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Took a small stroll down memory lane(actually someone pushed me there). A time when I was younger. Younger and def'ly less wiser. But this post doesnt have anything to do with youth, wisdom or memory or even lane. Just talking about flowery language.

I know all of us go through this phase at one time or another. Those who have appeared for the highly competitive exams would def'ly know what I am talking about. Those dreaded vocab tests. Those tests that made the most difference when everything else was on par. Everything else being the Analytical tests. Those were times when Norman Lewis(es), Rosenblums were much more popular and more fervently bought and exchanged than Sheldons, Archers and Loodlums. Appearing for GMATs, CATs, and all other tests one needs to show a score to secure admissions in any of the prestigious institues or ivy-league. Friends only talk of the new word they picked and how they couldnt get the meaning during a test and how the meaning of the word was so improbable to guess in the example sentence that was provided. And oooh boy the folks got so 'pedantic' (see what i mean?). Any small error and there are roars of laughter, made you embarassed. And you def'ly make ita point to laugh even louder when the other person makes a teeny weeny mistake. They would get the choicest of words that probably made no sense whatsoever.

My point is using the right word at the right time, without overwhelming or confusing the reader, listener etc. How difficult can that be? A few exampes to explain my case.

GRE STUDENT : Individuals who make their abodes in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting perilous projectiles.
NORMAL PERSON : People who live in glass houses cannot throw stones.
 
GRE STUDENT: All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous.
NORMAL PERSON : All that glitters is not gold.
 
GRE STUDENT : Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.
NORMAL PERSON : Beggars are not choosers

GRE STUDENT : Male cadavers are incapable of rendering any testimony.
NORMAL PERSON : Dead men tell no tales
 
GRE STUDENT : Neophyte's serendipity.
NORMAL PERSON : Beginner's luck
 
GRE STUDENT : A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of small, green, biophytic plant.
NORMAL PERSON : A rolling stone gathers no moss
 
GRE STUDENT: Members of an avian species of identical plumage tend to congregate.
NORMAL PERSON : Birds of a feather flock together
 
GRE STUDENT : Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.
NORMAL PERSON : Beauty is only skin deep
 
GRE STUDENT : Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous to rectitude.
NORMAL PERSON : Cleanliness is godliness
 
GRE STUDENT : It is fruitless to become lachrymose of precipitately departed lactile fluid.
NORMAL PERSON : There's no use crying over spilt milk
 
GRE STUDENT : It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.
NORMAL PERSON : You can't try to teach an old dog new tricks
 
GRE STUDENT : Surveillance should precede saltation.
NORMAL PERSON : Look before you leap
 
GRE STUDENT : Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minim.
NORMAL PERSON : Twinkle, twinkle, little star
 
GRE STUDENT : The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation.
NORMAL PERSON : He who laughs last, laughs best
 
GRE STUDENT : Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders Jack a betudinous
fellow.
NORMAL PERSON : All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
 
GRE STUDENT : Where there are visible vapors having their provenance in ignited carbonaceous materials, there is conflagration.
NORMAL PERSON : Where there's smoke, there's fire!

As for the title of the post ... was preparing for some exam (back in memory lane, remember?). There was some promo contest for some Cosmetic or Soap not sure I remember. They asked the best way to descibe 'Pink' and this was probably the best I could come up with. :) The love for roses goes back a long way.

Me, visiting blogville after a while. Things have got a tad bit predictable and un-happening too. After brusing off some dust and posting a link, am writing. Surely wasnt a writers block or the lack of time. Was a lack of ...... (am not able to find the right word just now) ... inclination lets say. Hoping that would change.

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