The Weather of the Future

Just 5 minutes of this Fresh Air interview was enough to make me stay up all night thinking about the water table in the SW United States. Anyone brave enough to read Heidi Cullen's book The Weather of the Future should report back to me. Am I exaggerating the coming apocalypse or am I not doing enough to sound the alarm?

Mogul Masher

While some of my closest confidantes believe that I need no more vest in my life, I disagree! I want this one:

Niggardly

In an effort to prove that the GRE verbal section is a test of your knowledge of antiquated, fringe words from the English language, the following gems appeared in my practice test yesterday:

• Toothsome
• Niggardly
• Minatory

At least one of these words just appeared in this Slate article about words and their changing definitions. Take note, GRE! Make this test a little more toothsome for me.

Related: If you want to see a pink website about one grammatic rule, please go here.