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A Panegyric on Vocabulary Lists
Sep. 11th, 2011 02:42 pmI've signed up for the GRE, finally, and started studying for it only to be informed that the test has just been revised and they've gotten rid of the antonyms section. The antonyms! I was going to pick up SO MANY POINTS off the antonyms!
But then, the antonyms test measures mainly whether you were the type of child who spent so much time inside reading as to risk vitamin D deficiency, so it's probably just as well to be shut of it.
The GRE practice books take entirely the wrong approach to vocabulary acquisition, by the way. They treat it like a drear and dreaded task. But - but it's a chance to meet new friends! Maladroit, hinterland, minatory….I can reminisce with romantic exactness about where I met them all.
What I'm really worried about is the math section. But I've got a month to study.
But then, the antonyms test measures mainly whether you were the type of child who spent so much time inside reading as to risk vitamin D deficiency, so it's probably just as well to be shut of it.
The GRE practice books take entirely the wrong approach to vocabulary acquisition, by the way. They treat it like a drear and dreaded task. But - but it's a chance to meet new friends! Maladroit, hinterland, minatory….I can reminisce with romantic exactness about where I met them all.
What I'm really worried about is the math section. But I've got a month to study.
