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Word List: Chapter - 2

Hi everyone! Here is a new word list for you to practice this week. Keep maintaining your journal and don't forget to practice the previous word lists. Happy practicing! Word List: Chapter - 2 1. Insurrection: rising of people to open resistance 2. Deter: discourage/hinder 3. Flax: pale yellow (hair) / a plant 4. Countenance: to favour or approve of; face; admit as acceptable 5. Phlegmatic: unemotional 6. Belittle: cause to seem unimportant 7. Vigilant: alert or awake 8. Ire: anger 9. Splenetic: bad tempered/irritable 10. Strut: a supporting bar/to walk proudly 11. Conciliatory: reconciling/soothing/comforting/mollifying 12. Belligerent: eager to fight 13. Drone: a male bee/one who isn't self-employed 14. Predilection: special liking/mental preference 15. Hallow: to make holy/consecrate 16. Tawdry: cheap/gaudy/showy/tacky 17. Libel: statement that damages reputation 18. Veracity: truth 19. Quixotic: extremely idealistic but impractical 20. Turpitude: wickedness/depravity 21. Ra...
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Reading Comprehensions: Chapter-1 (Solutions)

  Hey Everyone!! We hope you had amazing time solving the RC's of previous post. It's time to check how you fared. If you still have not gone through the post then you can access the same from the link below: Reading Comprehension: Chapter-1 Passage-1 1. Option d 2. Option b 3. Option b 4. Option c 5. Option c 6. Option c Passage-2 1. Option c 2. Option d 3. Option b 4. Option c 5. Option a Passage-3 1. Option b 2. Option a 3. Option d Passage-4 1. Option b 2. Option c 3. Option c 4. Option c 5. Option c For any queries or clarifications, kindly add in the comment section. Also do not forget to subscribe the page to get regular updates.

Reading Comprehension: Chapter - 1

Hey everyone! Hope you had a good practice session with the last word list. Today, we bring to you a practice test of one of the important elements of the Verbal Reasoning section - Reading Comprehension . According to ETS, the Reading Comprehension in GRE "tests your ability to actively engage with the text, ask questions, formulate and evaluate hypotheses and reflect on the relationship of a particular text to other texts and information." In simpler words, the GRE RC passages tests your ability to comprehend the text in the passage, understanding the stated and implied messages that the author is trying to convey by understanding their thought process and perspective, and arrive at right inferences to answer the supporting questions. The GRE RC passages are not specific to any genre. They can be from a wide variety of fields - academia, fiction, history, science, non-academia, English literature, and the list goes on. You do not have to have a prior understanding of the su...

Word List: Chapter-1

Hey everyone! As promised, we bring you a list of 100 words. The advice remains the same - as you go through the words, keeping writing them down in your journal. Happy practicing! Word List: Chapter-1 (1) inured : 1. accustomed to accepting something, especially something undesirable (2) irascible : 1. someone who is easily angered (3) mundane : 1. typical of or concerned with the ordinary 2. not interesting or exciting (4) laud: 1. to praise highly (5) martial: 1. associated or connected with war (6) lucid: 1. clear and easily understood 2. not confused (7) magnanimous: 1. kind and generous, esp. in forgiving someone (8) waver: 1. to move to and fro in a way that is not steady 2. to be uncertain, esp. when making a decision (9) nascent: 1. in early developmental stages 2. beginning to develop (10) voracious:  1. having an insatiable appetite for something 2. wanting or eating large amounts of food 3. wanting a lot of new information or knowledge (11) nebulous: 1. vague; not clear...

New Word List

Hello Everyone! A new word list coming up soon. Stay tuned!

Quadratic Equations : Overview and Practice

Hi guys! Today we are going to cover a seemingly scary looking but a quite simple section of GRE Quant - ALGEBRA! There are going to be a lot of questions that you will encounter in your GRE that have an application of algebraic concepts. But do understand that the questions might look tough, but the underlying concept is just simple algebra. This post covers a part of algebra - Quadratic Equations. We have started with an overview of the topic followed by practice questions. In the subsequent sections, we will be posting more in relation to the concept. So, sit tight and keep practicing! Overview A quadratic equation is an equation of the form  where x is unknown, and a, b and c are known constants. If a=0, then the equation is linear and not quadratic. The quadratic equation has two roots given by The nature of the roots is given by discriminant, D. If (1) D > 0 : The equation has two real roots and both roots are real and distinct. (2) D = 0 : The equations has only two real ...

Confusing Words - IV

  Confusing Words - IV (1) exercise vs. exorcize exercise (verb) : use or practice the mind or body in some activity. exorcize (verb) : to drive something out, with particular reference to an evil spirit. (2) esoteric vs. eclectic esoteric (adj.) : designed for the select few or intended for only a small number of people. eclectic (adj.) : the best of something selected from a number of sources. (3) evince vs. evoke evince (verb) : to exhibit or show something evoke (verb) : bring something to mind or actually cause it as a response. (4) erupt vs. irrupt erupt (verb) : to burst out irrupt (verb) : to burst in (5) enquire vs. inquire enquire (verb) : used when asking for information. inquire (verb) : used for collecting information when conducting an investigation. (6) enormousness vs. enormity enormousness (adj.) : state of being much larger than expected. enormity (adj.) : something outrageously or horrifyingly large, such as a crime. (7) faint vs. feint faint (verb) : dizziness, ...