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Hi AtifS,

If Vocab is distasteful to you, Kaplan's materials can help. One of our best features are our word categories, allowing your to learn dozens of words in one fell swoop. The GRE will never ask you for the difference between genial, sociable, and gregarious; neither will you need to know the difference between acrimonious, uncongenial, and misanthropic. Any of the former could be an antonym to any of the latter, because all of the former roughly mean 'friendly' and all of the latter roughly 'unfriendly.' Thus, rather than rely on individual definitions (though we offer those too!), we include them on our "Friendly/unfriendly" list. Leaning words by 'respectful/disrespectful', 'good/evil', 'changing/stable,' and so on, can help you keep track of a much larger pool of vocabulary than just trying to memorize a pile of definitions!
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What Eli says is true. Word groups may be helpful for some people, although for me personally they didn't work as well as truly understanding the meaning of individual words. GRE can definitely test infrequently-used alternate definitions and the analogies can get tricky in terms of the relationships between the words. Kaplan will also try to help you understand a word's "charge" (i.e. its connotation, whether positive or negative) and introduce you to the most common stems and affixes. However, to be fair, Princeton Review does the same and I didn't notice any significant difference in this content between the standard TPR book and the standard Kaplan book. Kaplan's flash cards were a step above, however, and their live classes, if you were going to spring for them, are superior. Lastly, Kaplan, in my experience, tests at a higher level than TPR on CATs. I believe this holds true for both GRE and GMAT CATs. So if you're looking to challenge yourself and "over-perform" on test day, buy some Kaplan CATs.
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I think I am going for Kaplan Flashcards and also will get Kaplan Premier for GRE and also will get Cracking the GRE. I think Kaplan is really good at tackling problems (good strategies) but have to get a firm grasp on content and content wise Barron's has all the topics covered? kaplan CATs would be a nice practice material to get ready for difficult questions.
@Eli, thank you for suggestion and explanation. By word groups you mean root words?
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@Eli, thank you for suggestion and explanation. By word groups you mean root words?


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Got it, thanks for a quick response.
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Here in Pakistan TPR offers prep course of 8 weeks (36 hours) worth of 20000 Rupee=250$. I can do kaplan CATs & flashcards on my own and join TPR for preparation. What do you guys suggest?? Also, USEFP (United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan) offers GRE prep worth of 18000 Rupee=225$, also USEFP is the one which provides Fullbrigh scholarship to study in USA and then after studies come to your home country and serve for a duration same as you studied in USA and also share USA experience. Test center is also at USEFP.
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Thanks for the debrief ..
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In case you are starting GRE vocabulory, start with "Word power made easy" by Norman Lewis. It builds a good foundation in etymology and makes grasping words easier and interesting.
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I think follow books' instruction is good, however we should think about smth different, you guys should ask other candidate's experience
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You can refer Barron's as well...
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