Words that empower you for GRE!

The words that are explained in this blog are the words that certainly appear in GRE. These are the words that need to be memorized indispensably. It has already been stated in earlier blogs that nouns, verbs adjectives and adverbs alone appear in GRE. The words that appear in this blog are mostly adjectives and adverbs. These are the words that you always find in GRE. And when you are working on any previous years’ GRE papers, you wish you knew the meanings of these words. You also feel bad when you do not easily recollect the meanings. Subsequently you start blaming yourself for adopting not-so-effective learning techniques. Don’t you?!

This is an opportunity indeed to research on a few very important words pertaining to GRE Vocabulary and committing them permanently to your memory. I would mention once again that the words we are practicing in these blogs are high frequency words and you will certainly find them in the GRE.

• Didactic: The word didactic is an adjective. Didactic is something that is educational, instructive in purpose. For example: Her poems are didactic. It means that her poems have instructional value. I hope the meaning is now clear.

• Surreptitious: The word surreptitious is an adjective. It means acting in a sly, stealthy, cunning way.

• Banal: Banal means boring. Something that doesn’t trigger interest because we have been exposed to it so many times. A film’s plot could be banal. A story could be banal. Just think of some situations/contexts where this word could rightly fit in.

• Berserk: Berserk is going mad, crazy. The crowd goes berserk seeing a film personality or a pop star.

• Bombastic: Being bombastic is being pompous, showy or grandiloquent. The word also means a speech that is long-winded and verbose. Politicians usually make ‘bombastic’ claims during their election campaigning.

• Culpable: Culpable is being blameworthy. It means an act that deserves to be blamed.

• Denunciatory: The word ‘denunciatory’ is an adjective. It means given to denunciation. Denunciation is admonition, scolding, criticism or accusation.

• Heretical: Heretical is being unorthodox. It is being unconventional or radical. A person who transgresses the rules is a heretic. Can you think of any such person? If you can then form a sentence using the word and share it with us here.

There’s no escape from these words if you want a grand score in GRE. You need to work with these words for a substantial time frame. I strongly recommend you all to read the other blogs on Vocabulary learning in order to memorize all these words even more effectively.

Some pertinent advice:

These words are not for mere reading, they are to be worked on. Use a notebook to jot them down and a dictionary to delve deeper into the meaning. As I always tell: Utter the words aloud- each word five times!!

Techniques that work:

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 words are for practice. Please do share with us some more high frequency words. In fact you can put the words that you know or don’t know on our forum and invite diligent students like you for discussion. These interactive forums would further elaborate the meanings of words and commit them to your memory indelibly.

Wishing you all, success!!

Regards,

Anu Veluri

Manager- learnwordlist.com

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