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VirginIslander
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 Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:03 pm Post subject: Study for the GREs--Korean style--on Daves |
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To allievate bordom at work, my coworkers and I studying/reviewing the vocab list for the GREs. Although there is a math section and essay section, we have decided to focus on the vocab at work, starting with the most common word on the test. We try to use the words when speaking to each other between breaks. Brain Candy.
Does anybody want me to post the words here on a daily basis? After about a month of ten words a day, the 300 most common words will be reviewed and used.
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OiGirl
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:54 am Post subject: |
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| Sure! Let's give it a try... |
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jmbran11
Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Location: U.S.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Forget it! I already took the GRE's and once was enough. Why would I care about vocabulary? It's not like I'm an English teacher. Oh, wait . . . |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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On a related note, does anyone have contact info for the test center at Kyunggi U. in Seoul?
Yes, I've tried the search function numerous times here, and I keep getting a blank white page.
I'm interested in taking the test in June...anyone else? |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| I'd love to. Great idea. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| I'd love to. Great idea. |
Well, $hit the bed! If you happen to come across any useful contact info, please be kind enough to share it. I'll return the favor. |
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VirginIslander
Joined: 24 May 2006
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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Today's words: sorry for the delay and the jump to E. I had visitors for the past 90 words.
Enhance ---- increase; improve
Ephemeral ---- short-lived; fleeting
Equanimty --- calmness of temperament; compursure
Equivocate --- lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
Erudite ---learned; scholary
Esoteric ---hard to understand; known only to the choosen few
Eulogy --- expression of, often on the occasion of someone's death
Euphemism ---mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
Exacerbate ---worsen; embitter
Exculpate --- clear from blame |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| What's GRE? |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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God aRe you sErious? |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| VirginIslander wrote: |
Today's words: sorry for the delay and the jump to E. I had visitors for the past 90 words.
Enhance ---- increase; improve
Ephemeral ---- short-lived; fleeting
Equanimty --- calmness of temperament; compursure
Equivocate --- lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
Erudite ---learned; scholary
Esoteric ---hard to understand; known only to the choosen few
Eulogy --- expression of, often on the occasion of someone's death
Euphemism ---mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
Exacerbate ---worsen; embitter
Exculpate --- clear from blame |
Gee I already knew those.
Let's try:
acarpous - effete; no longer fertile; worn out
apotheosis - deification; glorification to godliness
arabesque - a complex ornate design |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:35 am Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
God aRe you sErious? |
I had vaguely heard of it. Just in passing and never before I came to Korea. After a brief bit of googling can I surmise that it is a kind of general knowledge test used for entrance into North American, or only American, post-grad courses?
As far as I know, it's not used where I grew up. UK. That's why I'd never really heard of it. |
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VirginIslander
Joined: 24 May 2006
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:45 am Post subject: |
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Just to reiterate: there are over 3,500 words on the list; these are just
the most frequent ones. |
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carrotpatchkid
Joined: 15 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:28 am Post subject: |
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| ::shivers:: I'm getting the shakes just thinking back to when I took the test... most nervous hour and a half of my life. |
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