GRE Study Guide Chapter 3

Tortuous: Twist and Turns
Dichotomy: Split, branching into two parts
Burgeon: Develop rapidly, flourish
Diatribe: Bitter tirade, accusing criticism
Empirical: Based on experience, verifiable by experiment or observation
Apocryphal: Spurious, not authentic, invented rather than true, mythical
Apostate: One who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs, turncoat, deserter
Antipathy: Habitual aversion, intense dislike, natural repugnance
Illusory: Deceptive, false, misleading, unreal.
Idyllic: Charmingly carefree and simple, unspoiled, serene, pastoral
Maverick: Rebel, nonconformist, eccentric, oddball
Malleable: Capable of being shaped by pounding; soft and pliable, impressionable
Impervious: Impenetrable, incapable of being damaged or distressed
Aspersion: Slanderous remark, abusive attack, disparaging comment
Asperity: Sharpness of temper, harshness of manner, severity
Paucity: Scarcity, dearth, scantiness, insufficiency of number
Imperiousness: Overbearing manner, domineering, arrogance, lordliness
Cacophonous: Disturbing to the ear, rough sounding
Equivocal: Unclear, convoluted and vague
Aberrant: Deviating from the norm.


Tortuous means twist and turns
Dichotomy means split into two different terms
Burgeon spelled b-u-r-g-e-o-n
Is a verb for develop rapidly and
To flourish like Robin Williams in Jack
Or me on this track, when I verbally attack
Aka a diatribe, a noun meaning bitter tirade
Or accusing criticism, an antonym of praise
With a distrust in hunches and intuitive flashes
I place my reliance on empirical facts which
Commonly refers to verifiable data used by a great debater
Not apocryphal data, mythical, invented and not accepted on papers
Pause while I breathe in vapors

An apostate abandons his political seat or religious beliefs
A turncoat like Benedict Arnold and British deceit
My antipathy for curry, makes me hurry
Across Lexington in the morning very early
That aversion is building along with my illusory dreams
Which means, deceptive, false, misleading and seems
Out of reach so I try to keep my thoughts idyllic
Carefree, simple, serene and filled with pastoral bliss
While a Maverick means rebel or nonconformist
John Mccain claimed he was one, but his loss was enormous

Your girl is malleable, capable of being shaped by pounding
Soft, pliable, impressionable, and easily suede, which now brings
Us to the antonym known as impervious
Impenetrable, invulnerable, incapable of getting nervous on surface
In the face of any aspersion, a noun meaning slanderous remark
An abusive comment, disparaging and harsh pre-fixed by Asper
Which is why asperity means harshness of manner,
Yeah with a rough temper
Like a dramatic actor yelling and screaming at his director…
Pause while I choose to press enter

Now on to Paucity, which is an other
Word for scarcity, scantiness, and insufficiency of number
Like snow in the summer which gets used to not appearing
And next we have imperiousness, arrogance, lordliness, domineering
While cacophonous means disturbing to your hearing
I’m gonna break this down so it stays like an earring
“Phonous” means music and “caca” means shit
So cacophonous is what it sounds like when you spit
Equivocal means unclear, convoluted and vague
Aberrant means deviating from the norm, like when you misbehave
And that’s 20 words for chapter 3…. I did it again, so clap for me…..

GRE Study Guide Chapter 2

Misanthrope –distrusting
Abeyance-to block an action
Cogent-good piece of argument, convincing
Contrite-apologetic, remorseful
Diffidence- shyness
Florid- flowery, overly colorful
Harangue-intense speech
Heterodox- strong opposing opinion
Irresolute- indecisive
Lachrymose- sad, ready to cry
Lassitude-lack of energy
Luminous-pertaining to light
Malinger- avoid work
Morose- gloomy outlook
Prohibitive-something that keeps you from buying
Proliferate- increase in number
Propensity-tendency
Striated-striped
Lumber- sluggish
Impassive- acting unaffected

