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HI Kaveri, can you please share your speaking topics with me as I am having exam on 28th in India. I just wish that you get online before I leave for my exam tomorrow.. Anyways, my best wishes for your exam report

Hi Citoyen ...When is your exam? I am taking toefl on 28th sept. Send me a prvt. message, if you are interested in comb. practice for speaking.

Hi Neni,cinytoji,prasannakp84,yuan, cinytoji,Silvia, Would anyone of you be interested in combined speaking mock sessions. I am also taking toefl on 28th of sept. in India:rolleyes:

Hi Thiruvanmiyur, would u be interested in some speaking practice sessions??

Seek serious study partners for acing toefl. I am comfortable with listening, reading and writing sections and speaking is were I am lacking confidence. I am looking forward to learn and contribute my knowledge. Please PM me if interested :sleepy:

I am also V.interested. Desire at least 24 in speaking. Quite comfortable with rest of the sections. I look forward to learn and contribute my knowledge with u guys. Please PM me if interested..

@ Jeanette,Pithy Very well:) ..its clear now.Thanks !!

Awesome score[clap] Congrats:tup:!! Oink, how was your experience with SC questions? I have my exam in 3 days and am quite worried about SC's, because of the past few days of grueling experience, I have had, in deciphering the correct answers for some of the BB SCs.. How would you rate them?? It feels so good to c score>1500, I wish I'll have one for me 2:p. Congrats again!!

U guys rock:tup:, [A] & [C] are crystal clear now .. Thanks!! Regarding --------------- When you nourish a child , it implies that you provide him with food rich in minerals etc. for his growth(courtesy: Oxford); ||rly, plants could be nourished using some kind of sprays(chemicals, common practice in farming I suppose), which enriches(=>to improve the quality of something,often by adding sth to it) them with essential nutrients.. So, you nourish to enrich:hmm: -- Plz point out the fallacy in my logic..

Couldn't find a cogent reasoning for ans below in previous posts:rolleyes:, plz help.. 1. FERTILIZE : GROW:: immunize: resist nourish: enrich heat: burn graft: multiply prune: dwarf How to strike out 12Ruffle:Shirt (a) rafter: roof (b) molding: cabinet © gate: path (d) curb: sidewalk (e) shade: window What's the bridge? 3) ILLusion:Perception::? A gaffe: judgement B forcefulness: coercion C lapse: miscalculation D justice: impartiality E cunning: truth Plz elaborate..

Rebuke = reprimand Blame=Censure Persuade : Convince (note: both in Verb form) 1st head-word is the cause(an action) and 2nd the effect.. You convince someone when you are done persuading.. Does that make sense??

1. Both head-words are synonyms.. A possible synonym of disclose would be to reveal for which you don't necessarily have to speak..U can disclose by showing it..I hope, it make sense. 2. Caustic is something that eats away Dessicant is something that dries.. ..Best wishes for your tomorrow!!

:tup: Thanks Jeanette.The last Q is from BB. Its antonym q. ,as it is:)

Ans is in bold..Plz comment!! 1) CONTROL is: A) minor variable B) weak assumption C) improper simulation D) group experimented on E) expression substituted for 2) MITIGATE (a) exacerbate (b) preponderate © accelerate (d) elevate (e) extrapolate confused among (a) and (d) :mad: ..expl'n required ? (3) RIFT (a) bondage (b) capitulate ©fidelity (d)consistency (e)reconciliation RIFT: A personal or social separation/A narrow fissure in rock; BONDAGE seems to fit in just fine?? (4) EXPEND: besides other obviously wrong ans choices I am confused among - (a) hold to (b) store up One can either expend his/her money or hold to it--whats wrong here ?? (5) REFLECT: Confused among the options : (a) absorb (b) propagate..Plz explain ??

