Don’t miss these words if you want a top score in GRE!

All the words are extraordinary. No word is common as it seems. The GRE tests your command over these extraordinary words obviously. Words that exude a greater charisma and the words that have certain force and pressure are usually asked in the GRE test. We will now look at and learn some nouns that have both force and pressure. And what else, these words certainly appear in GRE. While reading these words you might find some simple and some on the higher level, but a lack of knowledge of either of them would represent a slight handicap. We will now meet 10 of such words having force and power and later delve deeper into the context in order to have them permanently fixed in our memory.

 

• Duress: Duress is a forceful word indeed. It means intimidation, browbeating, coercion. To threat someone for something is duress. Well, a sentence like this helps. She made a confession under duress. It means she did not confess willingly but made a confession when someone forced her to do it. Hope that makes the meaning clear now.

• Stringency: Stringency is strictness, tightness, straightness. Stringency of school, stringency of poverty and stringency of the market are the sentences that help remember the word in context.
• Audacity: Audacity is being bold without paying heed to consequences. The girl’s audacity shocked the audience. A sentence like this would help us remember the word better. Hey can you all come up with a sentence like this and share here?
• Exigency: Exigency is an urgent requirement, it’s a pressing need. ‘The exigencies of metropolitan life’. This is how the word is used in regular conversation. I hope you will never forget a word when used in context like this.
• Zealots: A zealot is a person who shows zeal. Zeal is enthusiasm, fanaticism, passion, fervor. And to tell you the truth all the synonyms of the word mentioned here are equally important for GRE.
• Dudgeon: Dudgeon is a feeling of offense or resentment. A feeling of anger and bitterness. The judges left in high dudgeon. It means the judges left in anger. This makes the word easier to remember.
• Assiduity: Assiduity is diligence, effort and industry. It simply means hard work.
• Impetus: Impetus is a moving force, a stimulus that causes motion. It is something that incites. The approaching deadline gave impetus to the investigation (dictionary.com). Is that clear now?
• Rancor: Rancor is animosity, hatred. It is a deep seated ill will. A feeling of antipathy.

I am sure these words will bring force and pressure to your GRE preparation. I tell you time and again that your GRE preparation is incomplete without these words. So do spend some time trying to know their meanings thoroughly. You can try using them in some sentences to understand their application better.

Do not just read but work on these words. Use a notebook to jot them down and a dictionary to understand the meaning and the context better. A must do! Utter the words aloud- each word five times!!

Vocabulary enhancing techniques:

1. Work with the word.

2. Expand its meaning into a suitable context.

3. Relate it to the person or situation you know.

4. Share the word with your friends, colleagues

5. Try to pronounce the word aloud at least five times

Read this blog more than once to comprehend its essence. Do get back to us with queries in case you have any.

Wishing you all, success!!

Regards,

Anu Veluri

Manager- learnwordlist.com

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25. Yewande on April 14th, 2010 9:13 pm

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