7/3/2007
Test Your Vocabulary! Part Three
Joanna Young is on a quest to become a Word Nerd, so here’s another batch of “Words for Nerds” so Joanna and other aspiring nerds can test their vocabulary skills! How many of these words do you know?
ReconditePeripatetic
Parsimonious
Bricolage
Punctilio
Numinous
Grampus
Transmogrify
Pismire
Nictitate
Whew! Kind of tough for the day before a holiday, eh? Here’s the scoring–
0-3 correct–You’re socially well-adjusted and easily understood.
4-7 correct–You’re starting to get a little nerdy. At times, people aren’t sure whether you’re speaking English.
8-10 correct–You’re a big time Word Nerd. You have a world class vocabulary IQ.
3 Responses to Test Your Vocabulary! Part Three
Oh no, I’m socially well-adjusted! Guess I should start learning those words right away. Thanks for the fun quiz! I picked one of those as my new word for this week.
Hi Brad
Thanks for another version of word nerd!
Now I’m wondering about how to score (how nerdish is that?!)
Is it 3 for words that I ‘knew’ without prompting, or 7 that I could answer with your (amazing) multiple choice questions?
And is it just me or was the test particularly hard this time with the inclusion of grampus, pismire, and nictitate?
I clearly have not spent nearly enough hours of my life on crosswords. Will try harder ahead of next time.
Joanna
PS Option A for parsimonious is inspired. Methinks this should really be the definition of the word
Learningnerd, I saw “bricolage” on your blog today and enjoyed your insights. It’s one of my favorite words, too.
Joanna, my scoring “system” is based on un-prompted answers, although on any scale, I’d say your scores are outstanding.
I think you’ll find the next batch almost as challenging as these. And I should mention, just for the record, that I myself didn’t know all that many of my Word Nerd words. Usually, they’re the ones I have to look up when reading.
Thanks for being aspiring Word Nerds!!