GRE prep
Terms
undefined, object
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- 5 classic bridges
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1. definition
2. function/purpose
3. lack
4. characteristic action/items
5. degree - 12 1/2%
- 1/8
- 16 2/3 %
- 1/6
- .375
- 3/8
- veter
- old
- inveterate
- long-standing
- chimerical
- unreal
- chimera
- illusion
- torrid
- very hot
- rectory
- where cleric lives
- medicant
- beggar
- manse
- big fancy house
- fulsome
- offensively excessive
- propitiate
- conciliate, make favorable
- puissant
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mighty
powerful - slope intercept formula
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y=-mx+b
m=slope
b=where crosses y axis - slope formula
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m= y1-y2/x1-x2
rise over run
y = rise
x = run - dispassionate
- unbiased or objective
- sentient
- conscious
- engender
- produce, cause
- pedant
- someone who shows off learning
- loquacious
- talkative
- proporiety
- correct behavior
- insensible
- unable to feel
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GRE ANALOGIES
If stuck -
BUILD BRIDGES BACKWARDS
eliminate all that have no strong bridge
eliminate all answers that have an identical bridge
beware of answer choices that reverse the bridge - im-
- not
- in-
- not
- iconoclast
- against tradition
- logy
- lethargic
- Antonyms purpose:
- test vocabulary, but if you attack strategically you'll get many right even if you don't know the correct answer
- Antonyms Watch out for Wrong-Answer types
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Words that have no clear opposites
choices that have the same opposite as each other
au contraire, or opposite, answers (synomyns) - semantics
- meaning of words
- vitriol
- severe criticism
- The CAT is designed to find the level at which you find the questions hard; therefore,
- everybody should think the CAT is difficult
- Part of the testmaker's goal is to reward those who keep their
- composure. (don't panic when you run into hard material.)
- inference often boil down to
- parapohrasing the author's points
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a good inference:
(6 things) -
1 stays in line with gist
2 stays in line with author's tone
3 stays in line with authors' point of view
4 stays within scope and main idea
5 neither denied by nor irrelevant to ideas
6 always makes more sense than its opposite - global questions, 25-30% of questions
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sum up author's overall intentions
nouns and verbs must be consistent with author's tone and scope
main idea and primary purpose, title, etc are all related - key phrases in the global question stem include:
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which one of the following best expresses the main idea
the author's primary purpose is
which best describes the content as a whole
which best describes the organization
the author's tone can best be described as - topic and scope
- contain no reference to author's point of view
- author's purpose
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narrows scope to his purpose
make a hypothesis about why the author is writing - gre passages
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argue a position
or
discuss a specific subject
or
explain new findings or research - author's tone
- ranging from argumentative and opinionated to descriptive and clinical can help provide clues about how to answer questions
- every passage boils down to one big idea
- always keep the main idea in mind, even when the questions don't explicitly ask for it.