Word Familiarity Test
We are interested in determining your familiarity with a large set of words. We will present different words on the following pages. Your task is to rate your familiarity with each word on a 7-point rating scale by circling a number from 1 to 7.
Use this guide to help you in deciding which number to circle:
7- You recognize the word and are confident that you know the meaning of the word.
6- You think you know the meaning of the word but are not certain that the meaning you know is correct.
5- You are certain that you have seen the word but you only have a vague idea of its meaning.
4- You recognize the word as one you have seen or heard before, but you don't know the meaning of the word.
3- You are pretty sure that you have seen or heard the word but you are not positive.
2- You think that you might have seen or heard the word before.
1- You have never seen or heard the word before.
We don't expect you to know or even recognize all of these words. Don't be concerned if there are many words you have never seen or heard before. These words reflect a very wide sample of words in English and it is expected that many of the words will be unknown to most people. Please be sure to respond to every word.
If you have any questions, please address them to the experimenter now.
1. pox
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2. cacophony
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3. briquette
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4. deluge
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5. scintillate
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6. palliation
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7. misapplication
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8. mullion
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9. appanage
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10. affray
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11. perspicuous
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12. philodendron
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13. overawe
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14. histamine
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15. stolidly
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16. darnel
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17. authenticate
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18. ferrule
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19. comforter
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20. mutt
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21. egregious
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22. destitute
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23. outcast
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24. cenobitic
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25. inrush
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26. campanile
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27. imprimatur
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28. flivver
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29. euphemism
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30. underslung
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31. greed
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32. batrachian
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33. fabrication
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34. smirch
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35. molybdenum
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36. dactyl
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37. ash
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38. defy
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39. dike
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40. triumvir
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41. malfeasance
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42. inflexible
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43. Pullman
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44. meliorate
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45. crosier
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46. systolic
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47. warder
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48. pommel
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49. drab
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50. aniline
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51. puttee
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52. bosh
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53. jalousie
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54. Pakistani
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55. concertina
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56. aileron
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57. undulant
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58. cannibal
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59. goodwife
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60. index
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61. immobility
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62. lek
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63. czarina
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64. grab
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65. ennui
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66. mastodon
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67. encomium
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68. gustatory
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69. gab
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70. diathermy
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71. quit
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72. titivate
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73. knobbed
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74. oppress
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75. braggadocio
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76. capstan
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77. rasher
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78. dysprosium
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79. objectivity
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80. citify
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81. chemurgic
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82. genic
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83. educate
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84. gentry
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85. coitus
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86. exegesis
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87. bemire
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88. expatriate
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89. forked
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90. parboil
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91. hedge
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93. mother
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94. parquetry
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95. crocus
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96. exonerate
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97. denature
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98. expletive
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99. tinct
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100. cop
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102. freedman
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103. cessation
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104. handrail
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106. invigorate
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107. ruse
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108. central
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109. municipal
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110. arable
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111. hullabaloo
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112. monologue
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113. viceregal
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114. torsion
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115. ply
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116. duenna
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119. conjugal
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120. hemolytic
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121. grandiloquence
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122. audiophile
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123. mastoid
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124. drag
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125. vesture
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126. glory
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127. impair
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128. morbidity
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129. mallow
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130. tendril
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131. obi
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132. seasonable
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133. transept
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134. fief
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135. fusillade
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137. hidalgo
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138. battery
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139. alembic
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140. autumnal
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142. radioisotope
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143. sessile
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144. affect
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145. leaves
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146. triennial
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148. antler
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150. inchoate
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