wait, i've never actually taken the time to prepare for a standardized test, haha. but i am now. within the next couple of months, i have to take the GRE (graduate record examination) and i have decided that i would like to increase my chances of getting into graduate school along with receiving scholarships by studying for said exam.
so today, i went by BAM to get a GRE prep book. thirty-five dollars and a painful conversation later, i am now the proud owner of the princeton review's "cracking the GRE 2010 edition." and thus, my journey to amazing GRE scores has begun.
i do not exactly pride myself on my vocabulary, so i decided that that would be the best place to start. i am taking it upon myself to learn 5 new vocabulary words a day (all of which are in the list of GRE frequent words).
word #1 abscond
v. to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
i hope to abscond to dallas in december. of course, i will only appear to be an absconder to some.
word #2 aberrant
adj. deviating from the norm
kyle and i moving in together before marriage seems aberrant to others.
word #3 alacrity
n. eager and enthusiastic willingness
The alacrity of Abbie during summer band did not go unnoticed. :)
word #4 anomaly
n. deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality
to me, it is not an anomaly that i will be moving in with kyle.
word #5 approbation
n. an expression of approval or praise
the fact that i have to be at work in like 20 minutes is not received with approbation. :(
well, time to go to work and try to put to use some of this new vocabulary!
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