GRE#4
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- bridges
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definition bridge
function/purpose
lack
characteric actions
degree (extreme) - craven
- cowardly
- diffident
- shy
- pusillanimous
- cowardly, recreant
- recreant
- cowardly
- pedant
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pedagogue
shows off learning - vitiate
- spoil, ruin
- 1/8
- 12 1/2 %
- 1/6
- 16 2/3%
- 3/8
- 37 1/2 %
- 5/8
- 62 1/2 %
- 5/6
- 83 1/3%
- 7/8
- 87 1/2%
- mode
- term that occurs most often
- range
- dif between larger and smallest
- median
- middle value (it's the value halfway between middle terms if not a middle one()
- mean
- arithmetic mean=average
- I let go and...
- trust that my life is happening perfectly.
- area of a circle
- pi r squared
- area triangle
- 1/2(b)(h)
- obviate
- make unnecessary
- stultify
- inhibit, enfeeble
- P U P I L S
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P Pray for Inspiration.
U Use the manual.
P Prepare.
I Identify main concepts.
L Lead discussion.
S Summarize & testify. - recalcitrant
- resistant
- tacit
- unspoken agreement
- compendious
- brief
- febrile
- feverish
- ungent
- ointment to heal
- emolument
- compensation
- insidious
- spread harmfully
- Most common question types on Reading Comprehension
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Global
Explicit Detail/Text
Inference
Logic
Vocabulary-in-Context - Wrong Answer Types on Reading
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1. Au Contraire: sounds similiar but contracts
2. Outside of Scope: Raises a topic never mentioned.
3. Distortion: twists; sounds superficially plausible, but actually confuses author's meaning.
4. Faulty Use of Detail:" Mentions true points not relevant to question
5. Extreme: sounds too positive or negative
6. Half right, half wrong: -
Four-Step Method: Reading
Step 1 -
1. Read the First Third: Identify topic and scope, zero in on the purpose of the passage, and predict where the passage will go.
Topic: broad concept or idea
Scope: narrow and specific area of topic
Purpose: hypothesis about why author is writing and where he is going with passage - Step 2 Reading
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Read the remaining 2/3rds
create a brief road-map, jot down brief notes as you rad - Step 3 reading
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Review your roadmap
confirm topic, scope, and purpose - Step 4 reading
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4. Attack the questions
Use the stem to plan your attack
Reread any relevant text
Predict an answer
Choose an answer