GRE#2
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- evanescent
- fleeting
- interdict
- forbid
- vapid
- dull, lack taste
- umbrage
- "shadow", offense, displeasure
- execrate
- curse, denounce
- ex
- negative prefix
- piquant
- pleasantly pungent
- apposite
- fitting, relevant
- trenchant
- perceptive
- profligate
- recklessly extravagant
- decry
- openly disparage or belittle
- torpid
- slow, apathetic, sluggish
- ped
- child, education
- idio
- one's own
- jur
- to swear
- abjure
- renounce on oath
- adjure
- beg or command
- abstain
- choose not to do something
- audacious
- fearless
- homogenous
- of a similar kind
- ephemeral
- lasting a short time
- laconic
- using few words
- mitigate
- to soften lessen
- vacillate
- sway, indecision
- canting
- setting something at an angle
- assiduous
- hard-working, attentive
- proscribe
- forbid, prohibit
- purblind
- unable to see
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GRE ANALOGIES
Wrong answer types -
Unrelated words -no strong relationship
Same Subject Trap-don't have the same bridge but have the same subject
Both Are Bridges--aren't related to each other, but related to a third word
Context Traps-appear in context, but don'thave any relationship
Reverse Analogy
Au Contraire or Opposite Bridge (exact opposite of stem pair)
Irrelevant Bridge: strong, but doesn't have anything to do with it - GRE READING COMPREHENSION
- Zoom in-as you read the first third, try to zoom in on the main idea of the passage, first by getting the topic, and then pinning down the scope. Finally, zero in on author's purpose
- 3 areas of Reading Comprehension topics
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Humanities
Social Sciences
Natural Sciences -
Reading Comprehension
Read for... -
Structure
Look for Keywords, structural road signs
skim details
Look for topic sentences
Be alert for comparisons and contrasts - Look for comparisons and contrasts between:
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Two thinkers or theories
Different points in time
The author's view and other views
What's known and what's unknown - Reading Comp passages usually do:
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1. Argue a position
2. Discuss a specific subject
3. Explain new findings or research - semicolon
- road sign that tells us that this is a "straight-ahead sentence." The second half must agree with the first.
- saturnine
- heavy, gloomy, sluggish
- fecundity
- fertility
- draw a grid on scratch paper before you begin
- develop a systematic, organized way to use scratch paper
- 0 is a multiple of
- 3, and everything else!
- be aware of negative numbers
- a common QC mistake is to assume that variables represent positive numbers