Why learn words by theme?
Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence reward knowing which direction a word points, positive or negative, change or stubbornness. Grouping synonyms and opposites helps you eliminate wrong answers even when you don't know every word.
Praise & approval
Criticism & disapproval
Deception & honesty
Brevity & wordiness
Stubborn vs. changeable
Calm & emotion
Generous vs. stingy
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How vocabulary appears on the GRE
You'll never see a "define this word" question. Words appear inside Text Completion blanks, Sentence Equivalence pairs and Reading Comprehension passages, so practise them in context, under time pressure.
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