

Surprisingly, (only because she is blonde and has big tits) she did amazingly well and was invited to join the leaderboard, who could not have had any idea she is gorgeous, blonde, and has big tits. Go figure.

I only scored 2780. Prolly cause I am strong like bull and smart like tractor.

No food or beverage should pass one's lips while reading the cellar as one may choke on a guffaw! @F3 :lol:

fucking word up brother.

Contumely.

ƒuck.

Heard a fellow describe his brother once...He said "He's strong as an ox, and almost as smart."

Today -due to inadequate attention- I inadvertently shredded the dossier full of the extraneous details about facets of the draconian measures taken by my doppleganger to facilitate my exposition as a dickhead. My idiocy was implicit and my cheeks had a certain efflorescence.

3120 on the first try with the average for my age class at 2640...
3600 on the third one...

Do I get bonus points since English is not my primary language ?

Yes!