While we're being all charitable, here's a link to FreeRice's charity vocabulary quiz. It's pretty simple: They give you odd words, you guess the meanings, and for each word you get right, they donate 10 grains of rice to an international aid agency.
Do you have a large vocabulary? Are you looking for an Internet-based way to waste time? Well, here's a way to make that work for you.
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Your Vocabulary Score: A+
Congratulations on your multifarious vocabulary!
You must be quite an erudite person.
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There's no way, BTW, that James got to 60. :-)
I have a pretty decent vocabulary (Like I always say, "My vocabulary is really...really...big."), and I got to level 40, briefly, and hovered between 37-39 toward the end of my first 1000 grains of rice.
How much rice is 1000 grains anyway? Enough for a family meal?
Oh, and there's no way anyone can get to 60, since there are only 50 levels.
Got to level 50 without cheating. I am proud of me. Took me 4180 grains of rice. This is addictive