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Thecardinals,ofcourse.Andwhenyou’rewatchingbaseballinSt.Louis,andtheplayersallofredbirdsontheiruniforms,whichteamareyouseeing?
Thecardinals,ofcourse.AndwhenyouareontheGREandyouseethewordcardinal?
Wellithasnothingtodowithbirds,baseballorpopes.
Cardinalmeansofprimaryimportance,fundamental.Thatmakessensewhenyouthinkofthecardinalsinthechurch–afteralltheydoelectthepope.Thebirdhappenstobethesamecolorasthecardinals’robesandSt.Louis…Ihavenoclue.
Asifyouneededanymoreassociations–theexpression,“cardinalsin”,retainstheGREdefinitionoftheword,andmeansprimary.Itdoesnotrefertonaughtychurchmen.
Syncretic
Thisisadifficultword,andnotonethatwouldgoonanytop1000wordsyouhavetoknowfortheGRE.Butforthosewitharobustvocabulary,payheed:
ifaIconcoctanewreligionanddecidetotakebitsandpiecesfromotherreligions(Idonacardinal’srobe,shavemyheadalaBuddha,anddisseminateglossypamphletsaboutthecomingapocalypse)thenIhavecreatedasyncreticreligion:
onethatcombineselementsofdifferentreligions.
YoucanprobablyseewherethisisgoingwiththeGREdefinition–whichtendstoofferalittlemorelatitude.Syncretic–moregenerallyspeaking–canrefertoanyamalgamofdifferentschoolsofthought.
Jerrytheshrinktakesasyncreticapproachtopsychotherapy–hemixestheGestaltschoolwithsomeJungandahealthy(orunhealthy)doseofFreud.
Ecclesiastical
Thisoneiseasy.Itmeansoforrelatingtothechurch.Outofallthewordsinthelist,ecclesiasticalistheonlyonethathasn’ttakenonamorebroad–orcompletelyunexpected–definition.Speakingofunexpected,lookatthewordbelow…
Parochial
Thiswordcomesfromparish,asmallecclesiasticaldistrict,usuallylocatedinthecountry.Thewordstillhasthismeaning,i.e.relatingtoachurchparish,butwearefarmoreconcernedwiththenegativeconnotationthathasemergedfromtherathersedateoriginalversion.
Tobeparochialistobenarrow-mindedinone’sview.Theideaisifyouarehangingoutinthecountry,youtendtobealittlecutofffromthings.Thepejorativeform–atleasttomyknowledge–isnotaknockatreligion.
Catholic
WehavemanyassociationswithCatholicism–fromcardinalstomass,tonunswieldingcrucifixesatfrothingdemons.Thus,itissomewhatsurprisingthataseconddefinitionofcatholic–theGREdefinition–isuniversal.
Ornot,consideringthatCatholicismhasauniversalreachand,moreimportantly,theCatholicChurchconductsmassinLatin.CatholiccomesfromtheLateLatincatholicus,whichmeans,asyoucanprobablyguess,universal.
Anathema
Afewhundredsyearsago,manyranafoulofthechurch,andexcommunications(andworse)weretypicalreprisals.Ifsuchwasthecase,thePopeactuallyutteredaformalcurseagainstaperson.Thiscursewascalledtheanathema.
Todaythisword,inadditiontoabroaderscope,hastakenatwist.Ifsomethingisanathema(n.),he,she,oritisthesourceofsomebody’shate.
Theverbformoftheword,anathematize,stillcarriestheoldmeaningoftocurse.
Anathemathroughtheages:
Galileowasanathematothechurch;
RushLimbaughisanathematothoseontheLeft.
Desecrate
Ifapersonwillfullyviolatesordestroysanysacredplace,he(orshe)issaidtodesecrateit.Tombs,graves,churches,shrinesandthelikecanallbevictimsofdesecrations.One,however,cannotdesecrateaperson,regardlessofhowholythatpersonmaybe.
Thefelonhaddesecratedtheholysite,andwasonthechurch’sTop10AnathemaList.
Apostasy
Somebelieversturnagainsttheirfaithandrenounceit.Wecallthisactapostasy,andthosewhocommitit,apostates.Todaythewordcarriesaslightlybroaderconnotationinthatitcanapplytopoliticsaswell.
AnapostateoftheRepublicanParty,Sheldonhasyettobecomeaffiliatedwithanypartbutdubshimselfa“literalindependent.”
Sanctimonious
Thisisatrickyword,andthusyoucanbetitsoneofGRE’sfavorite.Sanctimoniousdoesnotmeanfilledwithsanctityorholiness.Insteaditreferstothatqualitythatcanovercomesomeonewhofeelsthattheyareholier(read:
morallysuperior)toeverybodyelse.
Colloquially,wehearthetermholier-than-thou.Thatisaveryaptwaytodescribetheattitudeofasanctimoniousperson.
Evenduringthequietsanctityofeveningprayer,sheheldherchinhigh,asanctimonioussneerformingonherface.
