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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
How to Prepare for the GRE Issue Essay
The issue essay question on the Graduate Records Examination (GRE) will present you with two topics from which to choose. You will have to take a position on one of these topics and defend it. Follow these steps to prepare yourself for the issue essay portion of the gre exam.
1. Step 1
Become familiar with the GRE issue essay pool of topics. This can be found online at the GRE Web site.
2. Step 2
Take your time in selecting the topic on which to write. Make sure to pick the topic you feel strongest about and can most easily defend.
3. Step 3
Write a brief outline of your paragraph topics before writing to help keep you focused. The GRE issue essay is timed so don't spend too much time on this step.
4. Step 4
Write the main body of the GRE issue essay first. Save the introduction and conclusion for the last 15 or 20 minutes during revision time. This will allow you to review your main points for inclusion in the opening and closing paragraphs.
5. Step 5
Use signal words as you write.Including words such as "furthermore" or "in contrast" will make the grader's job easier and reflect better on you as a writer.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
GRE Test, GRE Tips And Techniques
Be Aware
By the time you have finished your GRE preparation, you should be aware of the type of questions that will appear in the GRE Test. You should also be aware of how long each section is and the time limits. This will help you pace yourself through the test.
Know the directions for each question
Knowing the directions for the questions beforehand will save you valuable time. But remember the directions for the questions in the GRE Test might be slightly different from the ones in your study material. So always read the instructions but do it quickly.
Don't stick to one question for too long
By the time you have finished your GRE preparation, you should have a good estimate of how much time you can give to a particular question. Don't get stuck on one particular question for too long. This might cause you to lose precious time and miss questions you could have easily done.
Don't Rush
The GRE Test is about optimizing. Finishing the paper first is not what is important. You should devote just the right amount of time to each question. Maximizing your marks in a given period of time is your aim. So don't rush it as that might cost you valuable marks.
The questions at the beginning are the most important
The questions at the beginning affect your score more than those towards the end. Take your time with those questions. It is vital that you get those questions right. Getting these correct will dramatically improve your score.
Selection by Elimination
When you don't know the answers to some questions, try and use the method of elimination. You may have a very good idea of which option cannot be the answer. Eliminate such options. It narrows down your guess to just maybe two options and sometimes down to one.
Don't leave any question
The GRE Test does not penalize you for wrong answers. So never leave any question unanswered.
Be very sure of your answer before proceeding
With the Computer-Adaptive Test (CAT) for GRE, you cannot return to a question once you have attempted it. You cannot leave the difficult questions for later nor can you check your answers towards the end even if you have extra time. So pace yourself properly and be very certain of your answers.
Get adequate rest the night before
Before the test, relax. Research shows a person who is relaxed usually does much better than a person who is tense during an exam. Get enough sleep before the D-Day. Also if your GRE is in the morning, take a light breakfast. A heavy one might make you drowsy.
Do a test drive exactly a week before your test
Getting to the test center on time is vital. In fact you should try and get to the test center 15-30 minutes before time. Taking a test drive to your test center exactly a week before might be a good idea. This will give you a rough idea of the traffic conditions at the time and day of your GRE.
Wear Comfortable Clothes
Wear comfortable clothes to your GRE test center. It might be a good idea to carry a sweater or a jacket, in case you start feeling cold. Also make a check list well in advance of what all you need on the D-day and keep everything ready the night before. One of the things you need is a chronometer. (In case you don't know what that means, start preparing for the GRE vocabulary ;-)
Use the scratch paper the test center provides
You are not allowed to bring any sheets of paper to the GRE test center but are provided scratch paper by the center. You should make effective use of this to make quick notes for yourself or for solving math questions.
And lastly DON'T PANIC
No matter what happens, DON'T PANIC. Keep your cool all the time, even when you don't know the answer. Once you panic, you might even answer the easiest questions wrongly. If you feel yourself getting tense, take a short break, ask for a glass of water, close your eyes, take deep breaths and calm yourself down.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
A GRE student Vs A Normal Student
A GRE STUDENT All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous.
A NORMAL PERSON All that glitters is not gold.
A GRE STUDENT Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.
A NORMAL PERSON Beggars are not choosers
A GRE STUDENT Male cadavers are incapable of rendering any testimony.
A NORMAL PERSON Dead men tell no tales
A GRE STUDENT Neophite's serendipity.
A NORMAL PERSON Beginner's luck
A GRE STUDTENT A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of small, green,
biophytic plant.
