Erudition
My ultimate goal of taking my SAT is erudition. I purchased a hardcore study guide for my SAT I and it includes a huge dictionary of hardcore words. Also, at the back there are a prolificacy of flashcards to review and proliferate one's vocabulary. I carry them around in my pocket, review them and then attempt to use them in everyday speech. I find it fun to apply adjectives to people such as capricious, servile, pragmatic, frugmatic or censorious.
Being a pragmatic person myself, this is the most expedient way to learn these words in the period of time assigned. Of course, I'm not learning every word in the english language, and there are many more in the SAT book, but nonetheless, I can probably increase my vocabulary by about 10 percent, or a 150 % increase of insane (not inane) words. One things I've noticed is people don't know the difference between incite (to promote, or initiate action) and insight (view into something; intuition). For one they have the accent on a different syllable and for two they possess disparate meanings and usages.
Feel free to mock and ridicule my geekiness for I do not have the care in the word. Actually, I do. I'll take it as a compliment. Calling one a geek extols, lauds and praises them, so if that is you goal, then go right ahead. I am aware of how garrulously I am speaking and shall attempt to curb my verboseness only subsequent to the completion of my SAT.
The clothes that I recently purchased, despite looking swell, belied my true personality. The ostentatiousness conveyed by those clothes did not suit me, but I will, nonetheless, dress up, comply, conform and look "hot" for an ephemeral period of time, every so often. I can't believe that vainglorious is actually a word. That expains why I dressed in stereotypical university shirts today and, though many deprecate this lack of fashion sense, I like those comfortable clothes which actually define myself.
Being a pragmatic person myself, this is the most expedient way to learn these words in the period of time assigned. Of course, I'm not learning every word in the english language, and there are many more in the SAT book, but nonetheless, I can probably increase my vocabulary by about 10 percent, or a 150 % increase of insane (not inane) words. One things I've noticed is people don't know the difference between incite (to promote, or initiate action) and insight (view into something; intuition). For one they have the accent on a different syllable and for two they possess disparate meanings and usages.
Feel free to mock and ridicule my geekiness for I do not have the care in the word. Actually, I do. I'll take it as a compliment. Calling one a geek extols, lauds and praises them, so if that is you goal, then go right ahead. I am aware of how garrulously I am speaking and shall attempt to curb my verboseness only subsequent to the completion of my SAT.
The clothes that I recently purchased, despite looking swell, belied my true personality. The ostentatiousness conveyed by those clothes did not suit me, but I will, nonetheless, dress up, comply, conform and look "hot" for an ephemeral period of time, every so often. I can't believe that vainglorious is actually a word. That expains why I dressed in stereotypical university shirts today and, though many deprecate this lack of fashion sense, I like those comfortable clothes which actually define myself.
5 Comments:
Our society is sadly reactionary. We vote in Bush and almost vote in Harper. It is mest. ppl are inherently conservative and immutable. People who stick to their youthful beliefs of progress are reproved. Everyone is skeptical, censorious and cynical. Where have all the quixotic figures gone?..People "with a dream" who have the incitement to instigate change. I vote change, but I am not yet 18, so I'll just move to the US of A for a change.
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bradfurd, at 6:16 p.m.
holy crap, Brad Neilson! I prolly have one of the best vocabularies of anyone i know when i choose to use it (ex: i knew what incite meant, and why it was different from insight), but even i didn't know what half those words meant! you are H-CORE!!!
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VivaLaPinto, at 10:28 p.m.
I admire your bent to assiduous and diligent self-improvement & the resulting multitudinous new vocabulary. Unfortunately, I have always leant towards a Victorian--rather than collegiate--parlance. I am curious, however, as to you calling yourself "pragmatic..." I can relate to extolling the virtues of free-market capitalism. Contrarily, I habitually take a 'pragmatist' viewpoint to imply a certain "moral flexibility"--that is to say adopting the most suitable thought or actions for the circumstances, rather than one guided by strong moral principles or an absolute moral code. So I'd be interested to know your personal take on "pragmatism."
K
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K, at 2:17 a.m.
you're vocabulary makes your blog rather difficult and dry to read, although it is very impressive
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Anonymous, at 8:53 a.m.
I define pragmatic as practical. The pragmatic solution to a problem isn't necessarily what the teacher taught, but merely the quickest way to get a correct answer.
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bradfurd, at 2:47 p.m.
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