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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 650 EAN: 9780967759418 ISBN: 0967759412 Label: Lighthouse Review Inc Manufacturer: Lighthouse Review Inc Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: February 15, 2001 Publisher: Lighthouse Review Inc Studio: Lighthouse Review Inc |
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  - Moderate This book was good, however in terms of improving my score on the GRE it really didn't help at all. It is difficult to study something like vocab anyway, so I wouldn't waste too much money on books like this to do so. Rating:  - Well worth every pennyThis book was amazing! It is very simple and very straight-forward with the sole purpose of helping your improve your vocabulary...and it works. I got through the book in 8 days, completing two chapters a day. It took me approximately two or three hours of work per day to work with this book. It gives you the tools to really understand a word and remember it. Don't try to save time by not looking up the words and not finding antonyms and synonyms for the words. It will not work. You have to get down to the nitty-gritty and then you will see results. Words that would not stick, I wrote down on flashcards and reviewed them along with the 300 word list from Barron's Passkey to the GRE book. Say the words out loud, repeatedly do the exercises at the end of each chapter and it will pay off on the GRE exam. I promise! By the way, it is a one-time use book....you will scribble on every page and no one else will be able to use it, but that is what it is....a work book. Buy it! Rating:  - Place to start for SAT but not great for GREThe words are very basic even for the SAT. Words included are things like "sever" and "enhance". I am studying for the GRE and am finding the Barron's GRE prep book much better for the vocabulary work. The technique of giving a brief description and sample sentence is good but can be found in other places as well. The other good point is the words are not in alphabetically order so you don't end up just learning words that start with "A" but never get to "V". Rating:  - quite helpful, but not just by itselfThe book takes a different approach on vocabulary building. Unlike the other test prepration of books I have seen, this book does not present you with list of words to memorize. The best feature of this book is that it makes you work on each new word. I agree with the authors on the fact that this is an effective approach. However, the words listed in this book are not quite the standard of GRE/GMAT. This book would be helpful to those who might be writing the SATs or are just beginning their GMAT/GRE preparation with a very limited vocabulary. I don't regret buying this book at all, since it isn't very expensive and also i can use the "strategy" of this book with more complex words. Rating: - Just a series of multiple choice testsI found this book pretty useless. All it is is a series of 16 multiple choice tests in which you choose the answer that most closely approximates the word given. Sample question: amorphous means a) shapeless b) passionate c) property transfer d) vase-like e) parallel. Each test is preceded by very short definitions of the words plus each one used in a context sentence. It would be okay, I guess, as a superficial refresher, but I didn't find it challenging, and there was no discussion of strategy for the GMAT verbal/vocab section, which is more what I was hoping for. |
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