abase, arrogate, approbation, abjure, abstemious, accretion, augury
And that's only the A's... Now some of them fall in the category of "yeah I've heard that one before, but can't really tell you what it means" and others I had never heard of. How have I survived on this earth without needing to know these words? Taking a real risk here, putting it out there for all the world to see that I am a fraud, posing as an educator, deluded to think that I am worthy of an advanced degree.
Why, you ask, do I n
eed to worry about this? I have this little (3" x 3" x 1") box which arrived in the mail from Amazon. Within it are 500 of the hardest GRE words on cards. Just based on the A's, I'm guessing I don't know about half of them. So for the next month or so, if you see me whipping some cards out of my purse (yes, Suzy, they do fit in my purse!), you'll know why.But watch out, I might ask you what "calumny" means.
3 comments:
Mom, if you don't know these by now, you will never need to know them!
Ah, but they comprise one of the hoops I must jump through for the sake of higher education. Speaking of which, congrats to daughter #2 for passing the CSET on the first try!
Thanks for the recognition :) Di
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