tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69967019365374339302024-02-02T21:26:30.109+05:30Go for 1600!!!ARUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04697867751183061932noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996701936537433930.post-42415879979721131812008-03-06T08:17:00.002+05:302008-03-06T08:22:41.349+05:30Speed ReadingHi,<br />Much water has flown since I came, oops posted, here last. The gap was unwarranted. However I thought of returning seriously and thus here I'm back. That means there are going to be regular posts to be read. So return here at least once a week. There will be something for you.<br /><br />Today I'm going to talk about speed reading. In this post I'm focusing on five strategies, that too basic, which can be considered as a pre-requisite for achieving speed reading. One word of caution. This strategies are not going to make a watershed change in your reading speed. But if you are patient and persist you can observe a change sooner.<br /><br />Strategy 1<br />Do you hear your own voice when you read??? That is a block to speed reading. This you have to unlearn first. The matter is chronic for those who read with lip movement. The principle is simple. This read-aloud determines the speed of your reading. You won't be able to go beyond a particular speed.<br /><br />Strategy 2<br />Don't read word by word. Read in phrases or chunk. You've to increase your word-intake limit in order to increase your speed. The number of words you can process at this time can be limited. You can test your present limit by following the simple activity stated below. Take an A4 paper which has standard printed material. Draw an inverted triangle and read the space marked by the triangle. As you notice the number of words increase as you go down. At one point you realize that you can't process more than this. Mark that as your present limit. When you read keep that in mind and read.<br /><br />Strategy 3<br />When you read focus on the centre space of your word limit and read. Thereby you avoid the time of reading word after word. It makes use of your eye's lateral vision capability. That is one skill which you have to tap in order to increase your reading speed.<br /><br />Strategy 4<br />Use a pointer when you read. This will tell your eyes where to focus on. That will reduce the stain on your eyes. Human eyes, by default, is movement packed. It has to be taught where to focus and that can be done by the help of the pointer.<br /><br />Strategy 5<br />Never read horizontally but vertically. In order to practice that start reading a standard newspaper. There you have columns. This principle behind this is to facilitate reading. Make use of that provision. Place your pointer at the centre of the line in a column and read down not side. Your word-in-take limit will help you in carrying the surrounding words along with you.<br /><br />That's all for the day. Hope you enjoyed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996701936537433930.post-90281896555666543932008-02-21T05:58:00.005+05:302008-02-25T08:40:10.909+05:30Personal Experience -seriesI gave gre on july 30 2007 . I share some of my experiences with verbal ( may not be the pertinent person ) section.....eventhough it looks unobscure but it is a riddle ( enigma,conundrum )and it is meticulously designed such that it is presented as a labrynith...Sandeep Reddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17738430502601846566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996701936537433930.post-33299472127133558002008-02-20T18:45:00.000+05:302008-02-20T18:57:40.738+05:30<p><br /><span style="color:#330000;"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><strong>GRE® – TEST STRUCTURE</strong></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#663300;">Verbal Reasoning</span></strong> </span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;">30 min section </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">800</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"><strong>Quantitative Reasoning</strong></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;">45 min section </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">800</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#003300;">Analytical Writing</span></strong> </span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;">45 min- Issue </span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">30 min- Argument</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">0-6 (graded)<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong></strong></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#330099;"><strong>Experimental</strong></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Either Quantitative or Verbal Reasoning (45 or 30 min)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:130%;">800</span></li></ul>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996701936537433930.post-35331022826126462382008-02-20T12:37:00.000+05:302008-02-20T13:34:13.477+05:30WORDS, WHAT ELSE.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMqH64RR3bO6XQlRMPey1xDOnYJZbv7bwao8qVIlviEry0Gqy4tB_JMIqfhlO9EG6ng1AdW4owmnHUPPemDZuKHTAL-z20PrfJYLge9hyphenhyphenSQzuxV9R_BxE7iLdX9YhORIqVPeY3vNQHaSa/s1600-h/wre466.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168962414229678850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMqH64RR3bO6XQlRMPey1xDOnYJZbv7bwao8qVIlviEry0Gqy4tB_JMIqfhlO9EG6ng1AdW4owmnHUPPemDZuKHTAL-z20PrfJYLge9hyphenhyphenSQzuxV9R_BxE7iLdX9YhORIqVPeY3vNQHaSa/s320/wre466.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#003300;">Some synonyms that coin analogies, and a few important antonyms are listed down. They have surfaced in recent tests, not too infrequently. lifted from places, they assort a few test-takers' experience. Leaf through in leisures.<br />Synonyms:<br />1. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Esoteric</span> - Beyond the understanding of an average mind; mysterious, obscure; not publicly disclosed; confidential; confined to a small group; intended for or understood by only a particular group; of or relating to that which is known by a restricted number of people<br />2.<span style="color:#ff0000;"> </span><span style="color:#cc0000;">Augury </span>- The art, ability, or practice of auguring; divination; sign </span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#003300;">of something coming; an omen; phenomenon that serves as a sign or warning of some future good or evil; practice of reading signs or omens<br />3. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Rapacious</span> - Taking by force; plundering; greedy; ravenous; subsisting on live prey; grasping; having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit<br />4. