Here are her VCI subtest scores:
Similarities 13
Vocabulary 15
Comprehension 14
I was actually very surprised when I learned that her VCI was only 124. I always just assumed she was much stronger verbally since she loves reading and writing. She certainly isn't a little dictionary but I didn't picture her PRI to be that high in comparison to her VCI. Granted she was one of those early puzzle kids and obsessively doing 100+ puzzles as a toddler.
Her VCI scores actually aren't that "low" - you're looking at them in comparison to an extremely high PIQ. If she had an average PIQ, you'd be looking at them as "really high"... seriously! They are certainly high enough (in my very un-professional opinion) high enough for her to be acquiring language such as "defeated" rather than "beat"
polarbear
My concern is more about her choice in words and fitting them in her daily conversations. I'm not too concerned with how big of words she uses or doesn't use.
I just find the words she chooses are odd in the context for which she uses them. They don't fit perfectly with what she is saying. But as others have mentioned, perhaps she is experimenting with what she knows. And I believe I mentioned already she has a rather dramatic flair which she definitely enjoys using in her speech.
