scardella Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 (edited) I knew 94 out of 100. Note that the words were carefully picked so that they didn't overwhelmingly favor an English major. Many of the words are more likely to show up in a math or science textbook than in English classes. There were a handful that would more likely show up in a history book as well. Edited June 11, 2008 by scardella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeology cat Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 (edited) [quote name='scardella' post='1567969' date='Jun 11 2008, 02:16 PM']Note that the words were carefully picked so that they didn't overwhelmingly favor an English major. Many of the words are more likely to show up in a math or science textbook than in English classes. There were a handful that would more likely show up in a history book as well.[/quote] I noticed that, as I saw a few biology terms, for example. ETA: And, yeah, some would be in social studies books (gerrymander, for example) Edited June 11, 2008 by Archaeology cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 [b]I know the meaning of:[/b] abrogate acumen antebellum auspicious bellicose chromosome circumlocution circumnavigate deleterious diffident enfranchise epiphany equinox euro evanescent expurgate facetious fatuous feckless fiduciary filibuster gamete hemoglobin homogeneous hubris hypotenuse impeach incognito incontrovertible inculcate infrastructure irony kinetic laissez faire lexicon loquacious metamorphosis mitosis nanotechnology nihilism nomenclature nonsectarian notarize oligarchy omnipotent orthography oxidize parabola paradigm parameter pecuniary photosynthesis plagiarize plasma polymer precipitous quasar quotidian recapitulate reciprocal reparation respiration sanguine soliloquy subjugate suffragist supercilious taxonomy tectonic tempestuous thermodynamics totalitarian unctuous usurp vacuous vehement vortex winnow wrought xenophobe ziggurat [b]I've heard but don't know the meaning of (which is embarassing, because I can recognize a lot of the Latin and Greek roots, but don't know the English meaning):[/b] abjure abstemious belie deciduous enervate enfranchise hegemony interpolate jejune obsequious tautology yeoman [b]I've never heard:[/b] bowdlerize chicanery churlish gauche gerrymander kowtow lugubrious moiety Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rev Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Raphael, Gerrymander is a politica maneuver of realligning districts according to political affiliation. Every ten years districts are redistrcted based on population and depending who is in control of the state legistlature that does the redistricting they will try to get all the districts to reflect their party and arrange it that way so their in the majoring--gerrymandering. I was a political science major for one semester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farsight one Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Other than a few of the A's, I'm pretty sure I know them all (at least vaguely). Extra amusing is that I learned the meaning of most of them from video games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardillacid Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 [quote name='Raphael' post='1567973' date='Jun 11 2008, 09:29 AM'][b]I know the meaning of:[/b] abrogate acumen antebellum auspicious bellicose chromosome circumlocution circumnavigate deleterious diffident enfranchise epiphany equinox euro evanescent expurgate facetious fatuous feckless fiduciary filibuster gamete hemoglobin homogeneous hubris hypotenuse impeach incognito incontrovertible inculcate infrastructure irony kinetic laissez faire lexicon loquacious metamorphosis mitosis nanotechnology nihilism nomenclature nonsectarian notarize oligarchy omnipotent orthography oxidize parabola paradigm parameter pecuniary photosynthesis plagiarize plasma polymer precipitous quasar quotidian recapitulate reciprocal reparation respiration sanguine soliloquy subjugate suffragist supercilious taxonomy tectonic tempestuous thermodynamics totalitarian unctuous usurp vacuous vehement vortex winnow wrought xenophobe ziggurat [b]I've heard but don't know the meaning of (which is embarassing, because I can recognize a lot of the Latin and Greek roots, but don't know the English meaning):[/b] abjure abstemious belie deciduous enervate enfranchise hegemony interpolate jejune obsequious tautology yeoman [b]I've never heard:[/b] bowdlerize chicanery churlish gauche gerrymander kowtow lugubrious moiety[/quote] A churl is a beesh if i'm not mistaken Kowtow is a head to ground bow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deus te Amat Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I knew 77 and I just graduated high school in the top of my class. I took 9 AP classes across a spectrum of topics, excluding economics and government. Either the list isn't realistic, or the school system isn't teaching. Note- I'm not saying that the school systems are doing their job... I'm just noting that I haven't heard of a quarter of the words, and I studied my tail off during my high school career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTheRed Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I clearly am a dumdum, but God loves me =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRSannie Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Thanks to most schools in this 'modern' age deleting Latin from their cirriculums, folks don't even stand a chance at root words. BRING LATIN back to schools, and get rid of the tree-hugging and whale-saving cirriculums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 [quote name='MRSannie' post='1569452' date='Jun 12 2008, 09:24 AM']Thanks to most schools in this 'modern' age deleting Latin from their cirriculums, folks don't even stand a chance at root words. BRING LATIN back to schools, and get rid of the tree-hugging and whale-saving cirriculums.[/quote] Did you take Latin? I think you meant "curricula." Case in point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRSannie Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 VERY funny and yes, two years of Latin in 7th and 8th grade, obvioulsy it has been 30 years ago!!! Good catch on the messed-up plural!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deus te Amat Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 [quote name='MRSannie' post='1569452' date='Jun 12 2008, 09:24 AM']Thanks to most schools in this 'modern' age deleting Latin from their cirriculums, folks don't even stand a chance at root words. BRING LATIN back to schools, and get rid of the tree-hugging and whale-saving cirriculums.[/quote] I had to learn about 300 latin and greek roots in my AP Biology class. And we didn't talk about saving the environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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