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Learning tough English words for GRE & CAT: 10 Revolutionary Ways for full proof learning
ByS. Joshi shivgan3@yahoo.comJan 2011
http://www.freegregmatclass.com/
http://onlineclasses.nanotechbiz.org/
http://www.wiziq.com/shivgan_joshi/classes
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Contents of Plan
Existing Problems
Scientific base and backing of the concept
Introduction to the 10 pointer for learning words
Applicability for various individuals
Application with examples
Conclusion
Future scopes and developments
Slide3
Introduction to the Problem
Human minds inherent capability to memorize is limited due to many factorsMind tends to forget things when stressMultiple revision of the words is neededWords accurate meaning tough to learn, only a shade is rememberedLimitation of human mind as it creates negative emotions hindering development
Slide4
Applicability
Depends on individual
Some news freak will learn words applicable in news well
Some other would prefer using images.google.com
Some prefer using them in
facebook
tag lines
Documentaries “
The Brain Our Universe Within Episode
”
Barrons
4000 words, Nova 4000 words,
Arun
Sharma CAT 4000 words, GMAT 1500 words
Slide5
Science of Memorization
Brain uses threads to capture information
The more threat we give the brain the higher chances it that the information is retained
Revision makes the ties stronger
Therefore it is advisable to give brain many threads to retain the word
Slide6
10 Pointer technique
Thesaurus / category using Encarta dictionary (install)
Roots, which are mostly from roman, Greek, Latin, italic, Spanish, etc
Mnemonics mnemonicdictionary.com
Image for reach word images.google.com
Recent news of each word to increase your general knowledge as well, using news news.google.com
Hindi word for the same / Hebrew word using shabdkosh.com
XXX linkages
Linking of word to your friend or known person
Tag line of the word which you can use to your face book facebook.com, twitter or
orkut
Linking word to Games and Spirituality and more interesting
Tone Guessing (
Arpit’s
Guest Lecture)
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Thesaurus / category using Encarta dictionary
Grouping words in vast categoryExamples of big category Ranking of categorizeVarious ways to categorize like music, kitchen, party, subjects etc
Roots, which are mostly from Roman, Greek, Latin, italic etc
Most of words are derived from Greek and Roman mythologies which lays the foundation of modern world
Example of Prefix: be = over, thoroughly bedaub = smear, befuddle is to confuse somebody;
olig
= few oligarchy = government by few
Idyll= experience of serene happiness [Late 16th century. Via Latin
idyllium
"pastoral poem" < Greek
eidullion
"small picture" <
eidos
"form"]
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Where did these roots come from
All these roots comes from EuropeGreek is a over two thousandRomans are around 500 years oldGreek GodsMilton's text like Paradise lostTrojan War
vigilant = [15th century. < Latin vigilant-, present participle of
vigilare
"keep awake" < vigil "awake, alert"]
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Mnemonics mnemonicdictionary.com
This works sometimes
Example: Panegyric = (
Tag
: ) pane(pain) +
gyric
(lyrics) = If someone takes pain and writes lyrics then he will get
PRAISED
!!!
(
Tag
: ) palpable..divide it like..PALP(SOUNDS LIKE PULP)+ABLE.....after touching the PULP of fruit ITS OBVIOUS THAT every one would be ABLE TO PERCEIVE whether THE FRUIT is fresh or not.
Disquisition= its like
dis
+
quisition
(means question)......when someone questions u.......u need to give explanations...EX:-enquiry...
Hireling = (
Tag
: hire -
ing
) When you hire a person, he works only for money.
Imbecile = (
Tag
: ) sounds like IMBALANCE....a person having imbalance in his mind is a stupid person....
