<p>Hey guys,
I am memorizing the Barron`s 3500 words and i am not quite sure what does curmudgeon means ? As far as i know this should be a synonim of boorish and churlis and according to the Longman dictionary of contemporary English it means :</p>
<p>[countable] old-fashioned
someone who is often annoyed or angry, especially an old person</p>
<p>I also cant quite understand the meaning of the word ‘‘curator’’ .Is it ’ a menager of zoo ,library or museum’ ?</p>
<p>I remembered curmudgeon as an old, annoying and angry person. Just some bitter old guy.</p>
<p>Curator is like the manager of a (most likely) museum. I think he decides what to put on displays, etc.</p>
<p>But don’t trust me 100%, since i didn’t so well on CR. Verify it :)</p>
<p>Curmudgeon - crusty but benign</p>
<p>curmudgeon i think is someone whos irritated and hot tempered.
curator idk</p>
<p>oh god barrons infamous 3500, i suggest u do princeton review’s Word smart I and II. those are actually like 1600words,and they’ll easy to nail.
it has like minimum of 2 sentences for word usage.</p>
<p>Curator in a museum has the sense of “caretaker” of the fine objects and collections; does much academic research, decides on what to exhibit, writes in the catalogues.</p>
<p>By contrast, the Director of the museum is an administrator/fundraiser and is boss over all the curators. </p>
<p>There can be many curators, for example: Curator of Roman Art, Curator of Modern Art, Curator of Educational Programs in the same museum, but only one Director.</p>
<p>In that way, a curator is like a manager, but middle level and not top level of authority.</p>
<p>I didn’t know they called them “curators” at zoos and libraries, but it makes sense.</p>
<p>The curator may also act as host of said museum. Their basically the face of the institution. </p>
<p>Curmudgeon. I think of Scrooge lol.</p>
<p>Curmudgeon - very cranky person</p>
<p>Yeas,all right
Curmudgeon - cranky,contentios ,most likely old man.
I ve already memorized 1200 / 3500 words and i needed 17-18 days.So i will finish them and after that i will learn princeton review’s Word smart I and II as well.
Thank you.</p>
<p>barrons are not that useful… it’s really depressing to memorize many words, and realizing that they wont help you much. i finished princeton’s words smart I,II, and GRE, was on my way to barrons, but i dind’t finish it,because i know i have more important things to do to raise my score…
vocab can only help u so much, 3500 wont do much help</p>
<p>Look,these 3500 words are really overwhelming but there is no doubt : this 3500 list always has more hits than any other one.Besides,it won<code>t kill you if you learn these 3500 words and after that princeton</code>s words ?</p>