Vocabulary Size Test

Econoline · Post by **Econoline** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 7:46 am

Unlike that stupid "How White Are You?" quiz I posted before, this one actually seems like a legitimate test.

https://www.arealme.com/vocabulary-size-test/en/

Or maybe I'm just saying that because I got a high score.

Your English Vocabulary Size is:

30325

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ★★★ Top 0.01%. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. You are Shakespeare! You can even create new words that will expand the English dictionary.

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:13 am

I only finished in the top 1.87%, which leads me to conclude that the test designers must have some of their answers wrong. Unfortunately, I cannot prove this because the test does not tell you which of your answers are supposedly wrong...

MajGenl.Meade · Post by **MajGenl.Meade** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 11:39 am

30325 is what I got. Wonder what I missed? Shame they don't tell you

Burning Petard · Post by **Burning Petard** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 12:16 pm

Some of it is just test taking skill: The base word is an adverb, the choices are a noun, two adjectives, one adverb. The correct antonym or synonym must also be the same form as the base word--so it is the only adverb.

snailgate

Bicycle Bill · Post by **Bicycle Bill** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 2:28 pm

Your English Vocabulary Size is:

29625

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ★★★ Top 0.19%. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. You are Shakespeare! You can even create new words that will expand the English dictionary.

But I don't WANNA be Shakespeare, 'cause he croaked five centuries ago!!
If I have to pick from dead authors let me be Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett, or maybe even Mark Twain, instead.

-"BB"-

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 2:34 pm

The problems with this test are apparent with the very first question...

"Like" is not really a synonym for "Love" (something like "adore" would be a synonym for "love") but compared to the other choices; "live" "life" and "left" (which are words that have nothing to do with one's feelings towards a person, place or thing)it was the only one to pick.

If you're going to design a test measuring the ability of others to identify the synonyms and antonyms of various words, it would be really helpful if you knew what the words synonym and antonym mean.

MajGenl.Meade · Post by **MajGenl.Meade** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 2:40 pm

Burning Petard wrote:Some of it is just test taking skill: The base word is an adverb, the choices are a noun, two adjectives, one adverb. The correct antonym or synonym must also be the same form as the base word--so it is the only adverb.

snailgate

It amazes me that anyone knows noun, adjective, adverb differences. OK, I can usually get a noun but the others confound me and always have. Yet I was top in English at school, write like the dickens (well, perhaps not him) and am within the 0.01% on this test. Is it rote memory or what?

And LJ, when I say "I love football" (meaning real football played with a round ball), I don't really mean "adore" (such an unmanly word!) - I mean "like very much". So although your point is taken, rather like Venus, it is crushed, thrashed and smashed back over the net

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:24 pm

Actually Gen'l, what you're doing when you say "I love football" is misusing the word "love"...

( And in your case, quite possibly misusing the word "football" too...

)

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 6:20 pm

Your English Vocabulary Size is: 22950
★★★ Top 5.08%
Your vocabulary is at the level of professional white-collars in the US!

Hey, I'll take it. Besides, as the resident "word economist" what do you expect... Shakespeare?

I have spoken.

Big RR · Post by **Big RR** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 7:10 pm

30325 as well; and I agree with BP.

and Jim, is that really a misuse of the work "love"; I would think love can exist in degrees, from an affection or liking to romantic love. one can love a friend,one's siblings or parents, or one's spouse and each of those sorts or love are different.

MajGenl.Meade · Post by **MajGenl.Meade** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 7:14 pm

Big RR wrote:30325 as well; and I agree with BP.

and Jim, is that really a misuse of the work "love"; I would think love can exist in degrees, from an affection or liking to romantic love. one can love a friend,one's siblings or parents, or one's spouse and each of those sorts or love are different.

I just love that response :worship:

rubato · Post by **rubato** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 7:23 pm

30150

I guessed on "avulse"

yrs,
rubato

Econoline · Post by **Econoline** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 7:24 pm

Thesaurus.com: http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/love

Merriam-Webster.com: synonym noun | syn·o·nym | \ˈsi-nə-ˌnim\

1 : one of two or more words or expressions of the same language that have the same or nearly the same meaning in some or all senses

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 8:19 pm

1 : one of two or more words or expressions of the same language that have the same or nearly the same meaning in some or all senses

Which would of course eliminate "love" as a synonym for "like" since "like" has no more "nearly the same meaning" as "love" as "dislike" does with "hate"....

