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Test your vocabulary

#1 Post by Ritterskoop » Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:34 am

and donate rice (20 grains for each correct answer):

http://www.freerice.com/index.php
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#2 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:12 am

I managed to get up to Level 48 once. I hovered around Level 42.
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#3 Post by andrewjackson » Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:30 am

I hit 50 a few times but I was mostly around 45-46.

Fun game!
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#4 Post by ladysoleil » Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:34 am

andrewjackson wrote:I hit 50 a few times but I was mostly around 45-46.

Fun game!
50 is really hard to stay at. I've made it a couple of times but like you, I tend to hover in the mid-forty range. It's a really addictive game though.
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#5 Post by peacock2121 » Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:20 pm

I'll make you all feel really smart.

I never got passed 37. I had never even heard many of those words.

Funny how so many people say I am articulate and yet, I have limited vocabulary skills.
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#6 Post by silvercamaro » Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:22 pm

peacock2121 wrote:I'll make you all feel really smart.

I never got passed 37. I had never even heard many of those words.

Funny how so many people say I am articulate and yet, I have limited vocabulary skills.
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#7 Post by minimetoo26 » Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:23 pm

peacock2121 wrote:I'll make you all feel really smart.

I never got passed 37. I had never even heard many of those words.

Funny how so many people say I am articulate and yet, I have limited vocabulary skills.
I didn't realize it had no end! So I got sloppy and clicked on some wrong answers by accident, about three or four times. It could happen!

I got up to 49 at one point, but quit at 47 with 3600 grains of rice. My shoulder hurts now, but not as much as if I had planted and harvested the rice myself...
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#8 Post by peacock2121 » Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:25 pm

At some point, they told me I was done.

I think I earned too much rice trying to move up levels.
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#9 Post by minimetoo26 » Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:27 pm

peacock2121 wrote:At some point, they told me I was done.

I think I earned too much rice trying to move up levels.
I don't know if I coulda kept going much longer. I was guessing on a bunch of them at first, then I was getting repeats, so I thought it was endless.
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#10 Post by tlynn78 » Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:01 pm

I seem to stick at around 45. A lot of the words seem intuitive, so that includes some (many) lucky guesses.

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#11 Post by gsabc » Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:03 pm

Got up to 50 for a couple of words. Comes from doing crossword puzzles for so long. I'd bet wintergreen would top us all, with his knowledge of Latin word roots.
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#12 Post by TheConfessor » Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:19 pm

I just gave it a try. I reached 49, then quit at 2000 grains because I was playing for charity.
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#13 Post by mrkelley23 » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:14 pm

TheConfessor wrote:I just gave it a try. I reached 49, then quit at 2000 grains because I was playing for charity.
LOL!

Or, "I quit at 2000 grains because, you know, Meredith, that is a LOT of rice."
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#14 Post by mellytu74 » Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:09 pm

I love this site.

A co-worker sent it to me last week. The best I've done is 50 but is is tough to maintain it.

As gs said, knowing Latin roots helps. I bet wintergreen could cure world hunger!
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