Ok, lets get down to business. Yeah the last post was a little show-off thing, but the gist of it all was very true.....but apparently people could just see the showing off........Yeah my puny brain has been inundated by words from Barron's. But there are some of these words,which i just could not get my head around. I do not know who the fuck uses these words, but i think a list of them will at least prove enlightening......
1.gerrymander -
Which means - Gerrymandering is a form of redistribution in which electoral district or constituency boundaries are deliberately modified for electoral advantage.
which sounds like - the act of a politician taking a walk after downing a good liter of Jack Daniels.....
2. filibuster
which means - a form of obstruction in a legislature or other decision-making body. An attempt is made to extend indefinitely a debate upon a proposal in order to delay the progress or completely prevent a vote on the proposal taking place.
which sounds like - A juvenile crime detective.
3.legerdmein
which means - sleight of hand
which sounds like - a genital disorder
4. vituperative
which means - uttering or given to censure
which sounds like - The oppposite of imperative
5. crotchety
which means - whimsical
which sounds like - Sounding similar to scratching the crotch.
6. traduce
which means - exposing to slander
which sounds like - treading repeatedly over lettuce leaves.
7. Kismet
which means - fate.
(forgive me, but these insipid farts have just taken an Urdu word and fancy thinking of it as new)
8. coquette
which means - flirt
which sounds like - French.....hate that language.....bet the source for this was a French equivalent of "wild and out of control dick"
9. verdigris
which means - green coating on copper which has been exposed to the weather
which sounds like - Something the Greek secrete when they are embarassed.
10. patina
which means - green crust on old bronze works
which sounds like - An Italian secretion maybe?
11. pastiche
which means - imitation of anothers style in writing or musical composition
which sounds like - a well cultivated moustache styled like a pasture
12. opprobrium
which means - infamy
which sounds like - the state of mind of one after snorting a shit load of cocaine.
13. syllogism
which means - deceptive or specious argument
which sounds like - an allergy/state of aversion to studying words
.......Thats all for now......more to follow..........
Loved it ...
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, a number of those words are used quite frequently.
ReplyDeleteOr you need new friends.
believe me u ll start enjoying it :)
ReplyDeleteinitially these words get on your nerves, but later you start loving them... i sit wit my barrons at times... and its been almost a year since i ve given my GRE :)
I second deepak's opinion. I have heard each word except gerrymander in actual use. :)
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