tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post6752482785869493428..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: The high lifeGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-51752991315845018822014-08-22T09:53:08.345-04:002014-08-22T09:53:08.345-04:00Yes, and the 50/50 multiple-choice approach certai...Yes, and the 50/50 multiple-choice approach certainly helped. I'd have been hard-pressed to scare up a definition of many of those words out of thin air.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-64949350658028037822014-08-22T05:58:45.504-04:002014-08-22T05:58:45.504-04:0028. Knowing roots and structure definitely helped...28. Knowing roots and structure definitely helped. I also thought the ones that gave the definition and you picked the right word were easier than the ones that reversed that.douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241790925053112959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-65542058945840323922014-08-21T13:55:41.162-04:002014-08-21T13:55:41.162-04:00I missed one. Dammit!
Now I'm embarrassed.
0&...I missed one. Dammit!<br />Now I'm embarrassed.<br />0>;~/DL Slynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-60023714070955082892014-08-20T17:06:29.876-04:002014-08-20T17:06:29.876-04:00I knew all the words I got right, except one -- th...I knew all the words I got right, except one -- the one with "lex" in the middle.<br /><br />But I wouldn't be surprised if your work with Project Gut has given you a highly expansive vocabulary! English has been impoverished in some respects over the last century, although perhaps because we have adopted many new words for emerging technologies.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-65561522733495613842014-08-20T16:54:51.292-04:002014-08-20T16:54:51.292-04:00I too am a Vocabulary Viper. I missed #11.
And r...I too am a Vocabulary Viper. I missed #11.<br /><br />And raven, brontitude is from the Greek. Bronto meaning thunder. Brontosaurus = thunder lizard. So I only knew that one because I never outgrew a childhood love of dinosaurs.MikeDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116809134355184859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-34972459697459039932014-08-20T16:40:50.402-04:002014-08-20T16:40:50.402-04:00EH--yes, looks like I double-clicked or something....EH--yes, looks like I double-clicked or something. Link fixed now!<br /><br />There were many words on that test that I'd never seen, either, so in many cases I was was making an informed guess based on roots, and in several cases I guessed blind.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-89428863440031451652014-08-20T16:03:19.887-04:002014-08-20T16:03:19.887-04:00Most of the world still uses feudal scales. 90% of...Most of the world still uses feudal scales. 90% of the peasants have little to nothing. The aristocrats are 5% at the top and they get most of everything. It's the natural way of things.<br /><br />Even American Presidents like Hussein was helping out the aristos in Honduras by stomping on the people who actually liked independence.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-5531324243390679862014-08-20T15:39:11.752-04:002014-08-20T15:39:11.752-04:00I thought I had a decent vocabulary..
Missed 11! ...I thought I had a decent vocabulary..<br /> Missed 11! They were words I have never read or heard of, however. <br /><br /> "Brontitude"<br /> 1-The condition of being dunb as a dinosaur.<br /> 2- a severe coarse rasping chest infection.<br /> ravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-37542949074396244322014-08-20T14:36:34.095-04:002014-08-20T14:36:34.095-04:002828Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-26804442123150781652014-08-20T14:10:22.360-04:002014-08-20T14:10:22.360-04:00Nifty. "Wow, You Vicious Vocabulary Viper! 2...Nifty. "Wow, You Vicious Vocabulary Viper! 27/30." I missed 2, 6, and 13.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-42306257594818409072014-08-20T13:48:21.148-04:002014-08-20T13:48:21.148-04:00Try this one: http://www.playbuzz.com/jonb10/how-...Try this one: http://www.playbuzz.com/jonb10/how-many-english-words-do-you-actually-knowTexan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-22366366920762232942014-08-20T12:01:36.262-04:002014-08-20T12:01:36.262-04:00"Swankienda."
Congratulations -- I have...<i>"Swankienda."</i><br /><br />Congratulations -- I have never heard that word before. :) Been a while since I encountered a word I didn't recognize at all.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com