Why worriers and wordsmiths have a lot in common: quiz
by Ben Ambridge from on (#229J2)
What links anxiety and a good vocab? Take this personality test to find out
Are you a natural worrier? To find out, simply take the following vocabulary test. Please define: (a) abrade, (b) abrogate, (c) ret, (d) pintle and (e) quaternary. The answers are at the bottom of the page
These are some of the rarer words in English, turning up - on average - just once in every 50m words of speech. So if you get even just one or two right, your vocabulary is well above average. If you got them all right, it is absolutely stellar. Now for the bad news"
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