GRE daily 10 words :Day 18
use = Strong sales and high profits are bolstering the economy
girth = circumferential measure of thickness
use = The tree was 2 meters in girth
fickle = always changing one's mind
use = The world of popular music is notoriously fickle
layman = nonprofessional
use = in layman's terms
consummate = perfect, having great skills, complete, accomplished
use = a consummate professional
confiscate = seize, to appropriate
use = the government confiscated the criminal's property
extol = praise highly
use = She is forever extolling the virtues of her children
brusque = curt, rough and abrupt in manner
use = His secretary was rather brusque with me
blunder = a mistake
use = it was a big blunder
enchant = charm or attract
use = an enchanting performance
White or Wong?
A man is mailing out five passports to five different people. There are five envelopes on the table, each bearing the name of the owner of a passport. "Imagine I were just to stick the passports into envelopes at random," the man thinks. "I wonder how many ways I could commit the perfect blunder and put every passport in the wrong envelope?" How many ways can this be done?
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