I sit here lassitude, lumbering around with an attitude
Morose in outlook, malingering the afternoon
Away as the work load proliferates
I sit and wait for a cogent cause to lift the weight
But I’m too lachrymose to participate
A melancholy state with a propensity for bloopers
While still acting impassive when discussing my future
Lately, my anti corporation harangues stem from
My heterodox notions of value, that get shrugs and then some
From my girl friend umm, who is nice and cute
But quite irresolute when it comes to types of food
Her opinion stands in abeyance, but she buys boots with no dispute
In truth, Fashion to me is one big prohibitive
So instead I spend my loot on living with booze and dinners in
Manhattan where luminous skyscrapers arouse tourists
I should feel contrite for making that last line too florid
But sometimes I sit and hope the optimistic quotes
Will never be broached by a flock of misanthropes
With Striated skull flags waving quietly with diffidence
I’d like to think I’m lazy, but I’ve still got my innocence

GRE Vocab Rhymes Chapter 1

Okay let me set this up real quick. Lately I've begun to understand the power of limitations. I say the power of limitations and not the unfortunate of limitations because I've realized that once you sit down with yourself and talk out the things you can do and can't do you can be much more constructive. It's a pretty humbling process but I'm glad I went through it. One limitation of mine has always been my study habits. I hardly ever studied for tests and barely scraped by. When I did study it was the night before or the day of the test and as soon as the information came in it was gone. But I escaped. I somehow pulled it together and graduated. It earned me my very own cubicle, the same cubicle where I sit writing this three years later. My hairline has receded a bit, I've put on about 20 pounds, I've learned how to cook, clean and shop for myself and I've developed a strong aversion to the thought of a mundane existence. I have determined that my escape route is graduate school. I want my masters so I can teach and inspire people to write. How do I get there though? I have to take the GREs. I have to study. So yes, one of my limitations is that I don't do well on standardized tests because I'm usually unprepared. One thing I am great at though, is rhyming. If you read this blog you know. What if my talent for rhyming could actually help other aspects of my life? I have to learn 400 vocabulary words in the next two months to do well on the verbal section. I can't just read flash cards and remember a sh*t load of vocab words, that's insane. But I can rhyme. And I can retain rhymes. I can write a song and have it memorized in 20 minutes. So here it goes. The GRE rhyme study session:

GRE Vocabulary Chapter 1

Zenith: Highest Point, Peak
Bolster: Support and Strengthen
Bombastic: Large, loud, tumid political prose
Ostentation: Gaudy show of money
Convoluted: Highly Complex
Eulogize: Praise Formally
Penchant: Strong Liking
Contention: Statement rooted in fact
Commensurate: Equal to in value
Boor: Insensitive
Daunt: Intimidate
Salubrious: Clean, conducive to health
Blithe: Light hearted, carefree
Complacent: Easily pleasing, lacking care
Erudition: Profound scholarly knowledge
Assuage: Ease, Lessen
Rescind: To take away
Desiccate: To make dry
Denigrate: To talk down to
Inert: Incapable of movement
Converge: To come together
Conundrum: Mystery, riddle

I’d reach the Zenith
The tip top peak of my dreams if
I bolstered my team with
Vocal achievements
Bombastic MCs speak with
Ostentation;
Vulgar tones spread across the nation
While
Some say my style’s convoluted;
Too complex for the common student
They still eulogize my prudent
Penchant for using
Facts over lies when making contentions
My work ethic is commensurate with my pension
So pay attention, don’t be a boor;
Insensitive oafs can’t daunt me no more
I sit back and breathe in the salubrious air
Without a care like a blithe aupair
Who complacently shares her deep erudition;
Scholarly intelligence keeps her efficient
And big smiles can assuage the pain
So take her advice and rescind your disdain
Don’t let the flow dry and desiccate
Don’t hate or denigrate
Or lay inert if you wish to slay the heavyweights
Converge your thoughts to solve the conundrum
In life sometimes all we need is love, son

9-5

They say
Dress for the job you want
Not the job you got
And watch
As your bosses stock
Skyrockets while the market flops
Its an awesome plot
Working hard for that parking spot
Taking blame when the ball gets dropped
Whether the loss to profit
Is your fault or not
They call the shots
Every T in the office crossed
Every dream in the process lost
Man, Its all facade
Big loot taken off
Like a halter top
Or dreadlocks
In a barber shop
And when the fear of the chopping block
Grows August hot
Either piss or get off the pot
With no props
Its no wonder you’re often caught
Day dreaming of a party rocking
Till dawn or the
Lottery ticket in your palm you copped
Solving all your problems, but…
You know…
they don't stop.....