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Simply Brilliant

As a non-profit executive, I love brilliant fund-raising schemes.

As a student of the English language, I love a chance to test my vocabulary.

How about both at once?

Check out www.freerice.com. Using ad revenue from the site, FreeRice will donate 20 grains of rice for every word that you choose the correct definition for.

Ingenious.

So far, I’ve gotten all of my Basic Seminar words right–licentiousness, concupiscence, and iniquity, for instance. But I’m ashamed to say I haven’t gotten all my legal words right. Did you know that a “droit” was a “legal right”? I managed to make it up to level 46 before slipping back down…

[HT: The Point]

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2 Responses to “Simply Brilliant”

  1. Naomi Says:
    January 6th, 2008 at 5:00 pm

    :-D I LOVE that site . . . procrastinating for charity makes it all so much better. ;-)

    btw, I got the coolest calendar in the mail a couple of weeks ago…

  2. Katy Says:
    January 16th, 2008 at 2:20 pm

    When I grow up, I want to be the person who counts out the 20 grains of rice. :-) JK…

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