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[aphar]

Test your vocab says that I know 32k English words (75th percentile based on American native speakers age 18+ only).
how about you?

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[gingema]

Mine does not even reach 10K.
Although the native-speakers 18+ students I deal with seem not to know at least half of my vocabulary :)

[uzheletta.livejournal.com]

10.3
rasstroilas' :(

[aphar.livejournal.com]

лучше порадуйся за меня :-)

[aphar.livejournal.com]

alas, this does not mean that you know more than half of theirs.

[gingema]

True, but who said that their vocabulary is a better point of reference than mine?

[aphar.livejournal.com]

they are the native speakers.
they define the language.

[gingema]

Everybody who speaks the language defines it. Look at Hebrew.

[aphar.livejournal.com]

sure - with a weight, and they are the majority.

[allka.livejournal.com]

Wow, are you serious? Respect.

Mine was around 24K - 30th percentile!!! :) I don't really believe it, because my verbal GRE percentile was in the 80s. The last column on the second page looked absurd. :) I'll have to do this to Jay.

[aphar.livejournal.com]

The last column on the second page looked absurd
agreed
I'll have to do this to Jay.
can't wait :-)

[ymarkov.livejournal.com]

34,700 (http://testyourvocab.com/?r=156003)

Frankly, I expected better, since I read a lot and my verbal GMAT was in the top 1% (albeit almost 20 years ago).

[aphar.livejournal.com]

wow!