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GRE 2010 Verbal
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the words in the word groups for CRITICIZE/CRITICISM? | Aspersion, Belittle, Berate, Calumny, Castigate, Decry, Defamation, Denounce, Deride, Diatribe, Disparage, Excoriate, Gainsay |
| What are the second half of the words in the word group for CRITICIZE/CRITICISM? | Harangue, Impugn, Inveigh, Lambaste, Objurgate, Obloquy, Opprobrium, Pillory, Rebuke, Remonstrate, Reprehend, Reprehend, Reprove, Revile, Tirade, Vituperate |
| What does the root PLAC mean? | To please |
| What does the root CIRCUM mean? | Around |
| What does the root DEM mean? | People |
| What does the root VEN/VENT mean? | To come, or to move forward |
| What does the root FIC mean? | To do, or to make |
| What are the top 12 words on the GRE? | Anomaly, assuage, enigma, equivocal, erudite, fervid, lucid, opaque, placate, precipitate, prodigal, zeal |
| What does the root NAV mean? | Ship, sail |
| What does the root ACT/AG mean? | To do, to drive, to lead |
| The next 20 most popular words are? | Abstain, Adulterate, Apathy, Audacious, Capricious, Corroborate, Dessicate, Engender, Ephemeral, Gullible, Homogenous, Laconic, Laudable, Loquacious, Mitigate, Pedant, Pragmatic, Propriety, Vacillate, Volatile |
| What are the next most popular words? | Advocate, Antipathy, Bolster, Cacophony, Deride, Dissonance, Enervate, Eulogy, Garrulous, Ingenuous, Lethargic, Malleable, Misanthrope, Obdurate, Ostentation, Paradox, Philanthropic, Prevaricate, Venerate, Waver |
| Kaplan's 4 Step Method for Sentence Completion: | 1. Read the sentence,looking for structural road signs and other clues for where the sentence is heading. 2. In your own words, predict the answer. 3. Select the choice that most closely matches your prediction. 4. Read your choice back into the senten |
| What is a "Road Sign" in sentence completion? | A small set of words that that tells you a sentence's direction |
| What are the functions of"Key Words" in sentence completion? | 1. Reflect a sentence's theme 2. Give a sentence's sense of logic 3. Provides clues for the author's intent |
| What are the 7 Principles for Sentence Completion? | 1. Every clue is right in front of you 2. Look for what's directly implied and expect cliches 3. Don't imagine strange scenarios 4. Look for structural road signs 5. Look for key words 6. Paraphrase long or complex sentences 7. Use root words |
| What are the 4 steps for solving analogies? | 1. Find a bridge between the stem words 2. Plug the answer choice into the bridge. 3. Adjust the bridge as necessary 4. If you are stuck, eliminate all answer choices with weak bridges. |
| What are the 4 principles of analogies? | 1. Every analogy consists of 2 words, called the stem pair, that are separated by a colon. 2. There will be a direct and necessary relationship between the words in the stem pair 3. Always try to make a bridge before looking at the answers. 4. !Traps! |
| What are the most tempting types of traps when it comes to analogies? | 1. The Weak Bridge 2. The Strong but Wrong Bridge (LOL!) |
| What are 4 common traps? | 1. The "Both Are" trap 2. The Same Subject trap 3. The Cliche trap 4. The Reverse Direction trap |
| Don't be fooled by words in the same category because... | they don't always have a clear rela! |
| What are the 5 basic (GOOD) strong bridges? | 1. Definition - is always or never is 2. Function/purpose 3. Lack 4. Characteristic/items 5. Degree - often going to an extreme |
| What kind of analogy trap is being used when the words aren't directly related to each other but they are both related to a third word. I.e: turquoise: jade ? | The "Both Are" trap |
| What kind of analogy trap is being used when the words are in the same subject area as the stem words, but they don't share the same bridge? | The "Same Subject" trap |
| What kind of trap is being used when the words sound natural together but don't actually have a clear and logical relationship? | The "Cliche" trap |
| What kind of analogy trap is being used when a strong but wrong bridge is being used? | The "Reverse Direction" bridge |
