Tog
08-25-2008, 06:02 PM
Well, I started playing Magic way back in fourth grade when Tempest was new. Mind you was never very good but I spent hours searching up cards on Anycraze making up hypothetical decks which would never see the light of day. My parents would get on my case about how much time spent on pieces of paper. Deep down, I always knew they were right but I just couldn't give it up.
Well recently, I've been studying hard for the GRE for the last two months or so and I had to learn a lot of nonsensical words for the verbal section. I'm an engineer so the number crunching is rather easy for me. One thing I came across was the sheer number of words that came up during practice tests that I could relate to magic cards. From the pictures I remembered, I could deduce what the words meant. Here are some examples:
Savant (Ogre Savant): Think smart person
Austere (Austere Command): Think forbidding
Intrepid (Intrepid Hero): Think fearless, bold
Pithing (Pithing Needle): Think killing/debilitating
Oblation (Oblation!): Think an offering
Stigma (Stigma Lasher): Think a brand of disgrace
Immaculate (Immaculate Magistrate): Think perfect
Fetter (Faith's Fetters): Think of shackles
Others include: Cauterize, Insidious, Pernicious, and Despondency. These are the only ones which come to mind right now but there are many more!
And from the source:
Obfuscate: Think to confuse (Made possible by Obfuscate Freely!)
Disingenuous: To not be straightforward (Post by someone)
I took the test today and the following words came up on the test:
Abeyance: Think to stop
Conflagarate: Think big fireball
Halcyon: This one was a stretch. It came up on another practice test so I knew what it meant but the magic card sure made it stick the first time around.
I just wanted to say that if your parents ever nag you about magic being a waste of time, just let them know in the process you're making an investment in your English vocabulary.
I ended up getting a 1440 on the exam (640/800 on the Verbal and 800/800 on the Quantitative).
Has magic ever made an impact on your life?
Well recently, I've been studying hard for the GRE for the last two months or so and I had to learn a lot of nonsensical words for the verbal section. I'm an engineer so the number crunching is rather easy for me. One thing I came across was the sheer number of words that came up during practice tests that I could relate to magic cards. From the pictures I remembered, I could deduce what the words meant. Here are some examples:
Savant (Ogre Savant): Think smart person
Austere (Austere Command): Think forbidding
Intrepid (Intrepid Hero): Think fearless, bold
Pithing (Pithing Needle): Think killing/debilitating
Oblation (Oblation!): Think an offering
Stigma (Stigma Lasher): Think a brand of disgrace
Immaculate (Immaculate Magistrate): Think perfect
Fetter (Faith's Fetters): Think of shackles
Others include: Cauterize, Insidious, Pernicious, and Despondency. These are the only ones which come to mind right now but there are many more!
And from the source:
Obfuscate: Think to confuse (Made possible by Obfuscate Freely!)
Disingenuous: To not be straightforward (Post by someone)
I took the test today and the following words came up on the test:
Abeyance: Think to stop
Conflagarate: Think big fireball
Halcyon: This one was a stretch. It came up on another practice test so I knew what it meant but the magic card sure made it stick the first time around.
I just wanted to say that if your parents ever nag you about magic being a waste of time, just let them know in the process you're making an investment in your English vocabulary.
I ended up getting a 1440 on the exam (640/800 on the Verbal and 800/800 on the Quantitative).
Has magic ever made an impact on your life?