{"id":2104,"date":"2011-06-02T08:46:12","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T13:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattangre.com\/blog\/?p=2104"},"modified":"2019-08-30T16:49:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T16:49:27","slug":"popvocab-vocabulary-at-the-nail-salon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/popvocab-vocabulary-at-the-nail-salon\/","title":{"rendered":"PopVocab: Vocabulary at the Nail Salon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s something a prodigious<\/a> lexicon<\/a> is good for — naming nail polish colors when you’ve got 55 shades of “pink.”<\/p>\n

If you are wont<\/a> to frequent nail salons, you may have noticed that many of the color names involve puns (and often are not terribly descriptive of the color they purport<\/a> to represent): Tart Deco, Lapis of Luxury, Pinking Up the Pieces, and my favorite … Sand of a Beach.<\/p>\n

A few color names, however — currently in the Essie line — sport more erudite<\/a> names containing GRE vocabulary words:<\/p>\n

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\nDemure Vixen<\/em><\/p>\n

Demure<\/a> means “characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.” Culturally, demure<\/i> is almost always used to describe women. A word that also means “reserved” and is often used to describe men is staid<\/A>.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, demure<\/i> can also mean “affectedly or coyly decorous, sober, or sedate” — that is, faking<\/i> being shy and reserved as a flirtation strategy. That makes more sense when paired with vixen<\/A>, a female fox or what the dictionary describes as “an ill-tempered or quarrelsome woman,” a usage that has since fallen out of fashion. Vixen<\/i> is often used in a fashion and pop culture context to describe a femme fatale<\/i> or audaciously<\/a> appealing woman. (This word is a bit too sexy for the GRE, though).<\/p>\n

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\nVermillionaire<\/em><\/p>\n

What a keen pun! Vermillion<\/A> is a bright red to reddish-orange color.<\/p>\n

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\nGoing Incognito<\/em><\/p>\n

Incognito<\/a> means undercover<\/i>: “having one’s identity concealed, as under an assumed name, especially to avoid notice or formal attentions.”<\/p>\n

Incognito<\/i> shares the root cog<\/i> (to know) with many words relating to knowledge, such as cogent<\/a>, cognition<\/a>, cognitive<\/a>, cognizant<\/a>, and reconnaissance<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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