Almaqah Thwn Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 Personally, mine was flocculent: Resembling tuffs of wool in loose, fluffy organization. I_mix and Le Chat 2
Crucial BBQ Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 Nearly all. ellieotter, Le Chat, 01848p and 6 others 9
hopefulPhD2017 Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 On 12/31/2016 at 3:12 AM, Crucial BBQ said: Nearly all. I wish I wasn't out of upvotes! +1
hopefulPhD2017 Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 I can't remember because I stink at memorization.
dagnabbit Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 For me, probably "chary." It means cautious/wary, but I can't think of any situation in which I would ever use it and I'm certain that I've never heard or read it before. Honestly, I think I learned more useful words than useless words while studying for the GRE.
Yanaka Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 I agree, and while studying for the GRE I would find a bunch of words in the book I was reading! However, since I'm bad at memorizing stuff as well, a few of them never stuck even when read in context.
Forest Owlet Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 During my GRE, I came across a couple of words which made me go 'Yup, never saw this one before ' And then after that, while reading a few books, I was like.. 'Hey, I know what that means! Life.
Yanaka Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 3 minutes ago, Forest Owlet said: During my GRE, I came across a couple of words which made me go 'Yup, never saw this one before ' And then after that, while reading a few books, I was like.. 'Hey, I know what that means! Life. Exactly!!
hopefulPhD2017 Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 That happened to me too. Also, sometimes I learned the correct definition for a word I'd incorrectly inferred the meaning of decades before. ?
Yanaka Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 2 hours ago, hopefulPhD2017 said: That happened to me too. Also, sometimes I learned the correct definition for a word I'd incorrectly inferred the meaning of decades before. ? I'm SO glad you mentioned this.
fadedfigures Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 I had a similar situation to you all. I'd learn a new GRE word, and then I'd suddenly hear it everywhere. It felt like I had never heard the word in my life, and then suddenly my life was inundated with those words. (Yes, "inundate" is one such example!)
Le Chat Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 On 12/30/2016 at 8:30 PM, Almaqah Thwn said: Personally, mine was flocculent: Resembling tuffs of wool in loose, fluffy organization. I beg your pardon! As a highland sheep-shearer I use flocculent daily! Just kidding. The sound of that word cracks me up. Almaqah Thwn 1
Le Chat Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 As much as I adore vocabulary, mine would be garrulous: full of trivial conversation. That word was on the actual GRE for me. I had zero roots or orthographic patterns I could use. I challenge anyone to slip it into casual conversation without feeling like they're dropping a two-ton cement block.
avflinsch Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 whatever the word was, I have forgotten it by now because it was so completely useless.
pebs Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 9 hours ago, barrettnumber5 said: As much as I adore vocabulary, mine would be garrulous: full of trivial conversation. That word was on the actual GRE for me. I had zero roots or orthographic patterns I could use. I challenge anyone to slip it into casual conversation without feeling like they're dropping a two-ton cement block. Fellow vocabulary lover, and I have the same irritation at that word. No matter how many times I remind myself what it means, my brain always skids off towards associations with "garrison" and the like, which get me nowhere near "trivial conversation". Like @dagnabbit above, I also found "chary" particularly useless. Le Chat 1
Le Chat Posted January 6, 2017 Posted January 6, 2017 On 1/5/2017 at 8:45 AM, wet gremlin said: Fellow vocabulary lover, and I have the same irritation at that word. No matter how many times I remind myself what it means, my brain always skids off towards associations with "garrison" and the like, which get me nowhere near "trivial conversation". Like @dagnabbit above, I also found "chary" particularly useless. Chary seems like one of those words you make up while playing Scrabble.
AP Posted January 6, 2017 Posted January 6, 2017 hahahaha great question. Every time I use a GRE word my advisor tells me I sound arrogant and jargony. Except for ubiquitous. That one is allowed
yaybrains Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 On 12/30/2016 at 8:30 PM, Almaqah Thwn said: Personally, mine was flocculent: Resembling tuffs of wool in loose, fluffy organization. Surprisingly, I have actually seen the word "flocculent" in a paper, and my lab mentor has used it on occasion (I blame the paper). I would have to agree with you though - such a strangely specific word is hard to use or even imagine using. I feel like it could be used to describe clouds maybe?
sturdyelm Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 I don't know about useless words (probably because I can't remember them), but I did enjoy learning about even more commonly used words in English that come from other languages, such as pariah (Tamil) and amuck (Malay). That's one thing I always find super interesting and seems to have stuck with me more than most of the GRE words
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