Oops!

I read a lot... and am a self proclaimed voracious reader! But I do not have the patience to learn new words... that is to pull a dictionary from the shelf and find its true meaning! Most times I can figure out the meaning in context and that stays in my brain as the true meaning. Sometimes, this assumed meanings arent the right ones and I end up making blunders.... or may be small time errors that makes me look real stupid! For example: Catch-22:
My assumption from context: A situation caused by problem enveloped in another problem with no solution to an apparently convoluted issue.
Real thing: A situation in which a desired outcome or solution is impossible to attain because of a set of inherently illogical rules or conditions.

Ok this one was close enough!But the entire concept of abandoning the dictionary is sure to cause me problems. Did so too during my GRE prep! had a tough time mugging the words...infact thats when I realized what I had been doing... so ever since I have started this blog, I google phrases/words that I am unsure of!! But inspite of it, I do slip... you guys might have noticed...
I used the word 'homely' wrong... took me a whole day to realize... thankfully did so before someone pointed it out to me and added those damn brackets to maintain the rhyming scheme! Phew! That was close!