{"id":1224,"date":"2010-10-21T06:30:24","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T11:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattangre.com\/blog\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2019-08-30T16:52:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T16:52:46","slug":"brand-name-vocab-kindle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/brand-name-vocab-kindle\/","title":{"rendered":"Brand Name Vocab: Kindle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Amazon’s Kindle is an e-reader that allows you to carry many more books than you’re ever going to read on a small computer-like device that, in some people’s opinion, makes you look a bit pretentious in coffeeshops.<\/p>\n

But what does kindle<\/i> really mean?<\/p>\n

To kindle<\/A> is to set or ignite (as in a fire), or to metaphorically start a flame, such as by arousing interest or passion.<\/p>\n

You can kindle<\/i> a fire for your campsite, and you can kindle<\/i> a love of reading in your toddler, although probably not with a Kindle, since electronic reading devices don’t work with pop-up books.<\/p>\n

Choose your own answer to this GRE Antonyms problem before clicking “more”:<\/p>\n

KINDLE:
\nA. tout
\nB. deluge
\nC. damp
\nD. dilute
\nE. tamp<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

To damp<\/A> is to moisten, or to extinguish (a fire) by cutting off air. The answer is C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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