{"id":838,"date":"2010-10-12T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattangre.com\/blog\/?p=838"},"modified":"2019-08-30T16:52:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T16:52:49","slug":"pop-quiz-lets-make-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/pop-quiz-lets-make-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop Quiz: Let’s Make Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"popPop Quiz!<\/p>\n

The following six words can be grouped by meaning into two categories.<\/p>\n

Mentally place them into two synonym groups, then click “more.”<\/p>\n

AUGMENT
\nDISSEMBLE
\nDISSIMULATE
\nAGGRANDIZE
\nDISINGENUOUS
\nCOMPOUND<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Augment<\/A>, aggrandize<\/A>, and compound<\/A> all have to do with making things bigger (think “compound interest”).<\/p>\n

Dissemble<\/A>, dissimulate<\/A>, and disingenuous<\/A> all have to do with being deceptive.<\/p>\n

Watch out for dissemble<\/A> — don’t accidentally read it as “disassemble”! One is lying, the other is taking stuff apart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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