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Test Your Vocab I CHALLENGE YOU

#61 Gothos

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Posted 08 December 2010 - 01:49 PM

Got up to 36 on freerice, then got reminded I should be working.
Damn addicting. Also, educating!

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#62 Grimjust Bearegular

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Posted 08 December 2010 - 02:05 PM

Damn, reading your scores depresses me..I feel like a retard :thumbsup:

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#63 MTS

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Posted 08 December 2010 - 02:46 PM

Really? I'd be stoked if I knew over 20,000 words in my second language. I'd be happy with 5,000, actually. :thumbsup:

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#64 Grimjust Bearegular

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Posted 08 December 2010 - 03:00 PM

MTS, on 08 December 2010 - 02:46 PM, said:

Really? I'd be stoked if I knew over 20,000 words in my second language. I'd be happy with 5,000, actually. :thumbsup:

I guess I've always seen myself as quite proficient in English so my score was a slap in the face...not a hard one, but a slap nonetheless :admin:

At least I know more words than the average English speaking person my age does...which is small comfort, hehe.

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#65 Tsundoku

A what?

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Posted 09 December 2010 - 06:40 AM

Freerice level 46, but I got bored. :thumbsup:

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#66 James Hutton

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 11:55 AM

Hmm, I got to lvl 36 on FreeRice.

Result on the Test Your Vocab page was 23,500. I had 20,200 on the first try but I misclicked my answer for one of the questions (Which option best describes your English learning).
English is my second language (Dutch is my first).

Edit: Oops, didn't see this was a dead thread

This post has been edited by James Hutton: 08 August 2011 - 12:04 PM

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#67 Dolmen 2.0

is probably lying

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 12:51 PM

26,600. No real surprises there.

Its my third language afterall, though to be honest I've had most of my
education delivered to me in heavy victorian prose.

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#68 Sindriss

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 04:58 PM

Also, it just takes a broad approach. Often you are really familiar with one area, due to your education and work. E.g. I scored pretty badly, only around 21k words know (according to the website), but I would argue that I'm pretty solid in english, especially within my education

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#69 McLovin

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Posted 08 August 2011 - 06:41 PM

35,600.

I recognized a lot of the obscure words but couldn't recall their definitions.

This test is probably invalid for folks with scientific/technical backgrounds.

OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.