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Slavakion · 12-02-2004, 05:37 PM

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)

Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity
Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid mimific.
Surveillance should precede saltation
Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate
It is fruitless to become lacrymous over precipitately departed lactated fluid
Neophyte's serendipity
The stylus is more potent than the claymore
Freedom from incrustation of grime is contiguous to divinity
Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion
It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers
The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled container does not reach 212 degrees Fahrenheit
Male cadavers are incapable of yielding any testimony
Individuals who make their abode in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles
Where there are visible vapors having their province in ignited carbon, there is conflagration
All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous
Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted
A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiated the potable
Exclusive dedication to necessary chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion render john an obtuse fellow
A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no diminutive glaucous eryophitic plant
A person presenting the ultimate cachinnation posesses thereby the ultimate cahinnation
Missiles of ligneous or porous consistency have the potential of fracturing any osseous structure but appelations will eternally negate my abrasions.

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

ratbastid · 12-02-2004, 07:18 PM

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!

Suave · 12-02-2004, 07:59 PM

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.

lurkette · 12-03-2004, 08:01 AM

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."

animosity · 12-03-2004, 08:11 AM

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

Xell101 · 12-03-2004, 12:47 PM

I got em' all. Context clues go a long way.

braisler · 12-03-2004, 12:55 PM

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.

Coppertop · 12-03-2004, 01:09 PM

Got 18. Missed #s 1, 9 and 20. I love unremittingly ogled container.

Giant Hamburger · 12-03-2004, 02:40 PM

I would like to add "osculate my fundament."

Charlatan · 12-03-2004, 03:45 PM

Go forth and multiply...

FngKestrel · 12-03-2004, 04:15 PM

Got 16. Missed # 1, 2, 6, 16, and 20. Doh!

JJRousseau · 12-03-2004, 09:54 PM

Sort of an aside, but my new favourite word is callipygian.

OFKU0 · 12-03-2004, 10:31 PM

I got them all wrong and realized silently that I'll never get those 5 minutes back.

12-02-2004, 05:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
Slavakion Mjollnir Incarnate Location: Lost in thought	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) Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid mimific. Surveillance should precede saltation Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate It is fruitless to become lacrymous over precipitately departed lactated fluid Neophyte's serendipity The stylus is more potent than the claymore Freedom from incrustation of grime is contiguous to divinity Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled container does not reach 212 degrees Fahrenheit Male cadavers are incapable of yielding any testimony Individuals who make their abode in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles Where there are visible vapors having their province in ignited carbon, there is conflagration All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiated the potable Exclusive dedication to necessary chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion render john an obtuse fellow A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no diminutive glaucous eryophitic plant A person presenting the ultimate cachinnation posesses thereby the ultimate cahinnation Missiles of ligneous or porous consistency have the potential of fracturing any osseous structure but appelations will eternally negate my abrasions. 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

12-03-2004, 08:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
lurkette My future is coming on Moderator Emeritus Location: east of the sun and west of the moon	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." __________________ "If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France

12-03-2004, 03:45 PM	#10 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Go forth and multiply... __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

12-03-2004, 10:31 PM	#13 (permalink)
OFKU0 Junk	I got them all wrong and realized silently that I'll never get those 5 minutes back. __________________ " In Canada, you can tell the most blatant lie in a calm voice, and people will believe you over someone who's a little passionate about the truth." David Warren, Western Standard.

12-02-2004, 07:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	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!

12-02-2004, 07:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
Suave Twitterpated Location: My own little world (also Canada)	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.

12-03-2004, 08:11 AM	#5 (permalink)
animosity on fire Location: Atlanta, GA	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

12-03-2004, 12:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
Xell101 Junkie	I got em' all. Context clues go a long way.

12-03-2004, 12:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
braisler Addict Location: Midway, KY	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.

12-03-2004, 01:09 PM	#8 (permalink)
Coppertop Getting Medieval on your ass Location: 13th century Europe	Got 18. Missed #s 1, 9 and 20. I love unremittingly ogled container.

12-03-2004, 02:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
Giant Hamburger Gastrolithuanian Location: low-velocity Earth orbit	I would like to add "osculate my fundament."

12-03-2004, 04:15 PM	#11 (permalink)
FngKestrel Junkie	Got 16. Missed # 1, 2, 6, 16, and 20. Doh!

12-03-2004, 09:54 PM	#12 (permalink)
JJRousseau Psycho Location: Vancouver, Canada	Sort of an aside, but my new favourite word is callipygian.