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Image for reach word images.google.com
tarantula
blizzard
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Image for reach word images.google.com
grimace
nugget
splice
dove (symbol of peace)
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morsel
Slide14
Recent news using news news.google.com
Recent news of each word to increase your general knowledge as well, using news news.google.com
This will increase your knowledge about economics and other areas
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Hindi word for the same / Hebrew word using shabdkosh.com
Panegyric = v
गुणगाथा
,
गुणगान (
m)
Throttle=
टेंटुआ दबाना
,
गला घोंटना
Tonsure =
मुण्डन
,
मुंडित भाग
Ordain
=
विधिवत् पादरी बनाना
Ordnance=
तोपखाना (
m)
Motif =
नमूना (
m)
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XXX
Not recommended
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Facebook or Orkut or Twitter
Tag line of the word which you can use to your face book facebook.com
to relate, is a singer from Wales. Her first album sold a considerable number of copies. Her second finds her in tandem with
...
Mnemonics for otiose(Tag: ) O T use...of trivial use
i.e
useless....
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Horde
Category: crowd, throng, mass, gang, group, pack (dogs), flock, multitude, host Mid-16th century. Directly or via French and German < Polish horda < Turkish ordu "camp, army“]
(Tag
: ) well it sounds like herd......which we know is a term used for a group , so for a crowd of people , its horde
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Archipelago
1. islands: a group or chain of islands (often used in place names) 2. sea with islands: an area of sea with many islandsद्वीप-समूह (Hindi)
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Tutelage
instruction, guidance, teaching, coaching, expert hand, wing[Early 17th century. < Latin tutela "guardianship" < tut-, past participle of tueri "watch over"]संरक्षण (m) संरक्षता
(
Mnemonics
) TUTELAGE, concentrate on the first part of the word TUTE meaning a kind of TUTOR, who KEEPS A WATCH ON YOU, a GUARDIAN.
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Shades
Parable
vs
Fable
vs
Allegory
Shades of difference
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Spirituality Words
The best treatise on how to follow your dharma is the Mahabharata... It's the best case-study world can ever have on dharma..
.This story was the last one before
kalyuga
began....Don't repine, this life gives u infinite options being a human to be as powerful as God...
Peroration of all this talk is that only God
Shiv
can take you out of these pains. Maya tries to somehow peddle & tout you to get in the
mayajaal
Lord Ram's name is the only parapet you have on earth
Jejune life is worthless without God's name chant
Your only hospice is
God.Empyrean
is
bhakta
-people's company I am just a vassal of God.... and will do so in-spite of all the events that occurs his life will end in a silhouette unless you take God's path. Don't take interlude as your old karmas aren't taking any intermezzo to get to you
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Spiritual application Part 2
You can anything in gratis but not friendship of
bhakta
peopleYour
gamin(homeless child) soul requires to parked at God's house
Don't have a excursive journey of life, settle at some point to do
bhakti
in interregnum
Each soul gets a human body in
kalyuga
is the reason of this
canailleDon't
get in solving the complexities of this insuperable life
Penitentiary life
Don't let age win you, you cannot do good in the state of decrepit
Eclat
is still far away in another dimension
Don't grouch or grumble, its your own karmas that controls events of your
lifeI
am not in homiletics...
Don't worry about interlopers
Ujjain is the best anchorite
The appellation your get are more imp than your name
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Presentations text content in Learning tough English words for GRE & CAT: 10 Revoluti
Learning tough English words for GRE & CAT: 10 Revolutionary Ways for full proof learning
ByS. Joshi shivgan3@yahoo.comJan 2011
http://www.freegregmatclass.com/
http://onlineclasses.nanotechbiz.org/
http://www.wiziq.com/shivgan_joshi/classes
Slide2Contents of Plan
Existing Problems
Scientific base and backing of the concept
Introduction to the 10 pointer for learning words
Applicability for various individuals
Application with examples
Conclusion
Future scopes and developments
