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    The Dirty GRE
    The Dirty GRE
    The Dirty GRE
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    The Dirty GRE

    By Nathaniel Tower

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    The Dirty GRE is a collection of twenty dirty short-short stories. Each tale contains ten vocabulary words for a total of two hundred words commonly seen on graduate level admissions tests. There is also a short quiz included after each story. Simply put, The Dirty GRE is an enjoyable way to build vocabulary.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGreen Gecko Publishing
    Release dateJun 8, 2015
    ISBN9781311054265
    The Dirty GRE
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    Nathaniel Tower

    Nathaniel Tower is a former English teacher who now spends his days at a computer. When not at work, he writes fiction and manages the online literary magazine Bartleby Snopes. If he's not writing or editing, he's either spending time with his wife and daughter, listening to records, or going for long runs while juggling. His short fiction has appeared in over two hundred online and print magazines and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Million Writers Award. His first collection of short fiction, Nagging Wives, Foolish Husbands, was released in 2014 by Martian Lit.

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      The Dirty GRE - Nathaniel Tower

      By Nathaniel Tower

      She's dead. The busty detective hovered over the body sprawled on the bed.

      Good observation, the recently widowed husband replied with trenchant wit.

      The caustic or cutting response didn't deter the female detective. She partially unbuttoned her trench coat, and the husband couldn't help but notice the bare, massive breasts hanging in a state of torpor. The sluggish inactivity of such fine breasts put him in a sudden waggish mood, but he didn't succumb to his humorous attitude. He didn't think it was a time for jokes.

      So how do you think she died? The husband stepped forward with a bold countenance. The expression on his face caused her to step back.

      It looks like she was stabbed. She pointed to the knives sticking out of the wife's inner thighs.

      Her speech wasn't bombastic, which the husband appreciated. He never liked inflated or pretentious speech from women.

      Do you have an idea of who might have done it?

      She handed him a slip of white paper. Here's his calling card.

      The husband read it aloud. Jelly Jimmy.

      It's an anonym.

      What?

      A false name.

      The husband scowled. So much for unpretentious speech. But with a rack like that, she could get away with anything. He imagined her scouring for clues in the nude. He felt an erection rise in his pants.

      She eyed the bulge and smiled, but he doubted that her expression was spurious. The thought of her not being genuine attenuated his boner; his member dropped limply in his underwear.

      Do you have any leads? He asked.

      He wanted to take her on the bed next to his dead spouse, to commandeer those breasts, to seize them for his own use, but he was terrified of rejection. He especially didn't want to be rejected in front of his spouse, who had never thought much of him.

      Just one, she said. She climbed on the bed and pulled the knives out of the dead wife's thighs, her slender hands caressing the bloody blades. His erection returned as she handled the sharp phalluses with such skill.

      Do tell.

      She flicked her shoulders back and the trench coat dropped to the floor, her nude torso fully revealed. He enjoyed her current mien, a lusty look and manner.

      I think you did it.

      The husband took the knives in his trembling hands. And what makes you say such a thing? He unbuttoned his pants.

      Because I've been watching you through the window for years, she said. Her smile was real now, and her pointed teeth made him burst with excitement.

      He dropped the knives and plunged inside her just as they hit the carpet. The wife's corpse watched with eyes flung eternally open. He had been waiting for this for a long time. He had always watched the detective through the window too.

      Synonyms Quiz: Knives in the Thigh

      You can highlight your answers with your reader highlighter.

      1. Anonym (N.)

      Birth name

      Surname

      Name

      Nickname

      2. Commandeer (V.)

      Refuse

      Hijack

      Stop

      Keep

      3. Countenance (N.)

      Expression

      Discomposure

      Disquiet

      Rashness

      4. Mien (N.)

      Absence

      Subsurface

      Appearance

      Fakery

      5. Torpor (N.)

      laziness

      vitality

      enterprise

      enthusiasm

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      Antonyms Quiz: Knives in the Thigh

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      6. Bombastic (Adj.)

      Grandiose

      Humble

      Flowery

      Orotund

      7. Spurious (Adj.)

      Bogus

      False

      Specious

      True

      8. Trenchant (Adj.)

      Biting

      Acerbic

      Kind

      Cutting

      9. Waggish (Adj.)

      Amusing

      Humorless

      Cheerful

      Comical

      10. Attenuate (V.)

      Cripple

      Sap

      Assist

      Debilitate

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      Knives in the Thigh

      Synonyms Answer Key

      1. Anonym (N.)

      d) Nickname

      2. Commandeer (V.)

      b) Hijack

      3. Countenance (N.)

      a) Expression

      4. Mien (N.)

      c) Appearance

      5. Torpor (N.)

      a) Laziness

      Knives in the Thigh

      Antonyms Answer Key

      6. Bombastic (Adj.)

      c) Flowery

      7. Spurious (Adj.)

      d) True

      8. Trenchant (Adj.)

      c) Kind

      9. Waggish (Adj.)

      b) Humorless

      10. Attenuate (V.)

      c) Assist

      A Good Day Indeed

      By Tammie Oldham

      Jasmine could forgive her husband for his sexual peccadilloes, considering she certainly had plenty of her own offences. Monogamy, it seemed, was not in their nature. By a mutual agreement, Jasmine and her husband lived in imperfect symbiosis. They

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