Cheesy Mnemonics for GRE Vocab: Georgic
Mnemonics or mnemonic devices are memory tricks to help us remember things like vocabulary words. However, many mnemonics are pretty cheesy — often involving the kind of jokes some people call “groaners.” For instance…
Georgic means agricultural, or can be a noun referring to a poem on rural life. (As such, the word has a positive connotation.)
Here’s the mnemonic:
George is always going on and on about how he wants to be a shepherd. And sure enough, this vacation he invited us on “ look at the meadow! The sheep! The picturesque cottage! It’s positively georgic.
By the way, similar words are pastoral, bucolic, and arcadian.