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Vocab Quiz!
How large and useful is your vocabulary? Try to translate these into famous sayings (like "a stitch in time saves nine", stuff like that). My score was 20/21 (missed 16)
Spoiler: 1. Beauty's only skin deep 2. Twinkle, twinkle, little start 3. Look before you leap 4. Birds of a feather flock together 5. It's useless to cry over spilt milk 6. Beginner's luck 7. The pen is mightier than the sword 8. Cleanliness is next to godliness 9. Spare the rod and spoil the child 10. It's useless to try to teach an old dog new tricks 11. A watched pot never boils 12. Dead men don't tell tales 13. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones 14. Where there's smoke, there's fire 15. All that glitters is not gold 16. Beggars can't be choosers 17. Too many cooks spoiled the soup 18. All work and no play makes John a dull boy 19. A rolling stone gathers no moss 20. He who laughs last laughs longest/best 21. Sticks ans stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me |
I had to hang with #16 for a bit too..
I got 20/21 as well--missed #20. But I got a great new word! Cachinnation! |
I got a few, then I got bored. I'm not really a fan of using big words for the sake of big words though. Unless they're really awesome sounding words.
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Got 'em all, but more from context than because I knew the precise meaning of each word.
Sort of by-the-by, one of my favorite phrases used to be "eschew obfuscation." |
I feel dumb... okay, well time to take these SATs that I have been putting off for the past 4 years.
btw, for some reason #13 made me :lol: |
I got em' all. Context clues go a long way.
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I would have to say that most of these are not so much vocabulary based as knowledge of arcane, "famous" sayings. I got them all, but many of them I knew what they were trying to hint at before I had read the first few words. Others, I wasn't as familiar with the saying and so it was more challenging to piece together what it was.
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Got 18. Missed #s 1, 9 and 20. I love unremittingly ogled container. :thumbsup:
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I would like to add "osculate my fundament."
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Go forth and multiply...
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Got 16. Missed # 1, 2, 6, 16, and 20. Doh!
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Sort of an aside, but my new favourite word is callipygian.
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I got them all wrong and realized silently that I'll never get those 5 minutes back.
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