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Words I didn't know the meanings of:
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TEST 1:
bivouac
indolent
declivity
abscissa *
badinage
daemon *
exordium
inchoate
moraine
rubric
soutane
abulia: Just wasn't motivated enough to guess this one...
caracole
chalybeate
croton: Thought it was a variant spelling of 'crouton' :-)
dysphoria *
kymograph
ortolan
quadrat
19 wrong => 41 correct.
TEST 2:
comber *
gouache: Thought it was a variant spelling of 'gauche'.
iconoclast *
carronade
dithyrambic
hebdomadal
infusoria
linage: Thought had something to do with genealogy.
antonomasia
cartouche: Thought it was a colour :-)
dorter
elvan
filemot: Nuthing to do with Filet-Mignon
lasher *
noumenon
pulvinate
velleity: I'd like to think I knew this one :-)
17 wrong => 43 correct.
TEST 3:
yeoman *
linden
maxilla
redolent
stertorous
timbre *
paregoric
rachitic
tanager
syncretism *
bisque *
colporteur
decuman *
grallotorial
orc
parataxia
riviere *
tanagra
urticant
19 wrong => 41 correct
TEST 4:
debouch
ibid. *
obloquy
aclinic
illation
ratline
calumet
gault
hypocaust *
kenosis
knap
limnology
mithridatism
unau
14 wrong => 46 correct. My best score :)
TEST 5:
belfry *
aurochs
hiatus *
teredo
valetudinarian *: US Cultural thingy, doesn't apply to Australian Public Schools.
bergamot
brevier
deemster: I deemed this to be some member of a US transport union :(
largo
refulgence *
triolet
ablegate
algorism
leat
mittimus
myosotis
peneplain
prunella
18 wrong => 42 correct.
TEST 6:
datum *
distrait
encyclical *
martinet
nacelle
chamfer
eschatology
imprest
samphire
satrap
ukase
champleve
deadlight
enchiridion
jokul
laches
maud
pedicular
spandrel
vavasor
20 wrong => 40 correct.
TEST 7:
mucilage
iceblink
megrim
canticle
lammergeier
mangonal
natterjack
peignoir
acarpous
chanterelle
demersal
eclampsia
jeofail
orris
pyx
ret *
sachem
17 wrong => 43 correct.
TEST 8:
pinnace
ramify
unction *
ablaut
belvedere
dimity
gelation
homeopathy *: Got this one wrong on the ISPE test too.
pis aller
psephology
regulus
sawder
chibouk: Amazing how words become distorted when absorbed in another culture!
disembogue
gemmule
idolum
lasque
oroide
quintan
rampion
20 wrong => 40 correct.
TEST 9:
betise
clamant
epitome
histrionic
panegyric
rowel
simoon
stricture *
apercu
bleb *: Didn't have confidence to state what I correctly thought it was.
decorticate
lambent
peculation
semiotics *
crucian: I doubt anyone got this right!
deuteragonist
encaustic *
hoveler
immortelle
limpkin
mort
peen
regelate
sandever
24 wrong => 36 correct.
This is where I started to slip...
TEST 10:
burnous
flense
franklin: Apparently neither a physical unit, nor a river.
habergeon
ignis fatuus *
jocund
catchpole
Greek Calends: Not a sieve to separate tomato paste from seeds :)
Heaviside Layer *
ichor
jussive
limen
nescience *
obi: 1 Kenobi? Nope :)
panhandle, n: Duh!
ramose
eparch
fleury
grangerize
jacobus
marshalsea
narthex
obol
tetterwort: Words like this give me a rash!
24 wrong => 36 correct.
* Imprecise or inadequate definitions.
Total wrong: 192.
Total correct: 408.
Theres a 67% certainty that my score is within 37.87 and 43.73.
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