Favorite word? October 4, 2009
Posted by Margaret Hebron in academia, words.Tags: grad school, GRE, vocabulary, words
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So I’m studying for the GRE. As you may know, part of that involves learning new vocabulary words. Lots of vocabulary words. One thing I’ve started doing is carrying a little notebook with me to write down new words I read or hear to learn what they mean. So far the list consists of: amphictyony, comportment, altavistic, littoral, tortuous, disabuse, solvency, juridical, and histrionic.*
So, dear ones, do you have a favorite ten-dollar word? Or perhaps several? Please share them here. If I don’t know them, they’ll probably end up in my little notebook. And maybe, just maybe, that word will end up on the GRE and I’ll have you to thank.
*If any of these words are totally elementary to you, please don’t judge me!
New one! Turpitude.
I always appreciate a growing vocabulary. The ability to increasingly express oneself articulately enables the expanded growth of the intellect: precision in speech leads to precision in thought. Keep it up my friend.
Oh yeah, I forgot to share some words. I recently learned four new words: capacious, trope, vituperation, and perfervid. I’m not used to finding four words that I don’t know all in one chapter; but I came across these dandies all within the span of three pages in a book that I’m reading. Who knew?
Those are great! Thanks Tyler.