If you are an American student
who is not strong in vocab
If you are a foreigner and
English is not your first language
Do you realize that most students begin to focus on GMAT 2 to 4 weeks before the test? You can confirm this yourself if you spend 10 minutes checking out the reviews on Amazon.com.
If you are not already super strong in vocab, but want to score high on GMAT, then the Franklin Vocab System's audio program for GMAT vocab can greatly help you get a higher score.
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It may surprise you that GMAT tends to test you for meanings that are not the most common meanings of words. In fact, some of these you may have never heard in your life.
For example, here are some words and the meanings you need to know (taken from the course). I have also added the meaning that will not lead to the correct answer:
milk = extract
USE = the directors milked the company of several million
dollars
(not the milk you drink)
stole = long scarf
USE = a mink stole
(not a form of
steal)
riddle = to make many holes in, permeate
USE = the anti-aircraft guns
riddled the plane's wings with bullets
(not a puzzle)
root = to dig
USE = she rooted through the papers on her desk
(not
the root of a tree)
kite = bad check
USE = *
(not a kite that people fly)
rifle = search through and steal
USE = the safe had been rifled and the
diamonds were gone
(not the rifle used for firing
bullets)
ejaculate = exclaim
USE = "You've got my umbrella!" he ejaculated
(not
sex related ejaculation)
You don't get 3 or 5 or 10 meanings and sentences that are impossible to remember (a dictionary is better if you want to do a PhD on some aspects of words).
I give you short and memorable sentence fragments, so you can remember faster and better without wasting time.
Here are some examples from the course:
euphoria = elation, feeling of well-being or happiness
USE = in a state
of euphoria
evade = to avoid
USE = don't evade taxes
excerpt = selection from a book, extract
USE = excerpt of a new book
illicit = unlawful, illegal
USE = illicit liquor
immense =
huge
USE = at immense cost
de facto = actual
USE = de facto
standard (not full sentence)
draconian = harsh
USE = draconian
laws
prodigy = a person with extraordinary ability or talent
USE =
a child prodigy
eke = to add to, supplement
USE = to eke out a
living
Herculean = powerful, large
USE = a Herculean task
pyrrhic = a battle won with unacceptable losses
USE = a pyrrhic victory
The mistaken advice is this: Learn 10 new words daily and you'll know 3650 words in one year.
The advice simply does not work because here is the fact: while most people are capable of learning 10 new words a day, but everybody forgets them within a week and many forget within 24 hours. It is not your fault because it is the very nature of human brain.
Other versions of the same advice includes use 10 flashcards day, use a dictionary, read English novels, etc.
Many students use this system combined with the official GMAT book to maximize their GMAT score for admission to a graduate school of their choice.
Buy this in paperback or Kindle eBook on Amazon.com and inside the book, you'll find link to download the first of the 22 CDs.
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After you buy the paperback or Kindle book, you can purchase the 22 CDs download above.
Here is what you get:
22 Vocab Sessions: Each session is up to 60 minutes
long. You get the complete 4,507 words required for the GMAT test.
You revise up to 200 words. About half the words are in a male voice and half in a female voice. For
all words, you hear meanings, and for most words, you also hear memorable
contextual sentence fragments that have been very carefully chosen for easy memorization.
Unlike dictionaries, for most words, we give only one or two meanings that are most appropriate for GMAT. The goal is to memorize the "right meanings" and not "all the dictionary meanings".
The recording is done by two excellent professional voiceover experts (male and female) with an advanced knowledge of the vocabulary.
Female Voice:
Male Voice:
Here is what you get:
22 Vocab Sessions: Each session is up to 60 minutes
long. You get the complete 4,507 words required for the GMAT test.
You revise up to 200 words. About half the words are in a male voice and half in a female voice. For
all words, you hear meanings, and for most words, you also hear memorable
contextual sentence fragments that have been very carefully chosen for easy memorization.
Unlike dictionaries, for most words, we give only one or two meanings that are most appropriate for GMAT. The goal is to memorize the "right meanings" and not "all the dictionary meanings".
The recording is by two good professional voiceover experts (male and female) with an advanced knowledge of the vocabulary.
Female Voice:
Male Voice:
Because they are not fully 100% committed AND they under-estimate the difficulty of the challenge. As a result, they work only for short period and get distracted into something else. For example, if vocab were easy, you would already know all the words. But because vocab is hard, you have to plan to work hard.
This powerful sound track has 2 very specific uses:
You get download of all 22 CDs as MP3 files in the form zip files.
You can play these on your PC, Notebook, Notepad, or mobile.
You'll get download link by email shortly to download
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