{"id":6606,"date":"2014-02-17T13:15:20","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T18:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/?p=6606"},"modified":"2019-08-30T16:43:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T16:43:11","slug":"potent-quotables-ten-famous-quotes-full-of-gre-vocab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/potent-quotables-ten-famous-quotes-full-of-gre-vocab\/","title":{"rendered":"Potent Quotables: Ten Famous Quotes Full of GRE Vocab"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"gre-word-quotes\"<\/a>I\u2019m always on the search for fun and new ways to learn GRE Vocab. Well, \u201cfun\u201d might not be the right word, but learning vocabulary is easier when it is tied to things you already know and integrated into your daily life. If you can tie vocabulary to movie clips, song lyrics, other words you already know, or anything else that\u2019s already stored in your memory, you can often remember the definition forever in a quick and easy way.<\/p>\n

Here are ten famous quotes, either that you may already know or that you may find easy to remember, that can help you remember GRE Vocab words.<\/p>\n

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  1. Alacrity. <\/b>Ambrose Bierce famously said, \u201cHe who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.\u201d It\u2019s an astute observation, concisely put, and makes quite a beautiful and poetic insult. It also helps you understand that alacrity means \u201cbrisk and cheerful readiness.\u201d Try recalling this quote to describe someone it fits, whether to yourself or to someone else. It might just stick.<\/li>\n
  2. Prosaic. <\/b>You probably know the phrase \u201cpoetry and prose\u201d; where something poetic is beautiful and flowery, something prosaic is practical and direct. When Stendhal said, \u201cIt is better to have a prosaic husband and to take a romantic lover,\u201d he was setting up a great GRE Vocab learning sentence that not only shows that \u201cprosaic\u201d and \u201cromantic\u201d are opposites, but helps us understand the nuanced meaning of each word.<\/li>\n
  3. Loquacious. <\/b>\u201cLoquacious\u201d is in the GRE\u2019s rather large toolkit of words that mean \u201ctalkative.” Here\u2019s a quote for reflection: Lucius Annaeus Seneca wrote, \u201cLight griefs are loquacious, but the great are dumb.\u201d Another great vocabulary learning sentence, as it clearly sets \u201cloquacious\u201d as the opposite of \u201cdumb.”<\/li>\n
  4. Veracity. <\/b>Veracity means truth. \u201cTruth in spirit, not truth to the letter, is the true veracity,\u201d wrote Robert Louis Stevenson. This is a great quote to have on hand when you get in trouble for not-quite-following the rules. It\u2019s also a good one for remembering the definition of \u201cveracity.”<\/li>\n
  5. Paucity. <\/b>Because paucity isn\u2019t a word we often use, it\u2019s often hard to envision it in a sentence. Consider Norman Miller\u2019s quote, \u201cThe horror of the twentieth century was the size of each new event and the paucity of its reverberation.\u201d It\u2019s a thoughtful point, and it helps us remember the structure \u201cpaucity of\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(usually some good quality in noun form)\u00a0 <\/span>\u201d.<\/li>\n
  6. Maintain. <\/b>Sure, we encounter the word \u201cmaintain\u201d pretty much every day. But as GRE Vocab is wont to do, it often tests the second definition of maintain, which is to assert. Think of Dostoyevsky\u2019s words, \u201cWhat is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.\u201d That statement was his assertion, and whether you maintain that it\u2019s true, it might help you remember the definition of \u201cmaintain.”<\/li>\n
  7. Contrition. <\/b>Here\u2019s a word that\u2019s mostly used today in religious contexts, for it means a feeling of remorsefulness and penitence. Its adjectival form is \u201ccontrite,” which is tricky because it sounds like it might mean \u201cnot trite.” I find it easier to remember the noun form of contrition. Here\u2019s a helpful quote: \u201cTo err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked,” said Vittorio Alfieri. This quote helps convey the seriousness and meaning of contrition.<\/li>\n
  8. Extant. <\/b>\u201cExtant\u201d is a GRE Vocab favorite that I think I can confidently say I\u2019ve never heard a person actually use when speaking, except in GRE class. Extant means existent, which is the word most of us would use in its place. Thoreau famously said, \u201cThere is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold.\u201d I find that the phrase \u201cpresent and extant\u201d sticks with me to help me recall this definition without much work.<\/li>\n
  9. Egregious. <\/b>I\u2019m going to let Kurt Vonnegut explain this one, as he did in Deadeye Dick. <\/i>\u201cEgregious. Most people think that word means terrible or unheard of or unforgivable. It has a much more interesting story than that to tell. It means \u2018outside the herd.\u2019 Imagine that\u2014thousands of people, outside the herd.\u201d He\u2019s right on both fronts. While the word \u201cegregious\u201d technically means \u201coutside the herd,” it has taken on a bad connotation\u2014standing out for doing something wrong.<\/li>\n
  10. Capricious. <\/b>The definition of this word has been with me since my mother explained that Capricorns are born in January, named for the god of Janus, who has two faces. (Maybe we just figured out why I\u2019m a GRE teacher.) Capricious means fickle or two-faced, of two minds at once. If your mom wasn\u2019t quite so vocabulary inclined, consider this quote from Benjamin Disraeli: \u201cA consistent man believes in destiny; a capricious man in chance.\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Unlike Disraeli, I don\u2019t believe that a consistent man believes in destiny, necessarily; at least not when it comes to the GRE. The consistent among us, men and women alike, know that careful study can always improve your GRE score! For these, and other GRE Vocab words, download our free GRE flashcards<\/a>.\u00a0?<\/p>\n

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