Quick post today. At the internship (as an editorial intern), I came across two commonly misused words that (tada!) are also Barron’s vocab! I now give you the Chicago Manual of Style: Abjure; adjure. To abjure is to deny or renounce under oath {the defendant abjured the charge of murder} or to declare one’s permanent [...]
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Taking the GRE Twice?
I had this great idea about naming this post “In a Pickle,” and then starting it off with a picture of me free-floating in a jar of green-tinted juice. Hah–I’m so funny! So great! This is going to be an awesome post. Well as you can see, that didn’t happen. It didn’t happen because I’m [...]
This or That
When my doe-eyed self first started college, I was swept off of my feet by academia. All of it captivated me: the grand and echoing lecture halls, the erudite opinions of the upperclassmen, the sophisticated academic journals, the fantastical maze-like hallways leading to a professor’s office. Everything felt new and fresh and intelligent, and I [...]
