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It marked this definition for “Candid” as incorrect. “Secretive and very guarded” But Candid can certainly mean secretive, as in “Candid camera”.
No, I read about 97 words I already knew and guessed at a couple of made-up ones like "snollygoster".
Is this what passes for an advanced vocabulary in the US?
Also, it took far too many clicks per word, pretty tedious stuff.
I got 93 words (not a native speaker), but the expert/grandmaster words were kinda easy?
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I thought that one was pretty well known. But then, I can also rattle off Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch at will.
But why? say what you like about antidisestablishmentarianism; at least it's an ethos
I too can say it and I'm very English...ish. LlanPG is a tourist attraction and a great example of an amateur advertising idea smashing it!
Each word is a double-click.
In addition to everything everyone else has said: their math is off by half (or 100%, depending on how you count), due to a structural error. (context: native English speaker, big reader, huge nerd, perfect SAT score) I got all 100 correct on the first try without looking anything up! Confusingly, that only resulted in a "SCIENTIFIC ESTIMATE" that I know 85,000/~170,000 words? Their "How is this calculated" page that…
I attribute most of my success in life to reading early and often. Bartending in college rounded out the social skills (for me) but those two skills have carried me further than I anticipated, coming from a poor background.
Have you found the same to be true?
Too much time spent on the basics, honestly. I'm at word 20 and still on the basics? Each word is a double-click.
It marked this definition for “Candid” as incorrect. “Secretive and very guarded” But Candid can certainly mean secretive, as in “Candid camera”.
At least that was my experience as a native Italian speaker. My English vocabulary is good, but not great by any means and by reading books in English I know that there are plenty of words that are not derived from Latin