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At a certain point, somewhere in the middle ranges of these scores, formal education at even the best schools will stop having any effect on your vocabulary. It becomes more a matter of where someone's interest lies. Do they read? A lot? Outside of the usual curriculum?

And at the upper end, it's more about personal predilections than anything else. Are rare words like little gems that you save and collect?




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