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How can I memorize GRE words quickly?
11 Easy Ways to Build Your GRE Vocabulary
- Read, read, read. Get in the habit of reading good books, magazines, and newspapers.
- Learn to love the dictionary. Get used to looking up words.
- Come up with your own definitions. Now that you’ve learned the dictionary’s definition of a new word, restate it in your own words.
Do words repeat in GRE?
Not at all. In fact, the questions on the new GRE rely often on the same words, and these frequently reappearing words provide you with a smaller subset of words to study. Exclusive Bonus: Download the Top 101 High Frequency GRE Wordlist Now! and save as a PDF or print for daily use.
What is the best way to prepare for the GRE?
You use Brightlink Prep’s word list of 465 most tested words on the GRE. Your priority should be to learn these words as well as understand their context. Also keep reading voraciously to add more words to your armor and understanding GRE’s arcane English.
How many words should I learn for the GRE?
Students who start off their GRE prep with considerably good English in terms of contextual reading might need to learn a few hundred words. Others may find the need to learn 1000 or more words in order to do well on the test. The number of words you need to learn depends on your starting point so it could range from 400 to 1000.
How many questions are on the verbal section of the GRE?
On each of the two verbal sections that “count” (you’ll also get a section that’s for research purposes and doesn’t count, and that might be verbal or it might be math), you’ll see 10 “vocabulary” questions (typically 6 Text Completion and 4 Sentence Equivalence). What is the correct method to prepare for the GRE verbal?
Is a word on the GRE just a hard vocabulary word?
Unless the word came directly from a modern ETS-written GRE problem, it’s just a hard vocabulary word that someone who doesn’t write for the GRE thinks might be a word on the test.