| What are good ways of eliminating answer choices on analogy questions even if you DON'T know the definitions of both words in a stem pair? | 1. If you are sure that the 2 words are exact synonyms, eliminate because on the GRE they will never be perfect synonyms. 2. Eliminate any that seem to have a weak bridge 3. If 2 choices in the same problem have the same bridge, eliminate them both. |
| What are the straight-ahead signs of sentence completion? | And, Similarly, In addition, Consequently, Since, Also, Thus, Because, ; , Likewise, Moreover |
| What are the detour signs of sentence completion? | But, Despite, Yet, However, Unless, Rather, Although, While, On the other hand, Unfortunately, Nonetheless, Conversely |
| Steps for Antonyms | 1. Define the root wood, 2. Reverse it by thinking of the word's opposite, 3. Go to the answers and find the opposite, 4. If stuck, work backwards |
| Antonym Question Principles | 1. Think of a context in which you've heard the word before, 2. Look at root words, stems, and suffixes, 3. Use your knowledge of the romance languages, 4. Use the positive or negative charges of the words, 5. Watch out for tricks, 6. Work backwards |
| PARTISAN | One who is a member of a party |
| DISSEMINATE | To disperse |
| INSULAR | Isolated |
| CRAVEN | Cowardly |
| SEDULITY | Diligence |
| Reading Comprehension Steps | 1. Attack the first third of passage, 2. Create a road map, 3. Stop to sum up, 4. Attack the questions |
| Principles of Reading Comprehension | 1. Pay special attention to first third, 2. Focus on main idea, 3. Get gist of each paragraph, 4. Don't obsess over details, 5. Attack passages! Don't just read, 6. Beware of classic wrong answers, 7. Use outside knowledge carefully |
| Why is the first 3rd of a passage muy importante? | It introduces topic and scope. Topic is broad, and the scope narrows it. |
| If an answer choice departs from the scope it will be what? | WRONG!! |
| Do these 3 things while reading: | 1. Identify the topic, 2. Narrow it down to a precise scope, 3. Make a hypothesis about why the author is writing it and where she is going with it |
| 3 classic GRE passage structures | 1. Arguing a position, 2. Discussing something specific within a field of study, 3. Explaining some significant new findings or research |
| Global Questions ask you to sum up an author's overall intentions. True/False? | True! |
| What are the 3 types of RC questions? | 1. Global, 2. Explicit detail, 3. Inference |
| Global questions ask about what? | The author's overall intentions, ideas, or passage structure. |
| If an answer choice to a global question zeroes in on any specifics, it will be wrong. True or false? | True! |
| For a global question answer choice to be correct, it must... | Be in line with the passage's tone, and scope. |
| Just because a point is clear in the passage, does not mean it is the author's main idea/purpose. True or false? | True! |
| A valid title must cover the entire passage. True or false? | True, a title question is similar to a main idea or primary purpose question in this regard. |
| What are the main structures of a passage? | 1. A hypothesis is stated and then analyzed, 2. A proposal is evaluated and alternatives are explored, 3. A viewpoint is set forth and then defended. |
| Why can line inference questions be tricky? | Because they will bring you to the right area, but the actual answer is before or after the referenced line. |
| Remember to not memorize the details, but... | know the purpose of the details!~ |
| The correct answer choice of a structure or organization question is worded very... | generally |
| What is an inference? | Something that is almost certainly true. |
| What is the important ability you must have in order to answer inference questions correctly? | The ability to bridge the gap between the way info. is PRESENTED IN THE PASSAGE and the way it's PRESENTED IN CORRECT ANSWER. |
| What does a good inference do? | Stays in line with gist, tone, point of view, and scope, is neither denied by nor irrelevant to the ideas stated in the passage, as well as makes more sense than its opposite. |
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