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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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