Slide3Introduction to the Problem
Human minds inherent capability to memorize is limited due to many factorsMind tends to forget things when stressMultiple revision of the words is neededWords accurate meaning tough to learn, only a shade is rememberedLimitation of human mind as it creates negative emotions hindering development
Slide4Applicability
Depends on individual
Some news freak will learn words applicable in news well
Some other would prefer using images.google.com
Some prefer using them in
facebook
tag lines
Documentaries “
The Brain Our Universe Within Episode
”
Barrons
4000 words, Nova 4000 words,
Arun
Sharma CAT 4000 words, GMAT 1500 words
Slide5Science of Memorization
Brain uses threads to capture information
The more threat we give the brain the higher chances it that the information is retained
Revision makes the ties stronger
Therefore it is advisable to give brain many threads to retain the word
Slide610 Pointer technique
Thesaurus / category using Encarta dictionary (install)
Roots, which are mostly from roman, Greek, Latin, italic, Spanish, etc
Mnemonics mnemonicdictionary.com
Image for reach word images.google.com
Recent news of each word to increase your general knowledge as well, using news news.google.com
Hindi word for the same / Hebrew word using shabdkosh.com
XXX linkages
Linking of word to your friend or known person
Tag line of the word which you can use to your face book facebook.com, twitter or
orkut
Linking word to Games and Spirituality and more interesting
Tone Guessing (
Arpit’s
Guest Lecture)
Slide7Thesaurus / category using Encarta dictionary
Grouping words in vast categoryExamples of big category Ranking of categorizeVarious ways to categorize like music, kitchen, party, subjects etc
covert = secret, clandestine, underground, concealed, hidden, furtive, undercover, surreptitious, veiled, hush-hush (informal)
vindictive= spiteful, malicious, mean, cruel, hurtful, nasty, unkind, malevolent Unforgiving: unforgiving, revengeful, rancorous, vengeful, implacable (formal), resentful, ruthless, merciless, pitiless, bitter
rapture: ecstasy, euphoria, bliss, delight, joy, heaven, elation
Purge: elimination, removal, eradication, expulsion
Slide8Roots, which are mostly from Roman, Greek, Latin, italic etc
Most of words are derived from Greek and Roman mythologies which lays the foundation of modern world
Example of Prefix: be = over, thoroughly bedaub = smear, befuddle is to confuse somebody;
olig
= few oligarchy = government by few
Idyll= experience of serene happiness [Late 16th century. Via Latin
idyllium
"pastoral poem" < Greek
eidullion
"small picture" <
eidos
"form"]
Slide9Where did these roots come from
All these roots comes from EuropeGreek is a over two thousandRomans are around 500 years oldGreek GodsMilton's text like Paradise lostTrojan War
vigilant = [15th century. < Latin vigilant-, present participle of
vigilare
"keep awake" < vigil "awake, alert"]
Slide10Mnemonics mnemonicdictionary.com
This works sometimes
Example: Panegyric = (
Tag
: ) pane(pain) +
gyric
(lyrics) = If someone takes pain and writes lyrics then he will get
PRAISED
!!!
(
Tag
: ) palpable..divide it like..PALP(SOUNDS LIKE PULP)+ABLE.....after touching the PULP of fruit ITS OBVIOUS THAT every one would be ABLE TO PERCEIVE whether THE FRUIT is fresh or not.
Disquisition= its like
dis
+
quisition
(means question)......when someone questions u.......u need to give explanations...EX:-enquiry...
Hireling = (
Tag
: hire -
ing
) When you hire a person, he works only for money.
Imbecile = (
Tag
: ) sounds like IMBALANCE....a person having imbalance in his mind is a stupid person....
Slide11Image for reach word images.google.com
tarantula
blizzard
Slide12Image for reach word images.google.com
grimace
nugget
splice
dove (symbol of peace)
Slide13morsel
Slide14Recent news using news news.google.com
Recent news of each word to increase your general knowledge as well, using news news.google.com
This will increase your knowledge about economics and other areas
Slide15Hindi word for the same / Hebrew word using shabdkosh.com
Panegyric = v
गुणगाथा
,
गुणगान (
m)
Throttle=
टेंटुआ दबाना
,
गला घोंटना
Tonsure =
मुण्डन
,
मुंडित भाग
Ordain
=
विधिवत् पादरी बनाना
Ordnance=
तोपखाना (
m)
Motif =
नमूना (
m)
Slide16XXX
Not recommended
Slide17Facebook or Orkut or Twitter
Tag line of the word which you can use to your face book facebook.com
Use
facebook
notes to add the tag lines for future revision
Slide18Linking of word to your friend or known person
Link to someone whom you know
Slide19Tone
How is it sounding?
