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Wednesday, September 01, 2004

FAVORITE WORDS. A pleonasm for me, and some may be found here. There is a sad desuetude that is almost haptic in contemporary language. There is no aporia in observing this, but rather, litotes. Some say it is nugatory, but I say, my friends, let us use our vocabulary in foudroyant, mellifluous, concinnity.
Results of the quiz

96. same ... INCORRECT... the correct answer is opposite
104. same ... INCORRECT... the correct answer is opposite
121. same ... INCORRECT... the correct answer is opposite
156. same ... INCORRECT... the correct answer is opposite
169. same ... INCORRECT... the correct answer is opposite

You got 194 out of 200 correct.

You left 1 questions unanswered.
As I said here:
Didn't intentionally leave any unanswered, but obviously I missed one. A few I guessed at. A fair number made me grumbly, because the alike/opposite factor was so freaking vague it seemed to me as if the author pulled words from dictionaries without being familiar with their actual usage.

On the plus side, a whole bunch of my favorite obscure words were used, and a smattering I either was delighted to be reminded of, or were simply new to me. A few too many medical-only terms for my taste, though.

Also, a bit over time-consuming, but still one of the more interesting quiz-type thingies (see what a great vocabulary I have?).

Read The Rest Scale: only if you are pernickety, and hold no truckle with hebetated usage.

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