GRE Words and Short Story #1
- abscond-(v)-to leave secretly
- capricious-(adj)-changing one's mind quickly and often
- deference-(n)-respect, courtesy
- dissonance-(n)-a harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sound
- equivocate-(v)-to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
- fawn-(n)-to grovel
- implacable-(adj)-unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
- loquacious (adj)-talkative
- placate-(v)-to soothe or pacify
- obstinate-(adj)-stubborn, unyielding
- quiescent-(adj)-motionless
- torpor-(n)-extreme mental and physical sluggishness
Story
The day began unlike no other; instead of the soothing chirping of the birds waking our character up, an unknown
dissonance usurped his dreams and brought him harshly back to reality. He tried placing a pillow on his head, but the scheme was unable to calm down the
implacable noise. He remained there, on his bed,
quiescent, hoping that the noises would
abscond just the way they had mysteriously filled the room with the horrible noises, but the noises kept on tormenting the young boy.
Suddenly, the noises stopped, just as his mother walked into his bedroom. The young mother spoke with
deference to his beloved son,
fawning him; asking him what he wanted for breakfast, inquiring where his dreams had taken him to, etc. However, due to the noises that had previously tormented him, he found himself in a deep state of
torpor, and was unable to hear his mother's inquiries. When he was finally able to hear her mother's questions, he took his mother's interest as a
loquacious inquisition; he refused to answer her.
About the third time the same questions had been asked, her mother noticed that the
obstinate child would not answer; she could sense that something was annoying him. She became
capricious, not knowing if she should ask her son what was wrong, or just let him be. After some time considering it, she decided to leave the room figuring that her presence there wouldn't
placate her son's current annoyance, along the way
equivocating him by suggesting that the sooner he woke up the sooner he could go on an amazing trip, when in fact she was simply planning on sending his ass to boarding school.
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