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Meaning of Words
Summary
The lesson provides a strategic approach to tackling Meaning of Words Questions on the GRE, emphasizing the importance of context in determining word meanings.
- Introduce a strategy for answering Meaning of Words Questions by replacing the word in question with a blank and generating a personal definition based on context.
- Emphasize the necessity of creating your own answer for the blank to better understand the sentence and find the closest synonym among the answer choices.
- Highlight the importance of reading all answer choices back into the sentence to ensure the selected synonym accurately reflects the context.
- Use an example to illustrate the process, showing how to discern the most fitting synonym by comparing personal definitions with given options.
- Warn against common pitfalls, such as choosing synonyms that seem obvious but do not fit the context, and the significance of secondary definitions.
Chapters
00:01
Introduction to Meaning of Words Questions
00:18
Strategic Approach to Answering Questions
01:12
Applying the Strategy: An Example
02:03
Evaluating Answer Choices
04:19
Recap and Key Takeaways
