{"id":257,"date":"2021-06-15T03:17:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T03:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/?p=257"},"modified":"2024-06-10T13:32:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T08:02:06","slug":"gre-word-list-2-welcome-to-the-blob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/free-gre-online-preparation\/vocabulary-word-list\/gre-word-list-2-welcome-to-the-blob\/","title":{"rendered":"GRE Word List #2 | Welcome to the blob!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yes, you read that right.&nbsp;It\u2019s&nbsp;an example of the first word in this GRE Word List <strong>Blog<\/strong>. Read on to find out!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope you liked our debut GRE Word List Blog last week, where we wrote about Latin loanwords. <br>&nbsp;<br>Each week, we\u2019ll post GRE Vocabulary Flashcards on our social media handles, and finish the set off with 2 extra words here, our GRE Blog, accompanied by stories, facts and some questions for you to answer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<style><\/style>\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/gre-verbal\/vocabulary-word-list\/gre-words-blog-its-all-greek-and-latin\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/gre-verbal\/vocabulary-word-list\/gre-words-blog-its-all-greek-and-latin\/\" target=\"_blank\">#1 &#8211; It&#8217;s all Greek and Latin!<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/gre-verbal\/vocabulary-word-list\/gre-word-list-2-welcome-to-the-blob\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/gre-verbal\/vocabulary-word-list\/gre-word-list-2-welcome-to-the-blob\/\" target=\"_blank\">#2 &#8211; Welcome to the Blob!<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/gre-verbal\/vocabulary-word-list\/gre-vocabulary-list-3-must-know-gre-words\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/gre-verbal\/vocabulary-word-list\/gre-vocabulary-list-3-must-know-gre-words\/\" target=\"_blank\">#3 &#8211; Must-Know GRE Words <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/gre-verbal\/vocabulary-word-list\/gre-vocabulary-list-3-must-know-gre-words\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/gre-verbal\/vocabulary-word-list\/gre-vocabulary-list-3-must-know-gre-words\/\">Set 1<\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/gre-verbal\/vocabulary-word-list\/word-list-4-gre-ology\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/gre-verbal\/vocabulary-word-list\/word-list-4-gre-ology\/\" target=\"_blank\">#4 &#8211; GRE-Ology<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/gre-verbal\/vocabulary-word-list\/gre-verbal-practice-gre-words-5-phobias\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/gre-verbal\/vocabulary-word-list\/gre-verbal-practice-gre-words-5-phobias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#5 &#8211; Reading Apprehension<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The words in our set this week are Malapropism, Aphorism, Hearsay, Soliloquy, and Lexicon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"i-malapropism\"><strong>i. Malapropism&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Part Of Speech<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; noun&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Definition<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with an amusing effect.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>E.g. saying \u2018She\u2019s the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">pineapple<\/span> of patience\u2019 instead of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">pinnacle<\/span>.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Word Origin<\/strong>: &#8220;malapropism&#8221; (and its earlier variant &#8220;malaprop&#8221;) comes from a character named &#8220;Mrs Malaprop&#8221; in&nbsp;Richard Brinsley Sheridan&#8217;s 1775 play,&nbsp;The Rivals.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>In the play, she utters other malapropisms such as &#8220;illiterate him quite from your memory&#8221; (instead of &#8220;obliterate&#8221;), and &#8220;she&#8217;s as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile&#8221; (instead of alligator).&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Synonyms<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; solecism, misusage, error, slip of the tongue.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Usage<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; In class, everyone laughed at Bill&#8217;s malapropism when he complained about electrical votes instead of electoral votes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ore-s-another-hen\">Ore&#8217;s another hen<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Another interesting form of speech errors is <strong>Spoonerism<\/strong>.&nbsp;<br><br>Reverend Spooner was an Oxford don (a tutor&nbsp;of sorts) and&nbsp;tended to&nbsp;mix up the first syllables of adjacent words while speaking, often changing the meaning completely, and often to comedic effect.&nbsp;<br><br>He was the quintessential \u2018absent-minded professor.\u2019&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you think Spoonerism is the same as Malapropism? Or a variant?&nbsp;Express your opinion in the comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"some-examples-of-spoonerisms\">Some examples of spoonerisms<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-593a315f-9dfd-486f-a446-00cd73b16b32\">You have hissed all my mystery lectures. (You have missed all my history lectures.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-593a315f-9dfd-486f-a446-00cd73b16b32\">The weight of rages will press hard upon the employer. (The rate of wages will press hard upon the employer.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a-fun-word-game\">A fun word game <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In the domain of Word Games, Spoonerisms are&nbsp;extremely popular and are seen in many competitions and forms. A phrase is given, containing synonyms for the Spoonerisms.&nbsp;The enumeration (number of letters) is also provided.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>An example of a&nbsp;clue :&nbsp;<br>1. Pick on assembled lodestone. (3,3)(6)&nbsp;<br>Ans.&nbsp;<strong>N<\/strong>ag&nbsp;<strong>m<\/strong>et,&nbsp;<strong>M<\/strong>ag<strong>n<\/strong>et.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few spoonerisms for you to solve. Simply find a set of words, the meanings of which are altered when the first syllable of&nbsp;each word is interchanged.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>1. Cry a Spanish artist&#8217;s festival of lights. (4, 1,&nbsp;4)(9)&nbsp;<br>2. Crow\u2019s call charge to shoot up. (3,4)(6)&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>Leave your answers in the comments!&nbsp;<br><br>For more Spoonerisms and other kinds of word games, check out IITM Word Games Club <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wgc_iitm\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here.<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Back to the GRE Blog now!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ii-aphorism\"><strong>ii. Aphorism<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Part of Speech<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; noun&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Definition<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; a succinct observation which contains a general truth.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>E.g.&nbsp;A bad penny always turns up.&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Synonyms<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; maxim, adage, epigram.