Ans in bold.Plz resolve the doubts mentioned.. 1) PLANT:SOIL (A) germ:bacteria (B) organism:medium* © sample:growth (D) nutrient:liquid (E) tree:root Bridge to eliminate [E]? 2) REFLECT: (A) diffuse (B) Ploarize ©absorb (D) focus (E) propagate I have been through some 2-3 ques based on REFLECT durng my prep and have totally lost the account of them now. I have always had problems with this one.. Sb please explain: mY doubt in this Q (others,I will try to search) is why not PROPAGATE (most likely was the ans of Reflect in the other que I am talking abt:doh:) REFLECT- is when st retracts after falling on an object(cud be mirror), and PROPAGATE would make sense in that it keeps on moving:hmm:..Plz Comment!! 3) EXPEND (a) proceed towards (b) take away ©place upon (d)hold to (e) store up confusing with (d):rolleyes: ?? 4) RIFT: (a) bondage (b)capitulation ©fidelity (d)consistency (e)reconciliation Why not A ? Rift: A narrow fissure in rock/A personal or social separation ...BONDAGE seems to be fine here??:mad: 5) MITIGATE (a) exacerbate (b)preponderate ©aaccelerate (d)elevate (e) extrapolate Confused between (a) and (d).. 6) CONTROL is: A) minor variable B) weak assumption C) improper simulation D) group experimented on E) expression substituted for Please explain??

By looking at the options/even that is not req if you go through the first part of the sentence carefully , one can easily guess that the second blank denotes the stand(mutual beliefs) among several geologists abt the validity of drift..right? Rumours are in masses and not among geologists, which rules out [E]-- Also,'sophisticated telescopes now orbiting the earth will determine whether the continents are really moving..", rules out options [C] & [D]. [A], result in a contrast i.e. since the continents if really moving will be determined in next decade,consensus will not be obviated (make impossible).. Ans: B (fits in fine)..

Nice attempt Oink;) 1. :tup: 3. Seems, my understanding of the sentence is different: Here is how I incorporated the idea of Irony: Reasoning for option [C]: New party leaders encountered no greater benifits than the one's who were elected before ;although both worked towards the building of progressive party:hmm:..There has to be something wrong in my reasoning or perhaps, "benifits from" and "sucess", do not fit in together.. Plz Comment !! 4. :hmm: 6.Okay, please comment on my understanding: Puzzling => contrast among 2 parts of the sentence. As per (E), if the novel suffers from the lack of stucture, 2nd part is expected to refute the previous claim and so must show that it has a robust/ structure(which is evident from "indeed schematic, framework"), but since there is also a mention of "relentlessly rigid", this qualifies "flaw" to fit in the 2nd blank.. =>Had there been no mention of relentless, perhaps, "strength" or st alike would have been in the 2nd part of the ans choice. Plz comment!! 7. Can sb plz explain the implied meaning of this Sentence?

As per this website: PinkMonkey.com Statistics Study Guide 4.6 Empirical Relation Between Mean, Median And Mode A distribution in which the values of mean, median and mode coincide (i.e. mean = median = mode), is known as the symmetrical distribution. Since our's is the case of an asymmetric distribution=> Karl Pearsons formula can be applied here : mean-mode = 3(mean-median) and if it is so, we can compute precise value of mode. I have not been into practicing statistics, so pardon if I missing some basic concept in satistics.. Totally stumped ..what say guys??

Plz explain these..Ans are in bold. Urgent explanation is required.Thanks !! (1) Without seeming unworldly, William James appeared wholly removed from the _____ of society, the conventionality of academe. (A) ethos (B) idealism © romance (D) paradoxes (E) commonplaces confused among A & E :mad:.. (2) Imposing steep fines on employers for on-the-job injuries to workers could be an effective ____ to creating a safer workplace, especially in the case of employers with poor safety records. (A) antidote (B) alternative © addition (D) deterrent (E) incentive Why not A? 3. although often extremely critical of the medical profession as a whole , people are rarely willing to treat their personal doctors with equal a. impetuosity b. sarcasm c. mockery d. contempt e. condescension How about sarcasm? 4. Though it would be _____to expect Barnard o have worked out all of the limitations of his experiment,he must be____for his neglect of quantitative analysis. (A) unjust,pardoned (B)impudent,dismissed ©unrealistic,criticized ?? (D)pointless,examined (E)inexcusable,recognized

