Amateur Etymologist

We were in the final year of Engineering and had joined a short term course for GRE. That was when our vocabulary blossomed exponentially, thanks to books like Norman Lewis and to a small extent the course itself. My close friend, an amazing character called Mr. Vivek used to be a part of the gang that attended the classes and he used to come with me in my bike. The classes were in the noon and the hot Chennai sun had no pity on us. One day I hadn't parked my bike in the shade and after the classes, when Vivek climbed and sat on it, he screamed - "PYROPYGIAN".

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