Vocabulary:
Total
vocabulary has a remarkably high correlation (0.8-0.9) with IQ
scores. There are several free tests available on the Internet to
gauge your total vocabulary. One total-vocabulary test, the
WordSmart
Challenge, may be downloaded from
WordSmart. Their
Scoring Chart. equates a
WordSmart score of 205 with a perfect score of 800 on the SAT,
and assigns WordSmart scores of 209 to lawyers, 213 to college
professors, 219 to editors, and 236 to major executives. I
believe the 205 for an 800 on the SAT, but I don't believe those
latter scores. The
Magus test is also free. Another good
total-vocabulary test is
Peter Schmies'
600-Word Vocabulary Test. As anyone who's tried it can attest,
this test has a very high ceiling. At the same time, there enough
questions on the test that it covers a broad range of words. The
top scorers on this test may be found at:
Peter's Great List of Literati.. I have provided
Definitions for the 600-Word Vocabulary
Test, to spare the test-taker the onus of
checking the definitions in a dictionary. A related vocabulary
test which presents antonyms and synonyms is
Peter Schmies'
Word Classification Test, can be taken online. A discussion of
both these tests, including my scores and a score-distribution
histogram, an estimation of its standard deviation, and a free
dictionary/thesuarus containing the
10,000 Most Difficult Words is discussed at:
Word-Classification-Test Histogram
and Standard Deviation.
A more-thorough discussion of the role of
vocabulary in intelligence measurement may be found at
the role of vocabulary in IQ
testing ,
together with a discussion of vocabulary
testing, and
vocabulary augmentation