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The
GRE exam is designed to test your general ability rather than your
knowledge of a specific area. That is why it is called a g-loaded
exam.
Since vocabulary is a well known indicator of intelligence, it
is widely used in g-loaded tests such as IQ and GRE. Therefore
the best way to
prepare for your test is to improve your masterly of English
vocabulary. In
this article, I show you exactly how to achieve this
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You demonstrate your
masterly of the English language in the verbal section of GRE
test. This section
consists of the following four parts.
- Antonyms
- Analogies
- Sentence
completion
- Reading
comprehension
Repetition
is the first learning
technique that will help you prepare for the exam. A good GRE practice
test
should have a lot of exercises to assist you continually reproduce and
recall
words. Your
vocabulary will improve as
you repeat words over and over again using word lists and flash
cards.
But it is
elaboration technique that is most powerful.
Effective GRE practice tests should present antonyms and
synonyms in a wide range of word usage exercises. The extra information
will
allow you understand and remember words more easily. This approach can
boost
your learning curve by more than 600%.
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Antonyms
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In this section, you have
a word followed
by five choices of words or phrase. The right answer is the choice that
is most closely the opposite in meaning of the first word.
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Analogies
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In this section you will
find a related
pair of words or phrases. You then need to choose a set of related
words or phrases that best express a similar relationship.
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Sentence completion
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is exactly that - you simply pick the best word or phrase to complete
the given sentence |
Reading Comprehension
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This is the last part of
the verbal
section. Here, you will find a passage for you to read and comprehend.
You then have a number of questions to answer based on either what is
either stated or implied in the passage.
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face two
main challenges when preparing for exams like GRE. First you
need
to get appropriate material appropriate for the specific exam.
Secondly, you
need
quality time to study this material. Obviously, your life does
not
stop because of
GRE. If you are working, you need to continue working and your want to
enjoy a social life as well. Therefore, your study
guide should be easy to read such that you can pass the exam
in
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Below are a key things
that will assist you to select the right GRE
vocabulary study
guide:-
- Normal
rate of learning vocabulary is about
50 new words per year. This is too slow and you must do better than
this to
pass . Your
study material must therefore be
able to expose you to thousands of words relevant to GRE in a simple
way that makes learning easy
- Your
GRE study guides should
be
organized on
step by step progressive levels. This feature will save you time
since you do
not need to go back to what you have already mastered. As an added
advantage,
progress tracking will keep you highly motivated because you can
measure your
own rate of advancement.
- Personal
tutor software
that tracks the words
that you know and customizes your exercises and activities
appropriately. This
will make your learning easy and fun
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The
aim of the GRE test
is to test your general intelligence and ability. Developing
an extensive masterly of the English language vocabulary is
your
ticket to top scores.
To accelerate your learning, you need to understand the following keys
that will unlock the secrets of passing GRE:-
- The
first key is to boost
your vocabulary specifically for exam. The second key is to
- Learn
the words in a record time, that is, the
shortest time possible. This should leave you with sufficient time for
other things.
But
how do you maximize
your learning?. Large
numbers of
people sit and fail the GRE test while others are sitting and passing
all the
time. You need to be in the passing category.
REMEMBER THIS:-You
can prepare and pass the GRE test on first sitting with great
ease. Your choice
of right preparation course material will make a big difference
between
success and failure. To pass easily, you speed up your learning
with the following techniques:-
- Using
a selected
pool of score boosting
GRE words. These include the most commonly used words
presented
with many examples on
word usage. Repeated practice exercises with these words will help you
to focus on relevant areas and
therefore increase your chance of passing
- Different
learning strategies. Word repetition,
reproduction and recall techniques are all important. This can be
further
improved using auditory simulation and passive learning prompts
techniques.
- Use
the personal tutor that
comes with the best
software
packages
. The software remembers the words that
you have learned and takes
you
step-by step through progressive levels of difficulties. The main
benefit of
this approach is saving your time. It allows you to stop learning
what you
already know. The ability to track progress is also highly motivating
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