words that shouldn’t mean what they do.

in studying for the GRE, i had to learn some absolutely ridiculous words. ridiculous how? see blog title, and read on.

here comes the list—

pulchritude (n.): physical beauty
tyro (n.): someone who is beginning to learn something
truculent (adj.): hostile, resistant, belligerent
testator (n.): maker of a will
pernicious (adj.): extremely harmful
trenchant (adj.): incisive, relevant
turbid (adj.): unclear, confused
sententious (adj.): pithy
traduce (v.): to defame
euphuistic (adj.): pompous
refulgent (adj.): luminous

[there you have it]
-brian.b