Sb please resolve my following doubts:doh:..Ans options are in bold, doubts in blue..Thanks!! 1. The theory of the ----- of industrial societies argues that ultimately all modern industrial systems will develop similar major institutional features. (A) Continuity (B) scope © prevalence (D) convergence (E) Solidarity --> Solidarity = union of interests or purposes..seems most appropriate to me in the above context. 2. Parts of seventeenth-century Chinese pleasure gardens were not necessarily intended to look -they were designed expressly to evoke the agreeable melancholy resulting from a sense of the - of natural beauty and human glory. 1) great - immutability 2) joyful - mortality --> joyful fits in gud and for the second part my reasoning is as follows: Chinese pleasure gardens were designed to evoke melancholy, possibly by the evident loss of natural beauty over time, signifying mortality:hmm:(what say?).Totally stumped:mad:..Although,it doesn't sound good enough, but why to omit this possibility when we can consider transitory as the correct ans?sb plz point out the fallacy.. 3. conventional - wildness 4. cheerful - transitoriness 5. colorful - abstractness. 3) Ironically, the party leaders encountered no greater----their efforts to build a progressive party than the----of the progressives already elected to the legislature. (A) support for.. advocacy (B) threat to.. promise © benefit from.. success why not:hmm:?? (D) obstacle to.. resistance (E) praise for.. reputation 4) To ensure the development and exploitation of a new technology,there must be a constant____ of several nevertheless distinct activities. (A) INTERPLAY - plz point out the clues, Is it only because of the mention of "several nevertheless distinct"?? (B) IMPLEMENTATION © COMPREHENDING (D) IMPROVEMENT (E) EXPLORATION 5) The _____ of the early Greek philosophers' attempts to explain the operations of the cosmos led certain later thinkers to inquire into the ______ of human reason. (A)difficulty...origin (B)meaning..supremacy ©complexity..reality (D)equivocations..subtlety (E)failures..efficacy efficacy: Capacity or power to produce a desired effect..Considering that the Greek philosophers failed(E) in there attempts to explain led later thinkers to doubts/inquire the efficacy of human reason. What is wrong here:rolleyes:??? 6) It is puzzling to observe that Jones's novel has recently been criticized for its.....structure, since commentators have traditionally argued that its most obvious.....is its relentlessly rigid, indeed schematic, framework. A) attention to...preoccupation B) speculation about..characteristic C) parody of... disparity D) violation of.. contradiction E) lack of.. flaw -->Seems, I can be terrible at times in judging sentence structures- "its relentlessly rigid, indeed schematic, framework"> Is the tone +ve or -ve here:rolleyes:?? relentlessly seems to me -ve whereas schematic framework is perhaps good?? how does flaw" fits in to the 2nd blank is what bothers me.. 7) The breathing spells provided by the ___ arms shipments should give all the combatants a chance to reevaluate their positions. (A) PLETHORA OF (B)MORATORIUM ON ©RECIPROCATION OF (D)CONCENTRATION ON (E)DEVELOPMENT OF Couldn't even decipher the sentence's implication. Kindly explain sb..

Sb please resolve my following doubts:doh:..Ans options are in bold..Thanks!! 1. The theory of the ----- of industrial societies argues that ultimately all modern industrial systems will develop similar major institutional features. (A) Continuity (B) scope © prevalence (D) convergence (E) Solidarity --> Solidarity = union of interests or purposes..seems most appropriate to me in the above context. 2. Parts of seventeenth-century Chinese pleasure gardens were not necessarily intended to look -they were designed expressly to evoke the agreeable melancholy resulting from a sense of the - of natural beauty and human glory. 1) great - immutability 2) joyful - mortality --> joyful fits in gud and for the second part my reasoning is as follows: Chinese pleasure gardens were designed to evoke melancholy, possibly by the evident loss of natural beauty over time, signifying mortality:hmm:(what say?).Totally stumped:mad:..Although,it doesn't sound good enough, but why to omit this possibility when we can consider transitory as the correct ans?sb plz point out the fallacy.. 3. conventional - wildness 4. cheerful - transitoriness 5. colorful - abstractness. 3) Ironically, the party leaders encountered no greater----their efforts to build a progressive party than the----of the progressives already elected to the legislature. (A) support for.. advocacy (B) threat to.. promise © benefit from.. success why not:hmm:?? (D) obstacle to.. resistance (E) praise for.. reputation 4) To ensure the development and exploitation of a new technology,there must be a constant____ of several nevertheless distinct activities. (A) INTERPLAY - plz point out the clues, Is it only because of the mention of "several nevertheless distinct"?? (B) IMPLEMENTATION © COMPREHENDING (D) IMPROVEMENT (E) EXPLORATION 5) The _____ of the early Greek philosophers' attempts to explain the operations of the cosmos led certain later thinkers to inquire into the ______ of human reason. (A)difficulty...origin (B)meaning..supremacy ©complexity..reality (D)equivocations..subtlety (E)failures..efficacy efficacy: Capacity or power to produce a desired effect..Considering that the Greek philosophers failed(E) in there attempts to explain led later thinkers to doubts/inquire the efficacy of human reason. What is wrong here:rolleyes:??? 6) It is puzzling to observe that Jones's novel has recently been criticized for its.....structure, since commentators have traditionally argued that its most obvious.....is its relentlessly rigid, indeed schematic, framework. A) attention to...preoccupation B) speculation about..characteristic C) parody of... disparity D) violation of.. contradiction E) lack of.. flaw -->Seems, I can be terrible at times in judging sentence structures- "its relentlessly rigid, indeed schematic, framework"> Is the tone +ve or -ve here:rolleyes:?? relentlessly seems to me -ve whereas schematic framework is perhaps good?? how does flaw" fits in to the 2nd blank is what bothers me.. 7) The breathing spells provided by the ___ arms shipments should give all the combatants a chance to reevaluate their positions. (A) PLETHORA OF (B)MORATORIUM ON ©

