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How good is your vocabulary?

Theres noooo way i am good at vocab 8DDDD, but its only an online forum after all :33
 
My vocabulary isn't at its best. I can understand quite a lot of words, and even the ones I don't quite get I can usually work out what they mean through the context of the rest of the sentence but I won't use the larger, more complex words I know. This is probably because while talking face to face my brain won't be able to think of the word quick enough for it to fit into the conversation. When I'm writing though I'll tend not to use big words because I can't remember how to spell them :x
 
It compares well with my contemporaries; large enough that I use terms outside of dictionaries.
Example: The word 'exply' is not regarded with existence, but if 'imply', 'implicit' and 'explicit' are, it is only logical for it to.
 
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In the internet: Below average.

At my school: Beyond average.
 
I know a lot of words, but I often can't remember them. Like, I was talking to my dad on the phone one time and I couldn't remember the word 'box'. I ended up describing it as a 'container that you insert things into and it has a lid and...' which he eventually got. But, if my brain is on form, I can talk about and understand relatively complex words. Oftentimes, however, it's just not on form, though!
 
Even when compared to native English speakers, I definitely have an above average English vocabulary among people of my age. English is basically a second language of mine, which I can speak just as fluently, if not even better, than Dutch.
 
I love how some people are intentionally putting complex words in their posts in this thread to show off their vocabulary. :P
 
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