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rohit4all · 2006 February 26th, 09:33 AM

hey Frieds, I gone through Barrons wordlist for GRE. It seems almost impossible to memorise. I heard that someone in New Delhi on the name of www.achieverspoint.com promising to giving training to memorise 100 words per hour. Is it true. Actually I do not believe it.

Pls sugget some good book for GRE Verbal specially Vocab and sentence completion.

In the last thanx for making such sourceful forum.

bye
Rohit

**Erin** · 2006 March 6th, 02:43 AM

100 words per hour is impossible.

Welcome to the forums.

mishu007 · 2006 March 6th, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by rohit4all

hey Frieds, I gone through Barrons wordlist for GRE. It seems almost impossible to memorise. I heard that someone in New Delhi on the name of www.achieverspoint.com promising to giving training to memorise 100 words per hour. Is it true. Actually I do not believe it.

Pls sugget some good book for GRE Verbal specially Vocab and sentence completion.

In the last thanx for making such sourceful forum.

bye
Rohit

"100 words per hour"
Its amazing!!! if you can do that..... I cant do that.

I think Barron's and Kaplan are good one for GRE verbal preparation.
you can chose any one of them..

milmerry · 2006 March 7th, 06:42 AM

Hmmm..I also started to work on verbal section. Memorizing that full list is difficult. I don't believe that somebody can train you to memorize 100 words per hr. Anyway, nobody or no s/w can train me.

Try some softwares (I heard vocab builder is good. There are many good s/w out there it seems..) and make your own flash cards if you have sufficient time to prepare. (Try to make a good phrase for each word, you find difficult to remember). I use etymology, connotation to understand the word if it is too difficult for me to memorize. Also you can make mp3 sound files (which includes the meaning, phrases, sample sentences) so that you can hear it where ever you are.

Try to find some way to link the word to something which you can remember and interesting. For eg: abstemious: This word has all the vowels in the alphabetical order (there are other words too which belongs to this group). That helps me to recognize the word when I see it. then split it (abs:from, temetum: strong drink...like that). Or make something of your own. May be illogical to others. But who cares, as long as you can remember it.

"Word power made easy": by Norman Lewis is a good book to start with.

Just spurting out my way of approaching it. Of course, your method of prepartion depends on the time you have for the test. Try to work out something which suits you.

All the best.

Milmerry

Saras · 2007 July 27th, 05:29 PM

I saw the same achievers point site and saw a book which has all the 3500 words of barrons represented in pictures. I think it might be useful. but don't know how the illustrations will be. It shouldn't be such that we remember the pictures and forget the words.If any one has used this please let us know asap.

Tienshinhan · 2007 July 28th, 07:49 PM

I've just started preparing for the GRE exam and I realized that memorizing words is probably the toughest aspect of this examination.

Memorizing and retaining 100 words per day is quite a strenuous job, so forget about doing 100 in 1 hour!

I'm using these flashcards as I found Gre barron word meanings quite complicated and I had look into dictionary quite often.

I would suggest the same.

And I also think learning root words is futile, but I could be wrong here.

vikk · 2007 July 30th, 06:44 AM

hi frnds

i have seen datbook of achieverspoint.it luks to be useless.jst like words u cant rememebr the pics .moreover they r black and white and not very illustrative. so better revise barrons as much as u can.u can refer to grebible for revision if u wish oderwise go for flashcards...

regards

vikk

and also go for word power made easy by norman lewis.its very gud to start wid..

vikk

Saras · 2007 July 30th, 03:50 PM

Hey, thanks for the response. Good that you've told me else i would've wasted thousands of rupees on that.

rohit4all · 2007 July 31st, 09:08 AM

I find a website GRE Word of The Day from GREword.com , they are giving GRE words along with picture and mnemonics. I think it might help us.

rajatology · 2009 July 10th, 06:03 PM

actually, 100 words per hour is not impossible......infact i think its rather simple...i have been doing it myself.......the trick is going through the words over and over again......
take 30-50 words at a time and just go through all of em with the purpose of understanding the meaning...once you complete one go, go through them again, this time with the purpose of remembering the meaning without looking... your aim must be to remember as many words as possible.... do this over and over again until you are able to remember all meanings without looking......this will take you about 20mins to half an hour depending upon the number of words (maybe not the first time but with practice, probably on your 5 or 6th list you will be able to complete it in that much time).....
do it this way and 100 words per hour is achievable. i have done 130 words in one hour once when i could concentrate really well.....
its all about how difficult YOU think it is. i might not end up scoring that well ultimately but as far as 100 words per hour is concerned, i know it is not difficult at all.

