Come on guys, now besides the other new words I have to look up factitious aswell ! (Apparently artifically constructed. And no I wouldn't say that applies to all words, a lot formed naturally. When you have to make up a new word for a new item, maybe, but a lot of words associated are things things like fraudulent false, counterfeit. So more made-up, instead created which you could say all words are)
I disagree it is not my native language and I got 18, beating 88.2% of the test takers. It is more about the type of thinking and recognising (like some people are great at the countries of the world quiz, but when asked the question in a different context, like countries ending in -tia, they might not get them all)> I agree though that elegy, carob, and prosody are nearly impossible for non native speakers, they were new to me anyway.
But all the ones above 30% are not too hard (besides myriad and triad)
Here's another "Hobbit's not a word" comment. 1) Not sure if if it's actually a proper noun. Maybe? 2) It's fictional, copyrighted by one person used in his storybooks. 3) Ribbit is copyright-free, in tons of books and common usage since who knows when. 4) Bobbit is a non-copyrighted verb meaning to cut off someone's
1)If it is not a noun, then what? you can say cute hobbit, angry hobbit, short hobbit etc. 2) elves, dwarves (and dwarfs) and dragons etc are fictional too, not copyrighted though. But the word hobbit is all over the place 3) I have no stance on ribbit, but as a reaction to your point; being copyright-free and in tons of books doesnt make it qualified per see, ahh, sht etc are not copyrighted either. But that doesn't make them a correct answer. With onomatopoeia it is hard where to draw the line, would moo count? 4) Hadn't heard of it and looked it up but that would be bobitt with double t. Though it is slang, named after the person that had something cut off.. Like Macgyver is also used as a verb (and countless other names).
I misread proper noun, I thought you meant, is it properly a noun? But no, no proper noun, it is not a person's name. Same like lion is not a proper noun (but Leo is, or can be anyway)
I found this a lot tougher than #2 which I did first. Though got 18 right on both, and here I beat over 88% and there 80%.
But there is no way I would have gotten elegy, carob, gentler and prosody. No idea what they mean... Only other two I missed were strategy and scrub. I really should have gotten strategy..
I was coming to leave a comment about driad not being an answer ... then I googled it and realized the word is actually dryad and I've been spelling it wrong since elementary school.
But all the ones above 30% are not too hard (besides myriad and triad)
I misread proper noun, I thought you meant, is it properly a noun? But no, no proper noun, it is not a person's name. Same like lion is not a proper noun (but Leo is, or can be anyway)
But there is no way I would have gotten elegy, carob, gentler and prosody. No idea what they mean... Only other two I missed were strategy and scrub. I really should have gotten strategy..