A NORMAL PERSON A rolling stone gathers no moss
A GRE STUDENT Members of an avian species of identical plumage tend to congregate.
A NORMAL PERSON Birds of the same feather flock together
A GRE STUDENT Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.
A NORMAL PERSON Beauty is only skin deep
A GRE STUDENT Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous to rectitude.
A NORMAL PERSON Cleanliness is godliness
A GRE STUDENT It is fruitless to become lachrymose of precipitately departed lactile fluid.
A NORMAL PERSON There's no use crying over spilt milk
A GRE STUDENT Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion.
A NORMAL PERSON Spare the rod and spoil the child
A GRE STUDENT The stylus is more potent than the rapier.
A NORMAL PERSON : The pen is mightier than the sword
A GRE STUDENT It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative
aneuvers.
A NORMAL PERSON U can't try to teach an old dog new tricks
A GRE STUDENT Surveillance should precede saltation.
A NORMAL PERSON Look before you leap
A GRE STUDENT Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minim.
A NORMAL PERSON Twinkle,twinkle, little star
A GRE STUDENT The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal chinnation.
A NORMAL PERSON He who laughs last, laughs the best
A GRE STUDENT Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders John a hebetudinous fellow.
A NORMAL PERSON All work and no play makes jack a dull boy
A GRE STUDENT Individuals who make their abodes in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting petrious projectiles.
A NORMAL PERSON People who live in glass housesshould not throw stones
A GRE STUDENT Where there are visible vapors having their provenance in ignited carbonaceous materials, there is conflagration.
A NORMAL PERSON Where there's smoke, there's fire.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
GRE Word List, Top GRE Words, Top 100 GRE Words
Top 100 GRE Words
abyss hole so deep as to appear bottomless
acquiesce agree, accept without protest
affable polite and friendly, easy to talk to
affliction distress, suffering
affluent wealthy, abundant
agitate move, shake, stir up
ambiguous having more then one meaning
annex take possession of
aqueous of or like water
arduous demanding great effort, strenuous
aroma quality or surrounding atmosphere considered typical
atone make repayment
avarice greed
bellicose inclined to fighting
calisthenics exercises to develop strong bodies
captor person who takes smb captive
concoct invent, prepare by mixing together
dangle hand or swing loosely
deprive take away from, prevent from using
diligent hard-working
disrobe undress
docile easily trained or controlled
doleful dismal, mourful
drought a long period of dry weather
dubious feeling doubt
dumbfound astonish
efface rub or wipe out, obliterate
elucidate to make understandable
enchant charm, delight
endeavor to make an effort, to try very hard
endorse approve, support a claim or statement
enthral take the whole attention, enslave
exploit to use for selfish advantage or profit
extensive far-reaching
extol to praise highly
flimsy lacking solidarity, strength
fraud a fault, a deception
gaudy too bright and showy
ghastly death-like, pale and ill
grumble to complain
harass worry, trouble
heretic very busy; active
impediment smth that hinders (esp in speech)
indigenous native
insatiate never satisfied
intrepid fearless
irate angry
jeopardy danger
leash control
loafer an idle, lazy person
lucrative profitable
lustrous bright; shining
malign to slander
meddle to interfere, to intrude
mend to repair
mirth being merry and happy
nausea feeling of sickness
neglect pay no attention to
nocturnal of or in the night
obese very fat
obsolete no longer useful, outdated
perch take up a high position
pervade spread through every part of
petulant unreasonably impatient or irritable
pillage plunder (esp in war)
presumptuous too bold or self-confident
quashed annuled
quenching satisfy, put an end to, put out
refurbished make clean, as if like new
rejoicing happiness, joy
reticent in the habit of saying little
reverberate be sent back, again and again
rigor sternness, strictness, severe conditions
rotundity state of being round
salvage the saving of property from loss
scattered not situated together
shatter to break into many pieces
shunned avoided, kept away from
sketchy shortly, roughly, quickly
sporadic happening from time to time
stifled suppressed, kept back
strive to make great efforts, to struggle
subsequent following
succumb yield, die
taciturn unspoken, silent
tantalize raise hopes that cannot be realized
tentative uncertain, probable
torpid dull and slow
treacherous not to be trusted, perfidious
tremor thrill
tyro a beginner
uproar noise and excitement
vanity a foolish pride
vehemence forcefulness; intensity; conviction
vigilance watchfulness
vindicate prove the truth
voluptuous arousing sensual pleasures
wan looking ill, not bright
wile a trick
wrinkle make small lines (eg forehead)
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