Iconoclast
Thisisaninterestingword.Thedefinitionthatrelatestothechurchisclearlynegative,i.e.aniconoclastisonewhodestroysreligiousimages.Basically,thisdefinitionappliestothederangeddrunkwhogoesarounddesecratingiconsoftheVirginMary.
TheapplicabilityofthisdefinitiontoGREisclearlysuspect.TheseconddefinitionhoweverhappenstobeoneoftheGRE’stop100words.Aniconoclast—morebroadlyspeaking—issomebodywhoattackscherishedbeliefsorinstitutions.Thisuseofthewordisnotnecessarilynegative:
Accordingtosomescholars,artduringthe19th
centuryhadstagnatedintoworksaimedtopleasefustyArtAcademies–ittooktheiconoclasmofVincentVanGoghtoinjectfreshlifeintotheeffeteworldofpainting.
TrickyGREWords
ThefollowingGREvocabularywordsallhavecommondefinitions,butthey’retrickybecausetheyalsohavesomenot-so-commondefinitions.TheRevisedGREcaresaboutthelatter,ofcourse.Makesureyouknowtheseconddefinitionofthesewords.Betteryet,feelfreetopepper(seconddefinition)yourconversationwiththesewords.
Stem
Tostemmeanstoholdbackorlimitthefloworgrowthofsomething.Youcanstembleeding,youstemthetide(oratleastattemptto).Donotstemtheflowofvocabularycoursingthroughyourbrains.Makesuretousethesewordswheneveryoucan.
Tostemthetideofapplications,theprestigiousIvyrequiresthateachapplicantscoreatleast330ontherevisedGRE.
Blinkered
Ifyoublinkalotyouarelikelytomisssomething.Indeedyourviewwouldbeverylimited.Extendingthismeaning,wegetthedefinitionofblinkered:
meanstohavealimitedoutlookorunderstanding.
Ingambling,theaddictiseasilyblinkeredbypastsuccessesand/orpastfailures,forgettingthattheoutcomeofanyonegameisindependentofthegamesthatprecededit.
Check
Tochecksomethingistostopitsgrowth(similartostembutwithmoreofafocusongrowththanflow).Ifsomethingisleftunchecked,thenitgrowsfreely.
Desertedforsixmonths,thepropertybegantolookmorelikeajungleandlesslikearesidence–weedsgrewuncheckedinthefrontyard.
Checkered
Themeaningofcheckerediscompletelyunrelatedtothemeaningofcheckabove–verytricky,sobesuretoknowthedifferencebetweenthetwo.Acheckeredpastisonethatismarkedbydisreputablehappenings.
Onebyone,thepresidentialcandidatesdroppedoutoftherace,theirrespectivecheckeredpasts–fromembezzlementtoinfidelity–sabotagingtheircampaigns.
Raft
Araftisaninflatableboat.Itcanalsomeanalargenumberofsomething.Iknow–itdoesn’treallymakemuchsense.Butagoodmnemonic–imaginealargenumberofraftsandyouhavearaftofrafts.
Despitearaftofcityordinancespassedbyanoverzealouscouncil,noisepollutioncontinuedunabatedinthemegalopolis.
VocabularyDoubleMeanings
Asthispastweekwasvocabulary,Iwouldberemissinnotincludingavocabularywordpost.But,insteadofarandomlist,Iwanttotouchonaveryimportantclassofwords–doublemeaningsbasedoncommonwords.Whilewordslikepenuriousandausterehavedoublemeanings,thesewordsarealreadyvocabularywordsinthemselves.Mostofthetime,whentheGREtestsdoublemeanings,ittakescommonwordsthathaveasecondary,orwhatIliketocallhidden,definition.
Involved
Weareinvolvedinmanythings,fromstudyingtosocializing.Forsomethingtobeinvolved,intermsoftheGREdefinition,meansitiscomplicated,anddifficulttocomprehend.
Thephysicslecturebecamesoinvolvedthattheundergraduate’seyesglazedover.
Retiring
Sure,manydreamofthedaywhentheycanberetiring(preferablytosomepalatialestatewithabeachfrontview).Theseconddefinitiondoesnotnecessarilyapplytomost.Toberetiringistobeshy,andhavetheinclinationtoretractfromcompany.
Nelsonalwayswasthefirsttoleavesoirees–ratherthanmillaboutwith“fashionable”folk,hewasretiring,andpreferredthesolitudeofhisgarret.
Expansive
Yes,expansivemeansexpansive.Italsomeanscommunicative,andpronetotalkinginasociablemanner.
Afterafewsipsofcognac,theoctogenarianshedhisirascibledemeanorandbecameexpansive,speakingfondlyofthe“goodolddays”.
Moment
Amomentisapointintime.Weallknowthatdefinition.Ifsomethingisofmoment,itissignificantandimportant(thinkofthewordmomentous).
Despitetheinitialhullabaloo,theplaywasofnogreatmomentinHampton’swritingcareer,and,withinafewyears,thepublicquicklyforgothisforayintotheaterarts.
Base
Whenthedefinitionofthiswordcameintoexistence,thereweresomeobviousbiasesagainstthelowercl
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