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Spurious</span> - Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false; of illegitimate birth; similar in appearance but unlike in structure or function; counterfeit, fake; fraudulently or deceptively imitative<br />5. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Reminiscence</span> - The act or process of recollecting past experiences </span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#003300;">or events; event that brings to mind a similar, former event; calling to mind of incidents within the range of personal </span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#003300;">knowledge or experience</span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#003300;">; narrative of experiences undergone by the writer. commentary (often used in plural)<br />6. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Sacrilegious</span> - Grossly irreverent toward what is or is held to be sacred; showing irreverence and contempt for something sacred; profane; grossly irreverent toward what is held to be holy<br />7. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Unflappable</span> - Persistently calm, whether when facing difficulties or experiencing success; not easily upset or excited; cool and calm<br />8. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Apron</span> - A garment of cloth worn to protect your clothing; a defined area on an airfield intended to accommodate aircraft for purposes of loading or unloading passengers or cargo, refueling, parking, or maintenance; flat piece of wood mounted under the base of a cabinet; part of a stage in a theater extending in front of the curtain; platform, as of planking, at the entrance to a dock<br />9. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Arboreal</span> - Relating to or resembling a tree; living in trees; pertaining to trees; of or relating to or formed by trees; inhabiting or frequenting trees; resembling a tree in form and branching structure<br />10. <span style="color:#990000;">Altercation</span> - A vehement quarrel; discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed; fight, often verbal; angry fight or dispute<br />11. Whet - To sharpen (a knife, for example); hone; make more keen; stimulate; sharpen; arouse; excite<br />12. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Obstreperous</span> - Noisily and stubbornly defiant; aggressively boisterous; unruly; not submitting to discipline or control; offensively loud and insistent<br />13. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Interloper </span>- One that interferes with the affairs of others, often for selfish reasons; a meddler; one that intrudes in a place, situation, or activity; one that trespasses on a trade monopoly, as by conducting unauthorized trade in an area designated to a chartered company; ship or other vessel used in such trade; one who encroaches or intrudes; person given to intruding in other people's affairs<br />14. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Voluble</span> - Marked by a ready flow of speech; fluent; turning easily on an axis; rotating; talkative; marked by a ready flow of speech<br />15. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Reify</span> - To regard or treat (an abstraction) as if it had concrete or material existence; interpretation of an abstract idea or concept, such as the state, as real or concrete; consider an abstract concept to be real<br />16. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Modicum</span> - A small, moderate, or token amount<br />17. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Fraught</span> - Filled with a specified element or elements; charged; marked by or causing distress; emotional; freight; cargo; marked by distress; filled with or attended with<br />18. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Placidity</span> - The quality or state of being placid; calmness; serenity; a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling; a disposition free from stress or emotion<br />19. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Phlegmatic</span> - Without emotion or interest; having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional<br />20. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Intermittent </span>- Stopping and starting at intervals; alternately containing and empty of water; irregular, sporadic; happening or appearing now and then<br />21. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Unctuous</span> - Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness; slippery; greasy; affectedly and self-servingly earnest; too polite in speech or manner<br />22. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Saunter</span> - To walk at a leisurely pace; stroll; leisurely pace; leisurely walk or stroll; stroll; walk in a confident manner; act of walking, especially for pleasure<br />23. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Cavil</span> - To find fault unnecessarily; raise trivial objections; quibble about; detect petty flaws in; carping or trivial objection; critic of our own work<br />24. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Laxatives</span> - Laxatives are products that promote bowel movements; having power to open or loosen the bowels<br />25. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Doleful </span>- Filled with or expressing grief; mournful; causing grief; depressing<br />26. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Lugubrious</span> - Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree<br />27. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Awe </span>- A mixed emotion of reverence, respect, dread, and wonder inspired by authority, genius, great beauty, sublimity, or might; amazement; amaze; deep respect mixed with fear and wonder; impress strongly by what is unexpected or unusual<br />28. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Tepid</span> - Moderately warm; lukewarm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted; neither hot nor cold<br />29. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Unsubstantial</span> - Lacking material substance; insubstantial; lacking firmness or strength; flimsy; lacking basis in fact; lacking material form or substance; unreal<br />30. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Slipshod </span>- Marked by carelessness; sloppy or slovenly; shabby or seedy; careless; not well done; indifferent to correctness, accuracy, or neatness<br />31. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Equivocation</span> - Intentionally vague or ambiguous; falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth; expression or term liable to more than one interpretation; use or an instance of equivocal language<br />32. