GRE Word Selection (2006 New Version)

Author: Yu Minhong
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
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This book is renowned for its unique features. "GRE Vocabulary Essentials" is affectionately called the "Red Treasure Book" by the GRE community. Since its first edition, it has been highly favored by candidates and has undergone seven revisions, proving to be a time-tested and excellent vocabulary book for GRE. It has influenced hundreds of thousands of GRE test-takers, and students who have seriously studied this book have achieved outstanding results in the GRE exam.
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Compared to the previous six editions, the new "GRE Vocabulary Essentials" has undergone significant adjustments: the number of words has been reduced. All important words that appear in the exam are included, while words that have never appeared in past exams have been removed to ease students' burden. At the same time, new words that have emerged in recent years are added to stay current with the times.
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The book is divided into three parts:
Part 1: "Core GRE Vocabulary" includes all key words;
Part 2: "New GRE Vocabulary" includes recently appeared words in the exam. Additionally, based on an analysis of past test questions and the GRE exam trends, Part 3 lists over 300 "Predicted GRE Vocabulary" words to provide reference for candidates. The new categorization makes this book the only one that comprehensively covers all key vocabulary from past GRE exams while also being forward-looking.
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"GRE Vocabulary Essentials" provides precise and concise memory methods for each important word, marked as "[Mem]" in the text. These methods include root and suffix analysis, association memory, and phonetic memory. The memory methods advocated by this book have become the mainstream for Chinese students in memorizing words, with association memory and phonetic memory being original innovations. These methods transform word memorization from a tedious chore into an engaging game, significantly overcoming students' fear of memorizing words, enhancing the fun of learning, and improving efficiency. The revised edition has adjusted the memory methods to make them more relevant and.
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"GRE Vocabulary Essentials" pairs many important words with their synonyms, derivatives, homophones, and antonyms, expanding horizontal vocabulary and achieving the effect of learning by analogy, with a natural repetition rate more than three times higher.
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The words in "GRE Vocabulary Essentials" are categorized. Words marked with an asterisk are key words that have already appeared in GRE analogies and antonyms. Words without an asterisk are common fill-in-the-blank or reading words. Students should first memorize the words with asterisks and master them thoroughly before moving on to the others, leaving a deeper impression for fill-in-the-blank and reading sections or new analogy and antonym questions. The derivatives and synonyms listed under each entry should also be carefully memorized. Statistical data on student performance shows that it is difficult to achieve a high score in GRE vocabulary without memorizing the words with asterisks. For predicted words, students need not analyze them too deeply and should review them frequently before the exam.
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"GRE Vocabulary Essentials" provides clear and concise English annotations for each word. The reference dictionaries used for annotations include Merriam-Webster, NewWorldThesaurus, NTC’s, and others commonly used by ETS for test creation. Additionally, synonyms frequently tested in GRE are added after the English annotations to achieve the purpose of combined memory.
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"GRE Vocabulary Essentials" does not place analogy questions after the words because this would significantly impair students' judgment in the actual exam. After memorizing the words, students should practice solving analogies to truly master them and fully improve their judgment and analytical skills.