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Antonyms GRE Preparation Made Easy

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Skepticism

A) Plausibility
B) Audacity
C) Reason
D) Argument
E) Conviction

From the -ism suffix in Skepticism, we can guess that it is noun.
But what is Skepticism? It is doubt about truth. so the opposite must be a truth that is
not doubtful.

Plausibility - reasonable and likely to be true.
Her story sounded perfectly plausible.

Audacity - Boldness, Brave but rude behavior.
He had the audacity to say I was too fat.

Reason - the power of the mind to think in a logical way, to understand and have opinions
Only human beings are capable of reason.

Argument - a reason or set of reasons that somebdoy uses to show that something
is true or correct
There are strong arguments for and against euthanasia.

Conviction - a strong opinion or belief.
She was motivated by deep religious conviction.

Among these choices only Plausiblity is most likely the antonyms for Sketpitcism
So A) is the right choice.

Splendor

A) Earnestness
B) Squalor
C) Depravity
D) Greed
E) Innovation

Looking at the choice, one can deduce that Splendor is noun.
Splendor is grand and impressive beauty.

A) Earnestness - Sincerity and seriousness.
She spoke with total earnestness.

B) Squalor - Dirty and unpleasent conditions.
He had lost his job and was living in squalor.

C) Depravity - Wickedness, the state of being morally bad.
After caught in scandal, he is living a life of depravity.

D) Greed - a strong desire for more wealth, possessions, power, etc. than a person needs
His actions were motivated by greed.

E) Innovation - the introduction of new things, ideas or ways of doing something.
21st century is an age of technological innovation.

The antonym is simple Squalor. So the choice is B).

Importance of GRE Score Percentile

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GRE score percentile is important to graduate admission committees so you must know what percentile is and what you should be striving for.

What is GRE score percentile?

GRE score percentile is used to compare you to the rest of GRE test-taking population. For example, if you scored in the 80 percentile, then you scored better than 80 percent of test-takers. The highest percentile possible is 99th percentile since you are part of the testing population and so it's impossible to score better than everyone in the test-taking population.

What are good GRE score percentile marks?

Average percentile is 50th percentile. The best of the best score above 90th percentile while the worst score below 50th. A 500 on a GRE section is about 50th percentile. A score above 700 on the could put you above 90th percentile while a 790 on the GRE Quantitative section might put you around 90th or below.

Students generally don't score equally high on all sections of the GRE, so your primary goal should be to score high on the section that most relates to your field, and then work on the rest.

Why does GRE score percentile matter?

Percentile adds meaning to GRE scores. It provides a way for admission committees to evaluate your potential as well as how you measure up against other applicants.

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Antonyms Examples Preparing GRE Level - Easy

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(Level - Easy)

1)Fluctuation

A) Resolution
B) Stubbornness
c) Invariance
D) Dilution
E) Concentration

Fluctuation is change from one extreme to another i.e. variance
The opposite is "no variance".

A) Resolution - the act of solving or settling a problem, disagreement.
e.g.The government is pressing for an early resolution of the dispute

B) Stubbornness - Rigidness. Not to change opinion or attitude.
e.g.

C) Invariance - Resistant to variation, Resistant to fluctuation.

D) Dilution - Weakening

e) Concentration - Strengthening

The antonym of Fluctuation X Invariance
correct answer is choice (C).

2) Covert

A) Pernicious
B) Manifest
C) Overrated
D) Reckless
E) Jubilant

Covert is both adjective and noun. but looking at given choices here Covert is an adjective.
Meaning of Covert is decret/hidden/difficult to notice. One way to remember Covert is cover.
e.g. the covert military operations.

A) Pernicious - Extremely harmful, Baneful

B) Manifested - Open to view, Easy to See/Understand.
The anger he felt is manifest in his paintings.

C) Overrated - Estimates too high

D) Reckless - showing a lack of care about danger and the possible results of your actions
e.g. He is a reckless driver.

E) Jubilant - feeling or showing great happiness because of a success

So here the antonym of Covert X Manifest
choice (B) is the correct answer.
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Stratigies for Antonyms

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1) Antonyms are related generally to nouns, adjective and verbs.

2) Look at the word that is most nearly opposite to given word.

3) Try to define the word precisely.

4) Make up a sentence using the given word to help establish its meaning.

5) Look for possible second meaning of given word before choosing the answer.

6) Use prefiexs and suffixes to identify the word.

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Know The Shades Of Words

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In GRE, analogies is very difficult part. In analogies you have to find the relation between given two words and have to choose an answer with same relation from given five choices. Here is one idea is to know the shades of the words. The shades of the words categorized positive, neutral and negative. It can be explained neatly with following example.

Patriotic:Chauvinistic
a) impudent : intolerant
b) furtive : surreptitious
c) incisive : trenchant
d) receptive : gullible
e) verbose : prolix

The Patriotic - love country and Chauvinistic - love country
but the chauvinistic is extreme patriotic also called as jingoist so patriotic is a postitive word and chauvinistic is a negative word.
a) impudent -> disrespect | intolerant -> not willing to tolerate
as impudent and intolerant not related to each other at all.

b) furtive -> with quiet, caution and secrecy | surreptitious -> with quiet, caution and secrecy as both are neutral word.

c)incisive -> sharp | trenchant -> sharp as both are neutral word.

d)receptive -> who is open to argument, ideas and change. It is a positive word.
gullible -> who is easily tricked and too trusting. It is a negative word.

e) verbose -> containing too many words. | prolix -> tediously prolonged. Both are with same meaning but neutral words.

So the choice is d.

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2009-03-11T04:28:00.000-07:00

The GRE Computer Based Test(CBT) is also some times called as Computer Adaptive Test (CAT). GRE CBT works on 50 Percentile principle. It means that when first question appears in exam is a medium level question. If you answer the question correctly then the next question appeared is a hard level question. If you answer this question also then the harder question is appeared. But if you answered wrong , it would give you medium level question. In the first 5 to 6 questions , the computer understands the IQ of the examinee and then it keeps giving that level question. It is also said that as you going on appear harder questions, the score may be more.

GRE - Graduate Record Examination

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Graduate Record Examination

GRE is an examination designed to measure the verbal, quantitative and analytical writing skills.

GRE measures your skill that you have developed over a long period.

The GRE is available in two formats CBT ( Computer Based Test) and Paper Based.

A Computer Based GRE has the following pattern.

Section	Time (Minutes)	Description
	Variable	Tutorial – You must go through the tutorial
1	30	Verbal Ability 5-7 Sentence completion question 6-8 Analogy questions 8-10 Antonyms questions 6-10 Reading Comprehension Questions based on 2 to 4 passages
2	45	Quantitative Ability 14 Quantitative comparison questions 10 Discrete Quantitative Questions ( Multiple Choice Questions) 4 Data Interpretation Questions ( Tables/ Graphs)
10 Min Break
3	45 30	Analytical Writing I : Issue Task – 1 essay on an issue giving one’s perspective Analytical Writing II : Argument Task – 1 essay analyzing an argument
Total	150	2 hours and 30 Minutes