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Old 09/29/2012, 05:32 pm   #27
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Originally Posted by WarpSpeed View Post
25,300. There were some words I recognized as real words, and I may have known the definition at some point, but it's been so long since I've seen them that I've forgotten, so under the rules, I didn't check their boxes.

There isn't really much of a purpose to knowing really obscure words unless you're making inside jokes with other word-trivia buffs.
Unfortunately in academia it's a self sustaining circle jerk of having to learn those obscure words.
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