Thanks for proving my point Econo...

dales · Post by **dales** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 9:52 pm

Top 1.16% whenever that means

Joe Guy · Post by **Joe Guy** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:02 pm

I got exactly the same score as RayThom. I don't know whether to be happy with my score or worry that I might be him and not realize it.

This is quite a dilemma... err... quandary.

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:17 pm

romantic love. one can love a friend,one's siblings or parents, or one's spouse and each of those sorts or love are different.

Well, hopefully one has romantic love for one's spouse

but I agree with the basic point that there are different types of "love"...

But none of the different types of love have "nearly the same meaning" as "like"...

All of the different types of love (when the term is being used properly; not when it's being used improperly, such as "I love football" or "I love a good book") mean far more than that...

dales · Post by **dales** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:28 pm

Joe Guy wrote:I got exactly the same score as RayThom. I don't know whether to be happy with my score or worry that I might be him and not realize it.

This is quite a dilemma... err... quandary.

That would be quagmire, Joe.

BoSoxGal · Post by **BoSoxGal** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 1:48 am

Lord Jim wrote:
1 : one of two or more words or expressions of the same language that have the same or nearly the same meaning in some or all senses
Which would of course eliminate "love" as a synonym for "like" since "like" has no more "nearly the same meaning" as "love" as "dislike" does with "hate"....

Thanks for proving my point Econo...

Sorry, but I'm going with Roget over Lord Jim; like IS a synonym for love.

Senses and synonyms of the word

- love -

#163 Reproduction: Nn. love -- love.
#817a Greed: Nn. like, liking, love, fondness.

#827 Pleasure: Vb. like, love, adore.

#865 Desire: Nn. like, liking, love, fondness.

#888 Friendship: Nn. love.

#894 Courtesy: Nn. best love, love.

#897 Love: Nn. love, amor, affection, attachment, devotion -- Love, Cupid, Amor, Eros, Kama -- dearly beloved, well-be-loved, truelove, beloved object, object of one's affections, loved one, light of one's eye, love, light of one's life, beloved, crush, darling, dear, dear one -- be in love with, care for, like, fancy, have a fancy for, have eyes for, go for, take an interest in, dote on, love, dote upon, be fond of, be sweet upon.

#899 Favorite: Nn. love, amor, affection, attachment, devotion -- Love, Cupid, Amor, Eros, Kama -- dear one, dearly beloved, well-be-loved, truelove, beloved object, object of one's affections, loved one, light of one's eye, love, light of one's life, beloved, crush, darling, dear -- be in love with, care for, like, fancy, have a fancy for, have eyes for, go for, take an interest in, dote on, love, dote upon, be fond of, be sweet upon.

#902 Endearment: Nn. darling, dear, deary, sweetheart, sweetie, sweet, sweets, sweetkins, honey, honey bunch, honey child, sugar, love, lover, precious, precious heart, pet, petkins, babe, baby, cherub, angel, chick, chickabiddy, buttercup, duck, duckling, lamb, lambkin, snookums.

#910 Philanthropy: Nn. devotion, love, amor, affection, attachment -- Love, Cupid, Amor, Eros, Kama -- dear one, dearly beloved, well-be-loved, truelove, beloved object, object of one's affections, loved one, light of one's eye, love, light of one's life, beloved, crush, darling, dear -- be sweet upon, be in love with, care for, like, fancy, have a fancy for, have eyes for, go for, take an interest in, dote on, love, dote upon, be fond of.

#976 Deity: Nn. Mind, Divine Mind, Spirit, Soul Principle, Life, Truth, Love.

We all know you hate being wrong, but this is one time that you absolutely are. Perhaps you don't understand what a synonym is.

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 1:57 am

dales wrote:
Joe Guy wrote:I got exactly the same score as RayThom. I don't know whether to be happy with my score or worry that I might be him and not realize it.
This is quite a dilemma... err... quandary.
That would be quagmire, Joe.

Ouch! You guys are trying to give me a poorness complex. If you think you'll mortify me into bequeathing this place, well, you better ponder afresh. This only strengthens my intention and purposefulness. So their!

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