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  1. sommelier
    a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant
    So when I heard about Somm, the documentary that came out June 21 about guys preparing for the Master Sommelier test, I kept wondering how I'd do on it.
  2. monumental
    of outstanding significance
    "If there's a monumental achievement, we say, 'Let's cut these achievers in half.'"
  3. exponentially
    in a manner of rapid growth
    The master's test is the fourth and final level in a series that gets exponentially harder at each stage.
    exponential growth/increase etc: exponential growth, increase etc becomes faster as the amount of the thing that is growing increases
  4. blazer
    lightweight single-breasted jacket
    *I put on a sommelier-looking blazer
  5. adjacent
    having a common boundary or edge
    I put on a sommelier-looking blazer and drove to Anaheim to meet Michael Jordan, a master sommelier who works at the Ranch Restaurant and Saloon, an amazing, 20,000-sq.-ft. restaurant and adjacent two-step dance hall that the billionaire who founded the electronics company Extron attached to his office headquarters so he'd have somewhere to go after work.
  6. busboy
    a restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes
    *His goal is to have everyone at the restaurant--waiters, bartenders, cooks, busboys
  7. jaded
    exhausted
    "Maybe I'm a little jaded from the master's exam, but I look at the intro as incredibly easy," he said.
  8. intro
    a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music
    "Maybe I'm a little jaded from the master's exam, but I look at the intro as incredibly easy,"
  9. allotted
    given as a task or a portion
    I finished in half the time allotted since it doesn't take long to make random guesses.
  10. whatsoever
    one or some or every or all without specification
    It said Yes, as long as I did it without any studying whatsoever.
    1.at all (used for emphasis)."I have no doubt whatsoever"
  11. W
    the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet
    wait staff or wait·staff 
    Personnel employed to serve at tables, as in a restaurant.
  12. phony
    fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
    He made me feel like I was neither an idiot nor a phony, even though I now objectively know I am both.
Created on 八月 31, 2013 (updated 九月 6, 2013)

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