Chapter 7
Expanding Your Vocabulary to Boost Your Score
IN THIS CHAPTER
Looking for clues in prefixes, suffixes, and roots
Reviewing vocabulary words found on the GRE
You can’t get around it: You absolutely must know vocabulary to do well on the GRE. Regardless of your conversational expertise, the GRE tests your grasp of commonly used academic and intellectual vocabulary words. Many of the words used on the GRE probably aren’t words you use on a daily basis, but you’ve most likely heard them somewhere before. You can’t know for certain which words are going to appear on the test, but the odds are good that you’ll see some of the vocab words presented in this chapter.
Mastering new vocabulary words is more than just reading this chapter. You need to make it part of your daily practice. Study daily. Revisit the words you think you already know. Knowing as many vocabulary words as possible helps immensely with the Verbal section. You can also improve your vocabulary by reading novels, articles, and so on.
This chapter helps you get a firmer grasp on vocabulary words used on the GRE. I provide a detailed discussion of prefixes, suffixes, and roots, which can help you significantly ...
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