Gr8, the formula is valid only where the distribution is asymmetrical..Thanks chestnut :-) More info: PinkMonkey.com Statistics Study Guide 4.6 Empirical Relation Between Mean, Median And Mode

Guys, I wonder, cant we use the formula: mean-mode = 3(mean-median) ?? when is it used:hmm:, if not here:yuck:? Sb plz respond ASAP !!

Thanks Jai, gr8 ..U almost got all :tup: Plz provide your comments on the following: 1. "Flout means to openly disregard and taunt is to openly challenge": By any chance, do you have the other options for this q. ? --- The relation might work as the best possible option but I wonder if 'taunt=challenge'- Oxford defines it as -to try to make sb angry or upset by saying unkind things about them.Seems not very precise but okay :hmm:!! 2. "sophism involves false reasoning and counterfeit involves false money": counterfeit is making st look like some other thing; to trick- to fake..It could be used in perspective of money too but the sentence construction for the ans option doesn't seem to be working very well..What say?? Do you have other options for this one? 3. COIN:DENOMINATION"- A comes in different B's" Is it not okay to say that just like different coins have different denominations and too similar coins have same denomination, 2 different trees have different kind of wood:hmm::mad: ??

Hi, Sb plz explain the following bridges http://209.85.48.18/7050/40/0/e2792/e2792.gif . I have my exam in 10 days :yuck: & trying to patch up with BB ques.. ANSWERS are in bold.. Thanx in advance !! 1. FLOUT:DISREGARD::TAUNT:CHALLENGE 2.TUITION:INSTRUCTION::FARE:TRANSPORTATION 3.ANACHRONISM:CHRONOLOGY::FALLACY:LOGIC 4. DEFAULT:PAY::YIELD:RESIST 5. SOPHISM:REASONING::COUNTERFEIT:MONEY 6. COIN: DENOMINATION::*** (A) book: title (B) officer: rank © house: architecture (D) doctor: profession (E) tree: wood here a possible rel'n is -> Y is used to "classify"/"give a sense of quality of" X but (E) also seems to be qualifying the above rel'n. Plz point out if where my understanding is wrong!! 7.enunciate : words A) limn : lines B) parse : sentences -seems plausible to me? C) hear : sounds D) run : steps E) stint : savings 8. RUFFLE:SHIRT::MOLDING:CABINET 9. ARTERY:PLAQUE::CHANNEL:SILL 10. Authoritative:Acceptance A. conspicuous:attention B. nebulous:validation C. congruous:appropriation D.maudlinassion E. tangible:substance 11. MAGAZINE:PERIODICAL::MYSTERY:FICTION 12. Illusion : Preception: a) lapse : miscalculation b) justice : impartiality c) cunning : truth :mad: d) gaffe : judgement e) forcefulness : coercion Regards,