Slide20Examples of Otiose
Otiose: Latin otiosus "at leisure, idle"Category: futile, ineffectual, useless, impractical, ineffective, hopeless
News item:
Duffy, as it may be
otiose
to relate, is a singer from Wales. Her first album sold a considerable number of copies. Her second finds her in tandem with
...
Mnemonics for otiose(Tag: ) O T use...of trivial use
i.e
useless....
Slide21Horde
Category: crowd, throng, mass, gang, group, pack (dogs), flock, multitude, host Mid-16th century. Directly or via French and German < Polish horda < Turkish ordu "camp, army“]
(Tag
: ) well it sounds like herd......which we know is a term used for a group , so for a crowd of people , its horde
Slide22Archipelago
1. islands: a group or chain of islands (often used in place names) 2. sea with islands: an area of sea with many islandsद्वीप-समूह (Hindi)
Slide23Tutelage
instruction, guidance, teaching, coaching, expert hand, wing[Early 17th century. < Latin tutela "guardianship" < tut-, past participle of tueri "watch over"]संरक्षण (m) संरक्षता
(
Mnemonics
) TUTELAGE, concentrate on the first part of the word TUTE meaning a kind of TUTOR, who KEEPS A WATCH ON YOU, a GUARDIAN.
Slide24Shades
Parable
vs
Fable
vs
Allegory
Shades of difference
Slide25Spirituality Words
The best treatise on how to follow your dharma is the Mahabharata... It's the best case-study world can ever have on dharma..
.This story was the last one before
kalyuga
began....Don't repine, this life gives u infinite options being a human to be as powerful as God...
Peroration of all this talk is that only God
Shiv
can take you out of these pains. Maya tries to somehow peddle & tout you to get in the
mayajaal
Lord Ram's name is the only parapet you have on earth
Jejune life is worthless without God's name chant
Your only hospice is
God.Empyrean
is
bhakta
-people's company I am just a vassal of God.... and will do so in-spite of all the events that occurs his life will end in a silhouette unless you take God's path. Don't take interlude as your old karmas aren't taking any intermezzo to get to you
Slide26Spiritual application Part 2
You can anything in gratis but not friendship of
bhakta
peopleYour
gamin(homeless child) soul requires to parked at God's house
Don't have a excursive journey of life, settle at some point to do
bhakti
in interregnum
Each soul gets a human body in
kalyuga
is the reason of this
canailleDon't
get in solving the complexities of this insuperable life
Penitentiary life
Don't let age win you, you cannot do good in the state of decrepit
Eclat
is still far away in another dimension
Don't grouch or grumble, its your own karmas that controls events of your
lifeI
am not in homiletics...
Don't worry about interlopers
Ujjain is the best anchorite
The appellation your get are more imp than your name
Slide27Used in Games
Words used in games
Best games for words
Warcraft
Age of Mythology
Dunegen
Nights
Slide28601 words you needs to know
About the book
Categories using genre
Same language words
Like all words on Greek Gods
All words from war based people
Style of learning
Slide29Use Wiki
Example of wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_gait
Slide30The song with most GRE Word
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7W8Cl-whCU
James Blunt: Out of my Mind
Slide31Youtube Series
Roots
Category
601 Words list
High Freq
Spiritual Application
Images
Read better and faster
Slide32Video series for tougher words 1-5
http
://
freegregmatclass.com/words/gre_vl1/GRE_vocab_online_class.html
http://
freegregmatclass.com/words/gre_vl2/GRE_vocab_online_class.html
http://
freegregmatclass.com/words/gre_vl3/GRE_vocab_online_class.html
http://
freegregmatclass.com/words/gre_vl4/GRE_vocab_online_class.html
http://
freegregmatclass.com/words/gre_vl5/GRE_vocab_online_class.html
Slide33References
600 words you need to knowGRE Barron’s & Nova (roots & prefix)Arun Sharma CAT verbal (different language)
Slide34Conclusion
Methodologies to learn words has been explored in much detailsExample and application are shownBooks in this regard are covered
http://www.freegregmatclass.com/