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hi guys, I recently started preparation for GRE using magoosh & membean. I came across Quizlet & have been wondering if there any GRE word lists with mnemonics (not only definitions). Unfortunately, I'm unable to find any such lists on quizlet, vocabulary.com I am looking for the best of both mnemonicdictionary.com & quizlet.com Please let me know if anyone has already come across such a platform.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]6549[/ATTACH] App Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wordLearner.Free Description: Word Learner helps you build and retain a strong vocabulary. Prepares you for competitive exams like GRE, CAT, CMAT, XAT, SAT, GMAT..etc.This free app has the following features: 1.Words categorized as Beginner/Expert. 2.Filter-Based Search Mode.(similar to a dictionary) 3.Daily Word Notifications- No more widgets required, instead get notified with a new word daily. 4.Learn Word Mode. 5.Test Mode - Test based on the words learnt by you. 6.Review List - Lets you easily access all the words you find difficult at one place. 7.Statistics regarding your performance. 8.Integrated with Wiktionary - Long press a word to get more details about it like Etymology(i.e word origin).

Hi guys, Just found and amazing android app for gre vocab preparation. It contains barrons 333 high frequency list. You can go to this site and follow the instructions and download it. Its free. Regards, Jim

some interesting word histories: Guillotine The GUILLOTINE is something that was invented to replace older and harsher methods of execution but it became a terror in itself. It was in fact the device of execution during the French revolution. When the French revolution took place and the National assembly came into power, it ordered the setting up of a committee that would come up with a better method of execution and wished to replace decapitation with a sword or axe. The committee formed included Dr. Antoine Louis and Dr. Joespeh-Ignace Guillotin as members of the committee. It is the latter’s name that the device guillotine borrows. The device chosen by the committee borrowed the traditional Italian and Scottish designs and added a very sharp and heavy blade to it. This blade, placed at a height, would decapitate instantly and with complete certainty. Read further on: Guillotine: Killing at its worst | Wordpandit badger: How did this animal name come to be used as a verb? N the late 18th century, there was the common sport of badger-baiting in play. In this sport, dogs would be set upon badgers in an attempt to draw them from their burrows. The dogs would fight with them and eventually kill it. This “harassment” of innocent animals lent us the word “badger”. Thus, when a lawyer badgers a witness, he would force him or her into the corner till the time they agree to his version of events. Read further on: Badger : Badger : Annoying someone | Wordpandit bacchanalia: This is word of divine origin, with it being based on the name of the Roman God Bacchus. Bacchus is the Roman variant of the Greed god Dionysus. Dionysus, in Greek mythology, was the god of the winemaking and wine, and through the route of intoxication lead to ecstasy and liberation. And Bacchus takes over a similar role in Roman mythology. The term Bacchanalia is derived from the initiatory rites that were dedicated to Bacchus. In these ceremonies, there was an incorporation of carnality, sexually licentious behaviour, induced obviously through excessive drinking. Gradually, the cult of Bacchus drew the ire of the Roman authorities and more and more restrictions were placed on it. Read further on: Bacchanalia | Wordpandit Sybarite: Word History: Sybaris was an ancient Greek colony in Southern Italy. It was a flourishing trading centre, and its inhabitants put their considerable wealth to the service of unrestrained slef-indulgence. Their luxurious and debauched ways became a byword in the ancient world, and Greek Subarites ‘Inhabitant of Sybaris’ came to be synonymous with ‘pleasure-seeker,’, and also with ‘lecher’-both heterosexual and homosexual. The Englsih word has been derived from a Latin descendent, Sybarita, of the same and is rather toned down in comparison to the original word.

Should I finish learning all, or at least most of the flashcards (ie 3500 barron's wordlist) before pactising with sample tests? Any advice? :hmm: