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How Many words do you know? Advanced Words Tests |
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This tests the size of your vocabulary by seeing how many of the least frequent words in the language you know – the more frequent ones are tested in the Basic Words Test on page 000. Complete the definitions; all the spaces are the same size so they do not give clues to the number of letters. Then check your answers and fill in the profile below. Give up when it becomes just guessing – few people get near the end The Advanced Words Test cover the words in the BNC from the most frequent 20000 up to the 150000+ level. Complete the definitions. The OED has been checked to make certain of their existence. |
| Section F The 50,0000 word level |
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1 a chemical for killing unwanted insects etc is a p |
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2something which forms a single whole is a u |
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3 to spell something out in detail is to a it |
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4 a white metallic element is b |
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5 one kind of Italian-derived sausage is a s |
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6 a heavy glass with a handle is known as a t |
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7 a type of brain chemical is s |
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8 the account of a recently dead person’s life is their o |
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9 a channel in the ground made by water is a g it |
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10 a distinctive group of people in North East Spain are C |
| Section G The 100,000 word level |
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11 something to do with the skull is c |
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12 a hooded Indian snake is a c |
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13 a place where many troops live together is a g |
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14 interwoven rods and laths make a building material called w |
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15 a two-masted, strongly-built boat is a k |
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16 a sailor’s word for a clumsy fellow is a l |
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17 the effects of wind, rain etc on objects is w |
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18 a fish that breathes air as well as water is a l |
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19 a person of high rank is a g |
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20 a person who speaks only one language is a m |
| Section H The 150,000 word level |
| 21 a small kind of French cake is a m |
| 22 a person who shaves off small pieces of wood is a w |
| 23 the three wise men from the east were the m |
| 24 something to do with the skin is d |
| 25 the main force of an attack is the b |
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sandy hollow on a golf-course is a b
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| 27 a tropical disease, seldom fatal, is d |
| 28 a member of a Hungarian military force is a h |
| 29 a Roman officer who acts as commander is a p |
| 30 in days of old a person who kept an inn was a t |
| Section I the 150,000 plus word
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| 31 a person who reports proceedings of a group to another group is a r |
| 32 a million-millionth of a second is a p |
| 33 a severe setback in the economy is a r |
| 34 a baby that still lives on milk is u |
| 35 a person who is legally able to vote is e |
| 36 a heavy wheel used to store power is a f |
| 37 something engraved on stone is l |
| 38 when a car shakes violently it j |
| 39 a small kind of bat is a p |
| 40 an African freshwater fish often found in aquaria is a t |
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Right answers To advanced Words Tests |
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| 1. pesticide | 2. unity | 3.articulate | 4. barium | 5. salami |
| 6. tankard | 7. serotonin | 8. obituary | 9. gully | 10. lCatalans |
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| 11. cranial | 12. cobra | 13. garrison | 14. wattling | 15.ketch |
| 16. lubber | 17. weathering | 18. lungfish | 19. grandee | 20. monolingual |
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| 21. madeline | 22. whittler | 23. magi | 24. dermal | 25. brunt |
| 26. bunker | 27. dengue | 28. jhonved | 29. proconsul | 30. taverner |
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| 31. rapporteur | 32. picosecond | 33. recession | 34. unweaned | 45. enfranchsised |
| 36 flywheel | 37 lapidary | 38 judders | 39 pipistrelle | 40. tilapia |
Gauging your vocabulary size
Now make a cross for each band in the following chart. Then join up the crosses. This should show how many words you know at each level. Usually you will get a curve going down towards the right. The size of your vocabulary is the last level at which you score above 5.
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