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Common GRE words with secondary meanings for GRE Preparation

Quite often on the GRE, you would encounter words, which have secondary meaning and you will not be in a position to guess them or predict their definition in your wildest of your dreams. So today, we at TCY have decided to bring to you some of those words and their secondary meanings, which occur on GRE quite frequently.

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Comb

Comb as a verb means to look for, or to search for.

The paramilitary forces combed the thick forest cover, to hunt down the terrorists who were believed to be operating from there.

Pedestrian

Pedestrian as an adjective means banal or lacking imagination or originality.

The pedestrian script of the movie robbed all the interest and excitement that was generates through the teasers.

Affected

Affected as an adjective means pretentious, i.e. speaking or behaving in an artificial way so as to impress (as tested in GRE).

His attempt to impress the interviewers with his affected accent did nothing but rob him of all the chances of getting selected.

Mushroom

Mushroom as a verb means to grow and spread fast.

Many after school training classes have mushroomed across the globe, but none of them have attained the stature and sophistication as they have done in South Korea.

Tender

Tender as a verb means to offer it up as in “to tender your resignation”

Telling

Telling as an adjective means something that is significant and stands out. Remember this word with this secondary meaning could be very frequent in the sentence equivalence questions.

Consequential

Consequential as an adjective means having too high an opinion of your own importance.

Ironically those CEO’s who preach and appear to be consequential, most often fail to deliver.

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The Structure of an Argument

Hello again,

Last time we summed up all the various assumptions and discussed how you can counter them. Now, let’s take a look the structure of an argument

An argument has two parts and these parts are the evidence and the conclusion.

Evidence is what we can describe as the underlying details. They give the basis for the argument. Take the argument below and see if you can figure out the evidence.

Martin is a high jumper and ever since he has been wearing his new cleats, he has been jumping even higher. Paul should purchase the same cleats so that he can compete with Martin.

So, what’s the evidence?

Here’s a hint; look at the facts. Evidence is always presented as facts. So, what are the facts presented?

Well, we can assume that Paul is a high jumper as well as Martin so one fact would be both these individuals are high jumpers. The second piece of evidence is Martin’s cleats. After that, there is no more evidence.

So, knowing the facts, we should be able to pinpoint the conclusion.

But wait! What is a conclusion? Well, you can think of the conclusion in these terms; prediction, claim, and anticipated/intended result. A conclusion will always be framed in such a way that it speaks of some type of claim, result or prediction.

With this in mind, I’m sure you’ll be able to spot the conclusion in the above article. If you were to say that it is Paul would be able to jump higher if he wore the same type of cleats, then you would be correct. Congratulations!

Sometimes the arguments presented in the AWA have conclusions which are difficult to ascertain. Also, they seem to make two conclusions, but there really is one. You have to look very carefully at the argument. If you are having difficulty understanding the argument, then identifying the conclusion would be the best strategy.

In our next issue, we’ll discuss how conclusions are presented in the AWA arguments. They are not always easy to spot.

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