Words that boost your GRE Preparation!

Not knowing these words hinders your GRE preparation. These are the words that keep appearing in GRE time and again. Ineffective methods of learning will make you forget these words faster than you learn. But here are some really effective and proven methods of learning words faster. You will not only memorize these words but also lock them in your memory forever.

 

• Acrimonious: The word ‘acrimonious’ suggests something that is acrid in taste. Acrid is being bitter and caustic. Acrimonious is usually used to suggest the way in which a speech is made. An acrimonious speech is a bitter, harsh and sarcastic speech. The word is even applicable to written form of communication.
• Scurrilous: A ‘scurrilous’ comment is a deeply vituperative/abusive/biting comment on someone. The word again is used mostly in spoken and written communication.

• Esoteric: Have you read the poems of Metaphysical poets? If you have read then you understand that their poems are full of esoteric allusions. The word ‘esoteric’ means something that is comprehensible only by a select few. A few high frequency synonyms of the word are impenetrable, recondite, mysterious, cryptic and arcane.
• Decadent: Decadent is anything that is immoral in quality. ‘He led a decadent life’…means his life had no morals or he was an immoral person.
• Lugubrious: Lugubrious is a word that suggests sadness and melancholia. A narrative style could be lugubrious. It is something that generates a gloomy and lachrymose environment around.
• Iconoclastic: Icon is a symbol. The root ‘clast’ means to break something. Hence iconoclastic is suggestive of breaking established norms and conventions. I hope the word now settles indelibly in your memory.
• Magniloquent: The root ‘loq’ has got to do with expression. Look at the words eloquent, grandiloquent. They all relate to speech style. ‘Magnum’ again in Greek means great, grand and big. Hence magniloquent is a bombastic, pompous and boastful expression.
• Terse: Terse is an expression that is precise. It is something that is abrupt and accurate
• Fatuous: Fatuous means idiotic, stupid and silly. A fatuous comment is a comment that is ridiculous and dim-witted.
• Incisive: Incisive is sharp. A sharp and that too a razor sharp comment is an incisive comment. An incisive comment can cause an incision on the mind and the soul. An incision is a cut a laceration.

Things that I suggest time and again!!

Act on these words. Passive reading doesn’t help whatsoever!! You have to work on them effectively. Jot them down in a note book, pull out your dictionary from the shelf, look for the meaning, understand the words and use them in sentences. Date all these words rather. Spend some substantial time with them. They are really extraordinary and interesting. Try to recollect many visuals that relate to a specific word from the above list. Believe me, these are the words that keep appearing in GRE’s (Graduate Record Examination) Verbal Ability Section. (Antonyms, Analogies and Sentence Completion).

Some essential GRE Aerobics:

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. As I always tell: Utter the words aloud- each word five times!!

Obligatory things to do:

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

These high energy and high frequency words will keep you motivated for a lifetime. What you just need to do is to trust their beauty and keep remembering them every now and then. Do get back to us with queries in case you have any.

Wishing you all, success!!

Regards,

Anu Veluri

Manager- learnwordlist.com

 

22 Responses to “Words that boost your GRE Preparation!”

1. Baniyere kaka on April 4th, 2010 4:40 pm

   I want to memorize as much as many words a day for instance ,as many as ten words a day. How can you help me achieve that?

2. zulqurnain khan on April 5th, 2010 7:01 am

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   i am very grateful to you

3. Monira Lizu on April 5th, 2010 2:53 pm

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4. Monira Lizu on April 5th, 2010 2:53 pm

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5. bijiga on April 6th, 2010 8:08 pm

   you will be abudently blessed for you free services.these words are the most iportant words for me.they are potential to boost my GRE preparation.
   with best regards; bijiga abeya from haramay university,ethiopia

6. Master on April 10th, 2010 12:45 pm

   Gr8 Thanx )

7. saqib on April 13th, 2010 7:20 am

   this book is quite effective and really helps to develop your vocabulary and great test preparation material is available here

8. heric on April 17th, 2010 8:56 pm

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9. Abhinav Mathur on April 18th, 2010 4:23 pm

   HI,
   My friends who scored good in GRE, around 1450, told me first choose the university you want to go in and then study for GRE and not the other way round. Can you please suggest what and how should this be done?
   What should be the points which need to be considered for choosing a university?
   There is a big list of universities – how to deicde which one is best for me when I dont have the score with me and supoosedly I chose a university much higher than what my level is and I didn’t get it, then what?
   1 more thing – is it important to write a ‘paper’ – related to my project and get it published before I apply for GRE – because I never wrote one although I worked on a project in my college for which I have its reports, etc.

   Thanks & Regards,
   Abhinav Mathur

10. Murad Baig Gupis on April 20th, 2010 4:01 pm

    PLEASE SEND THE SOUND OF THE WORDS AS WELL FOR CORRECT PRONOUNCIATION

11. shipra on April 29th, 2010 4:18 am

    hii Master

    thanks

    shipra

12. shipra on April 29th, 2010 7:08 am

    hii bijiga

    Thanks
    shipra

13. shipra on April 29th, 2010 7:28 am

    hii Monira Lizu

    thanks

    shipra

14. shipra on April 29th, 2010 7:49 am

    hii Monira Lizu

    Thanks
    shipra

15. shipra on April 29th, 2010 9:43 am

    hii Baniyere kaka

    sure,just go through this link.

    http://learnwordlist.com/tests/top-gre-flash-cards

16. shipra on May 1st, 2010 10:17 am

    hii heric

    Thanks for overwhelming responce

17. shipra on May 1st, 2010 11:34 am

    hii bijiga

    Thanks

18. shipra on May 3rd, 2010 6:43 am

    hii saqib
    thanks

19. shipra on May 3rd, 2010 7:05 am

    hii monira
    thanks

20. shipra on May 3rd, 2010 7:10 am

    hii zulquranain

    thanks

21. shipra on May 3rd, 2010 10:38 am

    hii abhinav

    first let me know for which programme u want to apply.and i will assit you better with university.

22. sriharsha on July 19th, 2010 5:12 pm

    dear anu,
    where are your earlier posts? Pl, subsume them here… and for the sentence completion please write an article…

    thank you dear

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