http://www.freerice.com/

i am currently playing this game at this site.  i got distracted, yes i did.

the purpose is to help end hunger as the UN Food Program donates 20 grains of rice for every word i get correct.

How does playing the vocabulary game at FreeRice help me?

Learning new vocabulary has tremendous benefits. It can help you:

• Formulate your ideas better
• Write better papers, emails and business letters
• Speak more precisely and persuasively
• Comprehend more of what you read
• Read faster because you comprehend better
• Get better grades in high school, college and graduate school
• Score higher on tests like the SAT, GRE, LSAT and GMAT
• Perform better at job interviews and conferences
• Sell yourself, your services, and your products better
• Be more effective and successful at your job

After you have done FreeRice for a couple of days, you may notice an odd phenomenon. Words that you have never consciously used before will begin to pop into your head while you are speaking or writing. You will feel yourself using and knowing more words.

From this game i have learnt :

disparate = various

carillon = bells

punctillo = point of etiquette

sundry = various

countervail = offset

sagacious = wise

renascent = born again

fusillade = salvo = a round of cheers or applause/ a round of fire given as a salute

badinage = playful teasing

gingiva = gum 

declaim = harangue = a scolding or a long intense verbal attack/ a long passionate and vehement speech 

percuss = tap = to stirke or cap for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes

vituperation = verbal abuse 

mountebank = charlatan = a person who sells quack medicines as from a platform in public places and influencing an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc

badinage = playful teasing = to banter with tease

multifarious = varied, diverse and manifold

agonal = painful 

sodality = fellowship = comradeship

cincture = girdle

admonitory = cautionary

poniard = dagger = small and slender dagger

plaint = lamentation = a complaint 

consternate = dismay = confuse or terrify

isinglass = mica = a pure translucent form of gelatin obtained from the air bladders of certain fish esp the sturgeon: used in glue and jellies and as a clarifying agent

confute = disprove = to overwhelm by argument to refute conclusively ro prove or show to be false 

requisite = necessary