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Test Your Vocabulary! Part Three

By Brad Shorr | July 3, 2007

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?

Recondite

Peripatetic

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.

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  • Take the World’s Hardest Vocabulary Test
  • Test Your Vocabulary! Part Four

    • 3 Responses to “Test Your Vocabulary! Part Three”

    1. Says:
      July 4th, 2007 at 8:44 pm

      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. :)

    2. Says:
      July 4th, 2007 at 11:48 pm

      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

    3. Says:
      July 5th, 2007 at 1:36 am

      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!!

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