Test your vocabulary!

[lawrawrrr]

My mum just sent me this test, it's really interesting to see it and compare to the national average!

It doesn't take very long to do so give it a go! Make sure you only check ones you can ACTUALLY define and not just words you've heard of!!!

My result was 26,600 - not as big as I'd have guessed actually, considering I did an English degree and read a hell of a lot! But I'm fairly happy with it.

Post your results below!!

Would help if I included the link (http://testyourvocab.com)

[Nick]

how do i do it

[!:random!:!]

11,600
words


I don't know if that is good. Am 16 sooo...

[buttons]

not a lot apparently. 21,800.

[Alysha]

26,800

[Elegance]

18,300 apparently, interesting

[Prosiary]

22,900

no idea if that's bad/good

[OldLoveSong]

o god i have to click all of those on my laptop urghh

[Cerys]

just use tab and space ^^



28,500 which is surprising

[dbgtz]

I was hoping this was an actual test and not some self reporting thing :(

[lawrawrrr]

22,900

no idea if that's bad/good
there's a link under the test to compare to other people your age if you're interested! But over 20 is good for an adult, it obv grows with time though!

[FlyingJesus]

32,300 but that's clearly inflated just because I know some of the non-English words - there are loads on the list that are either robbed entirely from other languages or are extinct slang, so it's prob not all that accurate

[David]

19,300

[Alkaz]

23,900 I'm surprised.

[Phil]

14,200
words

That's awful..

[FlyingJesus]

14,200
words

That's awful..

Potato potato potato potato potato potato potato potato potato potato
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[Kyle]

1,560
words

did i do it wrong

ok i realised you have to tick the ones u understand

http://puu.sh/leAJt.png
knowing the french ones helps a lot
I learned terpsichorean from monty python. remember that long poem with lots of strange words in that got posted on here that was fun

[Kasabian]

http://i.imgur.com/t50e4li.png

[Shockwave.2CC]

14,200

[ToxicMint]

9250 or sumthing apparently in only better than forein learners I think it a load of shite the 2nd list had so many random words like it so crap

[lawrawrrr]

I knew a lot of the words on the list but I wouldn't be able to actually define them without it being in a sentence so that's why I didn't tick them and prob got lower. Really depends how honest you're being with yourself

[Bloop]

17.3k

[Kyle]

I knew a lot of the words on the list but I wouldn't be able to actually define them without it being in a sentence so that's why I didn't tick them and prob got lower. Really depends how honest you're being with yourself
Surely if you can put them into a sentence then you know their definitions?

[lawrawrrr]

Surely if you can put them into a sentence then you know their definitions?

No. For example, I know roughly what "prudish" means in context but I wouldn't be able to define it.


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[Kyle]

No. For example, I know roughly what "prudish" means in context but I wouldn't be able to define it.


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Really? I would say that being able to use a word accurately (especially something like prudish since it's a rather specific one) would mean that you'd be able to say what it means just through context.

my school log book had a word each week in the calendar section of it and we were encouraged to use the word as much as we could. I remember learning the word veriloquent and then all teachers started using it and I came to hate it and never used it again. Habbox should have a word of the day I love learning new words. Today's word can be 'prudish'!

[lawrawrrr]

Really? I would say that being able to use a word accurately (especially something like prudish since it's a rather specific one) would mean that you'd be able to say what it means just through context.

my school log book had a word each week in the calendar section of it and we were encouraged to use the word as much as we could. I remember learning the word veriloquent and then all teachers started using it and I came to hate it and never used it again. Habbox should have a word of the day I love learning new words. Today's word can be 'prudish'!

Hahaha I actually love that idea! I know like, generally what it means but I wouldn't be confident in defining it. There are a lot of words I ONLY know in context, mainly cos I read a lot and guess what the word means depending on what it's describing etc


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[FlyingJesus]

prudish
ˈpruːdɪʃ
adjective

How Laura acts when asked for rudey nudeys

Habbox word of the day is a fab idea, will give mdport a job to do and enrich the lives of the community *+*+*+*+

[Inseriousity.]

"Based on participations so far, we've already got some decent statistics. Most native English adult speakers who have taken the test fall in the range 20,000–35,000 words."

I got 19,700. oh shit LOL.
-looks at toxicmint's post- ahh phew I feel better now.

[buttons]

omfg can we say shit now

ot:: im only in the 40th percentile with my 21,800

[Rachy]

So funny how raggamuffin was on there.

32,200 words !

[Ekelektra]

18,800

[Rachel]

24,500 .... ain't that bad really

[harrie]

21,600