GRE Vocabulary Words

[spogmai shaglay]

i am writing here origin of the words mentioned above by Qrratugai.... it helps to understand and recollect the word better and also will be of great help to understand new words that we come across in our daily lives...lets start with Ego... which all of us have and lets categorize what type mentioned we belong to....lol


1. The Ego

Egoist and Egotist are built on the same Latin root – the pronoun ego, meaning ‘I’.

I is the greatest concern in the egoist’s mind, the most overused word in the egotist’s vocabulary.

If you are an egocentric, you consider your self the centre of the universe – you are an extreme form of egoist.


And if you an egomanic, you carry egoism to such an extreme that your need, desires, and interests have become a morbid obsession, a mania.


The egoist or egotist is obnoxious, the egocentric is intolerable and the egomaniac is dangerous and slightly mad.


Egocentric is both a noun and an adjective…

Adjective form for Egomaniac is Egomaniacal

[Roshina]

Here are some prefixes with their meanings and sample words (I'm copying them from a GRE Review book).

ab, abs - from, away from. EXAMPLES: abduct (lead away, kidnap); abjure (renounce)

ambi - both. EXAMPLES: ambiguous (of double meaning); ambivalent (having two conflicting emotions)

an, a - without, lack of. EXAMPLES: amoral (without moral sense); anarchy (lack of government)

ante - before. EXAMPLES: antecedent (preceding event or word); antediluvian (before the Great (Noah's) flood)

anti - against, opposite. EXAMPLES: antipathy (hatred); antithetical (exactly opposite)

arch - chief, first. EXAMPLES: archetype (original, first of its kind); archbishop (chief bishop)

be - over, thoroughly. EXAMPLES: bedaub (spread over); befuddle (confuse thoroughly)

bi - two. EXAMPLES: bicameral (composed of two houses (U.S. Congress)); biennial (every two years)

cata - down. EXAMPLES. catastrophe (disaster); cataract (waterfall); catapult (hurl, throw down)

[spogmai shaglay]

Others

in Latin the word for other is alter, and a number of valuable English words are built on this root.

Altruism, the philosophy practiced by altruists. comes from one of the variant spellings of Latin, alter, other.

Altruistic actions look towards the benefit o fothers...

if you alternate, you skip one and take the other..

if you have no alternative, you have no other choice....

same root but different words.... knowledge of the root helps to understand the words better and based on them the meaning of new words can be easily interpreted...

[PFgulalai]

Yara kho, GRE thread is the last thing I would have expected on this forum..ah, am exagerating but you are simply awesome Qrratugai by coming up with this idea.Actually it could be really helpful not only to those appearing in the GREs but just to improve one's vocab.

Btw, When are you appearing the exams?

Here are some prefixes with their meanings and sample words (I'm copying them from a GRE Review book).

ab, abs - from, away from. EXAMPLES: abduct (lead away, kidnap); abjure (renounce)

ambi - both. EXAMPLES: ambiguous (of double meaning); ambivalent (having two conflicting emotions)

an, a - without, lack of. EXAMPLES: amoral (without moral sense); anarchy (lack of government)

ante - before. EXAMPLES: antecedent (preceding event or word); antediluvian (before the Great (Noah's) flood)

anti - against, opposite. EXAMPLES: antipathy (hatred); antithetical (exactly opposite)

arch - chief, first. EXAMPLES: archetype (original, first of its kind); archbishop (chief bishop)

be - over, thoroughly. EXAMPLES: bedaub (spread over); befuddle (confuse thoroughly)

bi - two. EXAMPLES: bicameral (composed of two houses (U.S. Congress)); biennial (every two years)

cata - down. EXAMPLES. catastrophe (disaster); cataract (waterfall); catapult (hurl, throw down)

[Roshina]

Oh shucks! I'd forgotten about this thread!

Btw, When are you appearing the exams?

Late August is the plan, guley. Practicing the vocab till then

[PFgulalai]

Hahahahaha..time to gear up with the vocab drill :D
Tons of good luck!
I would learn with you too :P

Oh shucks! I'd forgotten about this thread!



Late August is the plan, guley. Practicing the vocab till then

[єѕαρχαι]

i have a software related to vocabulary should i post it here

[єѕαρχαι]

or should i start a new thread about it ...

it could help you about gre , gmat . toefl ,sat vocabulary.

regards

-Jamal

[Roshina]

I think you can post it here, Sher Khana. If after we see it and it looks like it deserves its own thread, then we'll make a new thread for it.

Thanks!

[Laila]

The following list might be helpful not just for those taking the GRE and other similar exams but also for the rest who just want to improve their general knowledge.

I'll add more to it next time I remember to post something in this thread.

EXPERTS AND COLLECTORS

Anatomist expert in dissection and body parts
Arabist expert in Arabic language and culture
Arachnologist spider expert
Ariologist expert on primitive people
Astrophysicist an expert in astronomy in a branch dealing with the physical and chemical makeup of celestial matter

Bacteriologist expert in bacteria in medicine, industry, and agriculture
Botanist specialist in plant life
Cardiologist expert in heart problems
Dermatologist expert in skin problems/diseases
Discophile expert on music that is recorded
Ecumenist expert in, or one who practices, principles and practices of religious groups, mostly Christian

Entomologist expert in insects
Epidemiologist expert in disease incidence, distribution, and control
Gastroenterologist in tracing the descent of people
Ichthyologist fish expert or marine life expert
Lepidoterist collector/expert on butterflies
Metallurgist expert in the science of metals
Numismatist expert in the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals)

No 'Cause I have like NO time anymore now, and I've a trillion and a half words to share! :S But I'll try to at least once a week or so. I'm happy to hear you learn from them, though, guley! That's the whole purpose of my doing this.

Here's the last part of the above genre:

Oncologist expert in tumors/cancer
Ophthamologist expert in the structure, function, and diseases of the eye
Ornithologist bird expert
Orthodontist expert in irregularities of teeth
Parasitologist expert in parasites
Pathologist expert in changes caused by disease in tissues and body fluids
Periodontist expert in diseases of the supporting and investing teeth structures
Podiatrist foot doctor
Teratologist expert in biological study of monsters
Thanatologist expert in death
Urologist expert in urinary or urogenital tract
Virologist expert in viruses
Vulcanologist expert in volcanic phenomena

Very, very useful to me manana guley