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Hey Vidu...thanx. that makes sense. twas wrong of me to accept the first answer without thinking. Thanx again for the justification. but now i'm worried about my technique in answering sentence completion:(, sure gotto do something about it. Ady

Hmmm...thats a googly. I guess its just a matter of choosing opposites for the two blanks, precise and opposite of precise, what seemes precise(unidimensional) is actually opposite of precise i.e unintelligible. It sure got me confused...its a tricky one. The figurative language part fools you. Sorry about wrong answer the first time.

hi anuradha, thanx for the reply. frankly my quant is weak n makes me nervous. the problem is i'm working at rutgers univ. n they need a very high gre score, thats what worries me. my proff was'nt very happy with either of my scores n at this stage i'll have missed out on most deadlines. also i've lost a lot of confidence over my scores. i think i can do better. about ur questions regarding quant. i think it was simple but lengthy, the kind u need to work out systematically to get to the end, the options given r very close n u can't eliminate wrong ones easily. i din get time to answer all the questions!;that heavily affected my score. i'm thinking of retaking the test after some practice....do u think its a good idea? my toefl is 280. how shud i go about practising my quant? thanx

hi...i read the sentence n although i can't boast of a very high verbal score, I just wanted to see if I cud help...forgive me if my answer if my answer turns out to be wrong. It sometimes helps to get clues from the sentence itself. See, the sentence has two blanks, one blank describes the scientific language used in reports, which is likely to be pertaining to a very specific issue, right? so the language shud seem like it is dealing with a certain subject or issue(reports r written on subjects or specific issues). But the most important clue is the word"figurative" which means language using "figure of speech". Now which of the given options has in the second blank a figure of speech? A metaphor is a figure of speech. so i guess correct answer shud be E, subjective....metaphorical. i know it seems pretty complicated but it might help if u try to understand what the sentence is trying to say. it seems to say that although scientific language is deemed different and more specific than figurative language in reality it uses figurative language too and hence is like other languages. Hope the approach helps. Let me know if the answer is right/wrong? Now a faster approach for similar questions: if there r two blanks: deal with them in steps blank 1 & blank 2: Blank 1:seemingly precise and one used in reports n scientific subjects:Subjective Blank 2:similar to all languages, including ones using figurative words like metaphors etc.:metaphorical Do lemme know if answer is correct by my logic, ok? best of luck.

For vocab builder and free practice, http://www.number2.com For Essays http://www.findfreeessays.com For words u come across n don't know the meaning of http://www.dictionary.com For math n general practice http://www.syvum.com/gre/ Hope it helps everybody. if anyone wants an argument to be analyzed or essay to be written to get a general idea, send me the topic, maybe i cud help. best of luck to all

Hi Erin... I was going through the topics on the forums but did'nt find any details on how to start with Quant. GRE studies. I have taken my GRE twice n this time it was bad....worse than the first time! My verbal score improved by 100 points but Quant decreased, first time twas other way around.Please give me some links or names of books where I can get my Quant improved, stuff like formulas n CAT tests. I'm thinking of retaking my exam and it'll probably be my last attempt since I'm already pretty discouraged. Do help me out.

Hello everybody...I'm new to the forum. I took my GRE for the second time a coupla days ago and got a very low score of 1100 outa 1600. My verb. was 580 and Quant.530. I'm really upset about it but want to give it another shot. My verb. is good but my quant. is really bad....what d u think, shud I take it again? The first time I took my GRE my scores were Q680,V500,A630. I'm not sure what i shud be doing. Please help out.

I dunno about CATS but http://www.number2.com is really good for vocab builder and math workouts. they r CAT practice sections i think...not sure. but do try them out. best o'luck!

Does anyone have a GRE Big Book to sell, being done with their GRE. I wanna buy one.

hi all...i am new to the forum. i just took my GRE for the 2nd time!! and got a measly score of only 1100. in fact i lost out on a couple of questions in quant. my verbal was 580 and quant 530, essays went well. but i'm not giving up although i'm pretty upset:(, i'm thinking of taking my gre again. what d u think...shud i? my verbal is better than my quant. and my essays r good, but my quant is pretty bad.