{"id":680,"date":"2010-07-15T23:13:03","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T04:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattangre.com\/blog\/?p=680"},"modified":"2019-08-30T16:53:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T16:53:45","slug":"three-letter-words-fey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/three-letter-words-fey\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-Letter Words: Fey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2010\/06\/definition-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"definition\" width=\"190\" class=\"alignright\" \/><em>Some of the most perplexing words on the GRE are diminutive.  Who doesn&#8217;t see PAN : REVIEW and metaphorically scratch his or her head, or wonder what, exactly, a nib\u009d or a gin\u009d is on its own?  Welcome to <A HREF=\"\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/index.php\/category\/gre-strategies\/three-letter-words-gre-strategies\/\">Three-Letter Words<\/A>.  A few of them might make you want to deploy some four-letter words.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fey?  Like Tina Fey?  Perhaps Tina Fey is descended from fairies, since the word <A HREF=\"\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/fey\">fey<\/A> means, weirdly:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>like a fairy or elf; otherworldly, supernatural<\/li>\n<li>doomed to die, or full of the sense of impending death<\/li>\n<li>appearing touched or crazy<\/li>\n<li>acting an an affected way (like a modern person who thinks she&#8217;s a fairy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wow, that&#8217;s a lot of meanings.  Let&#8217;s try some!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>After seven days in the forest with only dewdrops to drink, he began seeing elves, trolls, and tiny, sparkly, <i>fey<\/i> creatures with itty-bitty flapping wings.<\/p>\n<p>The <i>fey<\/i> old woman said, her hand shaking: &#8220;I don&#8217;t have much time left!  You must turn off the cat and appraise cloud eleven!&#8221;  Whoa.<\/p>\n<p>The pop star &#8212; who until 2008 had been an unassuming college music major &#8212; all of the sudden adopted a <i>fey<\/i> demeanor, speaking in an unplaceable accent and displaying a disturbed but very artistic-looking twitch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Try a sample Antonyms problem:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>FEY :<br \/>\nA.\tadamant<br \/>\nB.\truddy<br \/>\nC.\tthaumaturgical<br \/>\nD.\thale<br \/>\nE.\tmeretricious\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Choose your own answer, then click &#8220;more\u009d for the solution.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A good strategy for Antonyms problems is to write your own antonym before viewing the choices.  Here, that&#8217;s especially hard to do, because <i>fey<\/i>, has so many definitions.  We might not be able to do better than &#8220;not like a fairy, real-world \/ full of life \/ rational, sane, realistic.&#8221;  Who knows which of those we&#8217;ll find a match for in the choices?<\/p>\n<p>A.\t<i>Adamant<\/i> means &#8220;unyielding.&#8221;<br \/>\nB.\t<i>Ruddy<\/i> means &#8220;reddish.&#8221;<br \/>\nC.\t<i>Thaumaturgical<\/i> means pertaining to magic.&#8221;  This is a synonym trap.<br \/>\nD.\t<A HREF=\"\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/hale\">Hale<\/A> means <i>healthy, robust, vigorous<\/i>. This is our answer.<br \/>\nE.\t<i>Meretricious<\/i> means &#8220;cheap, tawdry, deceptive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The answer is D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the most perplexing words on the GRE are diminutive. Who doesn&#8217;t see PAN : REVIEW and metaphorically scratch his or her head, or wonder what, exactly, a nib\u009d or a gin\u009d is on its own? Welcome to Three-Letter Words. A few of them might make you want to deploy some four-letter words. Fey? 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