2006 February 26th, 09:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
rohit4all I JUST got here. Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2	Hi Friend How to Memorise Barron's GRE words..? hey Frieds, I gone through Barrons wordlist for GRE. It seems almost impossible to memorise. I heard that someone in New Delhi on the name of www.achieverspoint.com promising to giving training to memorise 100 words per hour. Is it true. Actually I do not believe it. Pls sugget some good book for GRE Verbal specially Vocab and sentence completion. In the last thanx for making such sourceful forum. bye Rohit

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2006 March 7th, 06:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
milmerry I JUST got here. Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 29	Hmmm..I also started to work on verbal section. Memorizing that full list is difficult. I don't believe that somebody can train you to memorize 100 words per hr. Anyway, nobody or no s/w can train me. Try some softwares (I heard vocab builder is good. There are many good s/w out there it seems..) and make your own flash cards if you have sufficient time to prepare. (Try to make a good phrase for each word, you find difficult to remember). I use etymology, connotation to understand the word if it is too difficult for me to memorize. Also you can make mp3 sound files (which includes the meaning, phrases, sample sentences) so that you can hear it where ever you are. Try to find some way to link the word to something which you can remember and interesting. For eg: abstemious: This word has all the vowels in the alphabetical order (there are other words too which belongs to this group). That helps me to recognize the word when I see it. then split it (abs:from, temetum: strong drink...like that). Or make something of your own. May be illogical to others. But who cares, as long as you can remember it. "Word power made easy": by Norman Lewis is a good book to start with. Just spurting out my way of approaching it. Of course, your method of prepartion depends on the time you have for the test. Try to work out something which suits you. All the best. Milmerry

2007 July 27th, 05:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
Saras I JUST got here. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5	I saw the same achievers point site and saw a book which has all the 3500 words of barrons represented in pictures. I think it might be useful. but don't know how the illustrations will be. It shouldn't be such that we remember the pictures and forget the words.If any one has used this please let us know asap.

2007 July 28th, 07:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
Tienshinhan Eager! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 74	I've just started preparing for the GRE exam and I realized that memorizing words is probably the toughest aspect of this examination. Memorizing and retaining 100 words per day is quite a strenuous job, so forget about doing 100 in 1 hour! I'm using these flashcards as I found Gre barron word meanings quite complicated and I had look into dictionary quite often. I would suggest the same. And I also think learning root words is futile, but I could be wrong here.

2007 July 30th, 06:44 AM	#7 (permalink)
vikk Eager! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 53	hi frnds i have seen datbook of achieverspoint.it luks to be useless.jst like words u cant rememebr the pics .moreover they r black and white and not very illustrative. so better revise barrons as much as u can.u can refer to grebible for revision if u wish oderwise go for flashcards... regards vikk and also go for word power made easy by norman lewis.its very gud to start wid.. vikk

2007 July 30th, 03:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
Saras I JUST got here. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5	Hey, thanks for the response. Good that you've told me else i would've wasted thousands of rupees on that.

2007 July 31st, 09:08 AM	#9 (permalink)
rohit4all I JUST got here. Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2	I find a website GRE Word of The Day from GREword.com , they are giving GRE words along with picture and mnemonics. I think it might help us.

2009 July 10th, 06:03 PM	#10 (permalink)
rajatology GREgarious Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 21	actually, 100 words per hour is not impossible......infact i think its rather simple...i have been doing it myself.......the trick is going through the words over and over again...... take 30-50 words at a time and just go through all of em with the purpose of understanding the meaning...once you complete one go, go through them again, this time with the purpose of remembering the meaning without looking... your aim must be to remember as many words as possible.... do this over and over again until you are able to remember all meanings without looking......this will take you about 20mins to half an hour depending upon the number of words (maybe not the first time but with practice, probably on your 5 or 6th list you will be able to complete it in that much time)..... do it this way and 100 words per hour is achievable. i have done 130 words in one hour once when i could concentrate really well..... its all about how difficult YOU think it is. i might not end up scoring that well ultimately but as far as 100 words per hour is concerned, i know it is not difficult at all.

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