How's Your Vocabulary?

I KNOW I got them all correct, but it indicated I only got an "A", not an "A+", and there was no way to check and see where they were wrong, so they can kiss my buttocks.

I know I got them all correct, too, but I only got an "A" as well. I would like to know what they considered wrong.

I got an A+ nyanyanyanya Obviously you got something wrong.

But I do wish quizzes like this would show the answers.

Spoiler: Here are the answers --

1. What is a talisman?
* A charm with powers
2. Something ostentatious is:
* Overly showy
3. To cajole means to:
* Coax
4. An atheist:
* Doesn't believe in God
5. When you peruse something, you:
* Read it carefully
6. What is an enigma?
* A mystery
7. To be quixotic is to be:
* Idealistic
8. Someone who is impudent is:
* Rude
9. An altruist believes in:
* Putting others first
10. To masticate means to:
* Chew
11. What's another word for serendipity?
* Luck
12. Someone who is phlegmatic is:
* Unemotional
13. If a woman is told she has a lithe body, she should be:
* Happy
14. Someone who is omniscient is:
* All knowing
15. A hedonist is someone who...
* Seeks pleasure

Why not a test with useful words? I nominate 'homoscedastic'.

The highest score should go to people who answered nine questions correctly and then flipped a coin to define "peruse." The traditional dictionary definition is to read something thoroughly. But, it's now also used, sometimes with deliberate humor and sometimes as the assumed definition, to mean a quick scan The word is smack-dab in the middle of an evolution to a new meaning, and thus was a poor choice for a vocabulary test that forces black-and-white either/or choices.

I only missed one (phlegmatic) and got a B+.

Well A+

Peruse is one I had to think about.

Though it had come up in a similar quiz before

I too was tripped up by peruse. Ah, the joy of learning.

Aww, I missed the peruse one too, though apparently the quiz still thinks I am "quite an erudite person."

Grammar quiz, anyone?

I also got "peruse" wrong, because the only way I have heard it used is, according to the quiz authors, incorrect. I missed "impudent" too.

I really think, regardless of the actual meaning of the word, most of the women I know would in fact be confused if they were called "lithe." Kind of like the firestorm that ensues when anyone uses the word "niggardly."

A+ for me (without looking at the spoilers!)

I didn't know that "peruse" had a new meaning. I would opine that was from reading too many Biggles books as a youngster.

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