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Mendicant </span>- Depending on alms for a living; practicing begging; beggar; member of an order of friars forbidden to own property in common, who work or beg for their living; one who begs habitually or for a living<br />33.<span style="color:#cc0000;"> Repose</span> - Freedom from labor, responsibility, or strain; relax; recline; calm; rest; to lie while being supported by something; to place (trust, for example); cease from troubling<br />34. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Futility </span>- The quality of having no useful result; uselessness; lack of importance or purpose; frivolousness; condition or quality of being useless or ineffective; fruitlessness<br />35. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Dicey</span> - Involving or fraught with danger or risk; risky;of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk<br />36. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Zest</span> - A distinctive property of a substance affecting the gustatory sense; spirited enjoyment; energy, gusto; taste, flavor; hearty enjoyment. Also: The outermost part of the rind of an orange, lemon, or other citrus fruit, used as flavoring; piquancy<br />37. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Fustian</span> - A coarse sturdy cloth made of cotton and flax; pretentious speech or writing; pompous language; pompous, bombastic, and ranting<br />38. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Thaw</span> - Change from a frozen solid to a liquid by gradual warming; unfreeze, warm<br />39. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Sangfroid</span> - A stable, calm state of the emotions<br />40. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Grueling</span> - Physically or mentally demanding to the point of exhaustion; difficult, taxing<br />41. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Venerate</span> - To regard with respect, reverence, or heartfelt deference<br />42. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Quisling </span>- A traitor who serves as the puppet of the enemy occupying his or her country; someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force<br />43. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Hodgepodge</span> - A mixture of dissimilar ingredients; a jumble; mixture, mess; a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas; collection of various things<br />44. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Skittish</span> - Feeling or exhibiting nervous tension; very nervous; lively; shy<br />45. Circumlocution - The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language; roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing; redundancy<br />46. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Bewail</span> - To cry over; lament; express sorrow or unhappiness over; regret strongly<br />47. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Bemoan</span> - To express grief over; lament; express disapproval of or regret for; deplore; express sorrow; regret strongly<br />48. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Blasphemo</span><span style="color:#cc0000;">us </span>- Impiously irreverent; showing irreverence and contempt for something sacred; irreverent<br />49. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Minotaur </span>- A monster who was half man and half bull, to whom young Athenian men and women were sacrificed in the Cretan labyrinth until Theseus killed him<br />50.<span style="color:#cc0000;"> Stern</span> - Hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; grim, gloomy, or forbidding in appearance or outlook; firm or unyielding; uncompromising; inexorable; relentless; the rear part of a ship or boat; rear part or section<br />51. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Abaft</span> - Toward the stern; nearer the stern than; behind; at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane; in or behind the stern of a ship<br />52. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Abattoir </span>- A slaughterhouse; something likened to a slaughterhouse<br />53. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Cleaver</span> - The knife used by slaughterers<br />54. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Gerontophobia</span> - Fear of old people or of growing old; fear of growing old, or a hatred of the elderly<br />55. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Mollify </span>- To calm in temper or feeling; soothe; lessen in intensity; temper; reduce the rigidity of; soften; ease the anger or agitation of; ause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate<br />56. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Presbyterians</span> - Supporters of Calvinism, preaching the doctrine of the elect and advocating church government by a hierarchy of courts. Ultimate authority was the Bible and services gave great prominence to preaching<br />57. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Presbyterian (1)</span> - One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters; that form of church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively<br />58. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Presbyters</span> (2) - A priest in various hierarchical churches; elder of the congregation in the early Christian church<br />59. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Cinnamon</span> - A light brown spice made from the inner bark of a tree that grows in the East Indies; of a light reddish brown<br />60. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Stygian</span> - Gloomy and dark; infernal; hellish<br />61. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Zealot </span>- Excessive enthusiasm or u can say excessive zeal; or fanatic<br />62. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Impertinent</span> - Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold; not pertinent; irrelevant; bold, disrespectful<br />63. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Satiate</span> - To satisfy to the full or to excess; stuff, satisfy<br />64. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Debauched </span>- Dissolute; dissipated; violated, corrupted; lead away from virtue or morality; to corrupt<br />65. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Gallant</span> - Smartly or boldly stylish; dashing; unflinching in battle or action; valiant; nobly or selflessly resolute; courteously attentive especially to women; chivalrous; fashionable young man; having or showing courage; brave, gentlemanly<br />66. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Mason </span>- One who builds or works with stone or brick; craftsman who works with stone or brick; to build of or strengthen with masonry<br />67.