&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Usage<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Bill began his speech with a humorous aphorism from one of his favorite authors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"iii-hearsay\">iii.<strong>&nbsp;Hearsay<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Part of Speech<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; noun&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Definition<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; information received from other people which cannot be substantiated.&nbsp;<br>E.g. I heard Bill steals from the cash register.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Synonyms<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; gossip,&nbsp;rumour, stories.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Usage<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; You&nbsp;can&#8217;t&nbsp;judge someone solely on the basis of hearsay.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"is-it-the-same-as-heresy\">Is it the same as heresy?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Hearsay is close to the word&nbsp;<strong>Heresy<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;can be easily mistaken for it.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Heresy<\/strong>&nbsp;is having an opinion\/belief that is contrarian to well-established \/&nbsp;widely held&nbsp;opinions\/beliefs.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>The strongest examples of heresy&nbsp;are&nbsp;in religion&nbsp;and politics.&nbsp;In medieval times, pagans, people of religious minorities were often branded heretics, and exiled\/ostracized.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"now-that-takes-us-to-ancient-greece\">Now, that takes us to Ancient Greece<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Arena.jpg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Arena.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-281 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Arena.jpg 683w, https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Arena-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Ostracism is a fascinating practice, originating from Ancient Greek times.<br><br>Athens is widely known as the first democracy. Common people, as a collective, held a lot of power over political and societal goings-on. <br><br>In an ostracism proceeding, people convened to vote\/exile someone out of the city for a period of ten years, if said person had committed some grave wrongdoings. Sometimes, the ostracisms were preemptive (before committing any wrongdoing), if they were perceived as a potential threat to the state (city-states in Greece, not cities).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Contrary to modern trials, where juries are asked whether the accused is guilty or not, in an ostracism proceeding, the jury (comprising of a minimum of 6000 people) is asked if they want to&nbsp;find someone\/anyone guilty or not, and then the&nbsp;subject&nbsp;is&nbsp;accused to stand judgement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The word &#8216;Ostracism&#8217; itself comes from the voting procedure. Instead of paper, which was a luxurious resource, and had to be imported from Egypt (papyrus), the Greeks used shards of broken pottery, called&nbsp;<em>ostraka&nbsp;<br>(<\/em>singular <em>:&nbsp;ostrakon).&nbsp;<\/em><br>&nbsp;<br>People would write the names of the person who they wanted exiled, and scribes would tally up the shards.&nbsp;In certain cases, there\u2019d be an ostracism to see which one of two selected people would be exiled.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assassins\u2019 Creed : Odyssey depicts the attempted ostracism of Socrates. Worth a watch\/play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ostracisms are present in other cultures too. Check out how it works in Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ostracism#Qahr_and_ashti.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<style><\/style><!-- begin-flying-press-lazy-render -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wzko.pro\/online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRE-Vocab-4-1.webp\" alt=\"GRE Vocabulary Builder\" class=\"has-border-color has-palette-color-3-border-color wp-image-2786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRE-Vocab-4-1.webp 1024w, https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRE-Vocab-4-1-300x75.webp 300w, https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRE-Vocab-4-1-768x192.webp 768w, https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRE-Vocab-4-1-360x90.webp 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- end-flying-press-lazy-render -->\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"iv-soliloquy\"><strong>iv. Soliloquy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 46%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Part of Speech<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; noun&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Definition<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; an act of speaking one&#8217;s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.&nbsp;<br><br>E.g.&nbsp;O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Synonyms<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; monologue, speech, sermon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word Origins<\/strong>: Latin&nbsp;s\u014dlus,&nbsp;<em>alone<\/em>; Latin&nbsp;loqu\u012b,&nbsp;<em>to&nbsp;speak<\/em>;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Opera-house-2.0.jpg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Opera-house-2.0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-283 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Opera-house-2.0.jpg 600w, https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Opera-house-2.0-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Usage<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; &#8220;Edmund ends the scene as he had begun it, with a soliloquy&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Question for&nbsp;you :&nbsp;What do you call someone who performs a soliloquy?&nbsp;<\/strong><br>(Hint: There\u2019s more than one correct answer.)&nbsp;Leave your answer in a comment!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"v-lexicon\"><strong>v. Lexicon<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Part of Speech<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; noun&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Definition<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge.&nbsp;<br>Also : a dictionary, especially of Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, or Arabic.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Word Origins<\/strong>&nbsp;: early 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek&nbsp;lexikon&nbsp;(biblion) \u2018(book) of words\u2019, from lexis \u2018word\u2019, from&nbsp;legein&nbsp;\u2018speak\u2019.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Synonyms<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; glossary, thesaurus.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Usage<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; &#8220;It is difficult to understand what teenagers say because their lexicon is constantly changing.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheers, and see you next week!&nbsp;<br><br>Start your GRE preparation in 3 quick steps.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/gre-online-course-gre-online-coaching-classes.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign up as a Free Trial User for Wizako\u2019s Online GRE Course<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GRE Word List 2. 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