Test yer vocab & help feed the starving

[avsp]

it seems legit its not on snopes etc & i hope its not a re-post

FreeRice

ok test your vocab
plus
10 grains of rice donated by the advertisers to the UN World Food Programe for every correct answer which clearly is a communist plot etc
plus
you get rated so we can all rank each other & feel smug or downhearted or whatever

its multiple choice & often the word forms preclude many answers so that show come after 40 correct answers i was a level 45 adept allowing me to look down upon American presidents & the like, ..., lucky guesses had got me up to a 48 at one point

still, ..., its helping feed the starving so unlike a lot of the quizzes/surveys etc that the LL collective are fans of this one allows us to be {insert polysyllabic word here}

rice production does, of course, contribute disproportionately to the worlds stock of greenhouses gases but , ..., what can you do etc?

[Linzyhop]

i donated a little over 200 grains of rice, then i got bored.

[Phantom]

I can't seem to beat the mid 30s, but I feel great donating rice! I've donated 200 grains so far

[Publius]

1750 grains so far here

[JaJae]

Originally Posted by Phantom

I can't seem to beat the mid 30s, but I feel great donating rice! I've donated 200 grains so far

same, I've been idling between 34-36

[Phantom]

"hemidemisemiquaver"

W T F

[JaJae]

Originally Posted by Phantom

"hemidemisemiquaver"

W T F

haha no clue.

[WickedLou9]

I was going to say, half of a half of a half quaver?

BUt it's a 64th note.
Sixty-fourth note - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[JaJae]

Originally Posted by WickedLou9

I was going to say, half of a half of a half quaver?

BUt it's a 64th note.
Sixty-fourth note - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That's an absurd question...

Usually you can break it down if you can guess the part of speech. Like if it's a noun, adjective, etc you can usually rule out at least two answers that you know are wrong and take an educated guess. It's not too hard, but some of these words are absurd.

[WickedLou9]

Originally Posted by JaJae

That's an absurd question...

Usually you can break it down if you can guess the part of speech. Like if it's a noun, adjective, etc you can usually rule out at least two answers that you know are wrong and take an educated guess. It's not too hard, but some of these words are absurd.

One of the ones I got had a definition that was just as obscure as the word itself.

[JaJae]

Originally Posted by WickedLou9

One of the ones I got had a definition that was just as obscure as the word itself.

Yea I hate when the answer is a word I don't know either.

But it's not too hard... I mean the question I'm on..


1. vermiform means:

2. splendid
3. worm-shaped
4. accessory
5. fivefold

VOCAB LEVEL 35
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vermiform sounds like an adjective to me so I can rule out accessory/fivefold. So it's either splendid or worm-shaped. Since "form" is the suffix I'm gonna go with worm-shaped. They usually don't try to trick you on the answers. If you can break the word apart you can usually find the answer... granted you know what the answer choices mean.

[Publius]

I've been as high as vocab level 42.

[JaJae]

Originally Posted by Publius

I've been as high as vocab level 42.

That's nuts. Highest I hit I think was 37. I've been lingering between 32-36 now. I seem to go on streaks of getting like 5-8 right then like 2-3 wrong.

[Dumpy Dooby]

I stopped at 300 grains of rice.

[Publius]

Originally Posted by JaJae

That's nuts. Highest I hit I think was 37. I've been lingering between 32-36 now. I seem to go on streaks of getting like 5-8 right then like 2-3 wrong.

I'm up to 3,000 grains now, got as high as 41 again. But now I'm running into repetition on some of the words so I'm done.

[AVengeance]

It goes to the UN, so no thanks.

[motivez]

I wonder if they actually keep track of every right answer somewhere? And how annoying would it be to actually have to count out that many grains of rice.. don't they usually package it by weight?