<span style="color:#cc0000;"> Sap</span> - A person who is easily deceived or victimized; lessen or deplete the nerve, energy, or strength of; lessen or weaken severely, as by removing something essential; squeeze out; watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying food and other substances to the various tissues; vitality; leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack; covered trench or tunnel dug to a point near or within an enemy position; undermine the foundations of (a fortification)<br />68. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Crux</span> - The basic, central, or critical point or feature; puzzling or apparently insoluble problem; most important part; a cross; a difficulty; a stumbling-block; a puzzle<br />69. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Awry</span> - In a position that is turned or twisted toward one side; askew; away from the correct course; amiss<br />70.<span style="color:#cc0000;"> Intransigent</span> - Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising; firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will; not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion<br />71. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Wag</span> - To move (a body part) rapidly from side to side or up and down, as in playfulness, agreement, admonition, or chatter; humorous or droll person; a wit; walk with a clumsy sway; waddle; person whose words or actions provoke or are intended to provoke amusement or laughter<br />72. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Droll</span> - Amusingly odd or whimsically comical; amusing, farcical; buffoon; arousing laughter<br />73. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Sabotage </span>- Destruction of property or obstruction of normal operations, as by civilians or enemy agents in time of war; treacherous action to defeat or hinder a cause or an endeavor; deliberate subversion; deliberate damage to equipment or information; incapacitate, damage<br />74. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Saboteur</span> - Someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks; a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader<br />75. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Venerable </span>- Commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position; worthy of reverence, especially by religious or historical association; belonging to, existing, or occurring in times long past; respected<br />76. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Subtle</span> - So slight as to be difficult to notice or appreciate; able to make or detect effects of great subtlety or precision; clever, cunning; nice, quiet, delicate; having a low intensity; not severe and having no serious sequelae; difficult to detect or grasp by the mind<br />77. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Infirm</span> - Weak in body, especially from old age or disease; feeble; lacking firmness of will, character, or purpose; irresolute; not strong or stable; shaky; sick, weak; weak; feeble, as from disease or old age<br />78. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Vigorous </span>- Possessing, exerting, or displaying energy; energetic, powerful; active in mind or body; robust<br />79. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Providential </span>- Happening as if through divine intervention; opportune; of or resulting from divine providence; characterized by luck or good fortune; opportune; unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing it<br />80. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Fortuitous</span> - Happening by accident or chance; occurring unexpectedly; lucky, accidental; fortunate<br />81. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Surfeit </span>- To feed or supply to excess, satiety, or disgust; overindulge; excessive amount; satisfy to the full or to excess; Immoderate indulgence, as in food or drink; overfill; state of being more than full; quality of being so overabundant that prices fall<br />82.<span style="color:#cc0000;"> Incrimination</span> - The act of incriminating; crimination; charging of someone with a misdeed; an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed<br />83. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Loathsome</span> - Arousing loathing; abhorrent; objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation; hateful; disgusting<br />84.<span style="color:#cc0000;"> Harebrained</span> - Foolish; flighty; stupid, unthinking; senseless as to be laughable; very foolish<br />85.<span style="color:#cc0000;"> Floppy</span> - Tending to flop; loose and flexible; lacking in stiffness or firmness; limp<br />86. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Insolence</span> - The quality of being arrogant; state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident; boldness, disrespect; instance of insolent behavior, treatment, or speech<br />87. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Inclement</span> - Stormy; showing no clemency; unmerciful; bitter, nasty (weather); cruel, merciless; (of weather of climate) physically severe; used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy<br />88. <span style="color:#cc0000;">Nepotism </span>- Favoritism shown or patronage granted to relatives, as in business; favor a relative, especially in regard to political office; favoritism</span></div>ARUNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04697867751183061932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996701936537433930.post-64057790890530337782008-02-14T18:02:00.000+05:302008-02-20T15:58:31.378+05:30Words of the Day<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">picayune</span> (adj): (informal) small and of little importance<br />"giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be <strong>a picayune infraction</strong>" </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">infraction</span> (n): A crime less serious than a felony</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="color:#009900;">felony</span>(n): a serious crime (such as murder or arson)</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;">arson</span> (n): malicious burning to destroy property</span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996701936537433930.post-50783401948248511982008-02-14T17:53:00.000+05:302008-02-20T16:00:58.734+05:30Welcome<span style="font-size:130%;">Here are we... dreaming all the <span style="color:#cc33cc;">way to 1600</span>!!!<br /><br />Through this blog let us help you to make that a reality... a tangible thing...<br /><br />join us in this cruise... let's post, comment, discuss, and do many things... learning all the way through...<br /><br />once we're there... at that dream summit of 1600 let's be grateful... and say to ourselves...<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">WELL DONE</span>!!!</span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0