[cat_queen]

hi friends,
this is my first post at pg ! i started with my cat prep in jan but till now i hvnt made ne progres with vocab. i hope there wud b other pgites with similar dilemma . i suggest that we make a group where we discuss vocab related stuff nd if possible arrange once in a month kind of a meetin of delhi pgites. lets keep ideas comin.

bye.

[fruskee]

Please go to Search> Advanced search> Search in Titles only> Type Vocab> then search!

Go thro' the following threads about vocab improving:
http://www.pagalguy.com/cat/showthre...ighlight=vocab
http://www.pagalguy.com/cat/showthre...ighlight=vocab

Similarly use search for Delhi PGites thread and post there...


Welcome to PG!

[avikshit]

Originally Posted by cat_queen

hi friends,
this is my first post at pg !:smile: i started with my cat prep in jan but till now i hvnt made ne progres with vocab. i hope there wud b other pgites with similar dilemma . i suggest that we make a group where we discuss vocab related stuff nd if possible arrange once in a month kind of a meetin of delhi pgites. lets keep ideas comin.

bye.

forming a group is a great idea but vocab is more about a paradigm shift of one's attitude. Instead of being not curious about words we need to cultivate an attitude where the moment we meet a new word we have an itch to know the meaning hidden behind.

a word is nothing but a sound that we produce that carries an idea or a picture with itself. si getting exposed to more ideas too would help.

to make anything permanent/life long we need enjoy the activity. so stay disciplined, set targets in terms of number of words/day but let the target not be a religious limit.

Be happy and enthusiastic about this beautiful journey towards the land of words:smile: . and a vocab club with once in a month meetings may not be very useful for vocab per se, but yes it might keep u on the right track. do a cost-benefit analysis and see. it may not be worth it.

[CAT2k5]

hi junta
its a nice idea to form a vocab club...like to have more discussion on this
1st of all wat r d thng required for vocab building
1. be serious n alocate time from ur daily routine for vocab building
2. try to add atlist 10 new words in ur kitty daily
3. read a lot of diverse topics to revise n use those words.
4. periodical revision
5. be consistent abt 2., 3., 4.

vocab is very much importent in CAT bcaz it's helps in RC n oth sections...


Somz....
:grab:

[thief]

Well I believe the BEST way one can go about improving is by Reading... but then I believe another good way to upgrade one's vocab is trying out:"Norman Lewis - Word Power made easy" book.

cheerz

thief

[cat_queen]

thanxx a lot for suggestions friends. well, i do knw tat reading ,norman lewis,newspapers etc r a gud way of improving vocab but i think thats not sufficient for xam's like iift,xlri,fms which test vocab of a different level altogether than cat. from my xperiences nd interactions with students of these above mentioned b schools ,i found one thing in common , they all had a complete command over barron's word list.( how they do it is a mystery for me !) nd many of them told me tat it was the single most differentiating factor of their gettin a call. newspapers nd reading wud surely spruce up our vocab but it wud take a lot of time which ppl prep for cat 2006 dont have. tat's y i suggested formin a club so tat v really go gung ho abt slayin this many worded monster tat is vocab . more suggestions r welcome.

[srikrishnan]

Originally Posted by cat_queen

thanxx a lot for suggestions friends. well, i do knw tat reading ,norman lewis,newspapers etc r a gud way of improving vocab but i think thats not sufficient for xam's like iift,xlri,fms which test vocab of a different level altogether than cat. from my xperiences nd interactions with students of these above mentioned b schools ,i found one thing in common , they all had a complete command over barron's word list.( how they do it is a mystery for me !) nd many of them told me tat it was the single most differentiating factor of their gettin a call. newspapers nd reading wud surely spruce up our vocab but it wud take a lot of time which ppl prep for cat 2006 dont have. tat's y i suggested formin a club so tat v really go gung ho abt slayin this many worded monster tat is vocab . more suggestions r welcome.

well, there are lots of interactive softwares available online that help in vocab building. Actually i too hate the english thing of CAT. But i better start liking it from now. Also Flash Cards are an interesting way of learning High Freq Words of Barrons. But the rest i think will just have to be mugged out. ofcourse it is easier said thn done. but who said getting into IIM was easy. But i guess there are the sort of things we have to learn to do to make it to our dream insti -IIM

[srikrishnan]

anyone else got better ideas?

[ventriloquist]

i do agree with all ,that newspapers and reading are the best way to approach vocab, but i also do agree that this way it wud take a lot of time.

regarding the club thing , i already am a member of such a club where a few del pg'ites are helped by an IIFTian who has a very novel way of making learn new words easy for us. nebody else is welcome to join .

adios.

[heartthrob_81]

Originally Posted by cat_queen

thanxx a lot for suggestions friends. well, i do knw tat reading ,norman lewis,newspapers etc r a gud way of improving vocab but i think thats not sufficient for xam's like iift,xlri,fms which test vocab of a different level altogether than cat. from my xperiences nd interactions with students of these above mentioned b schools ,i found one thing in common , they all had a complete command over barron's word list.( how they do it is a mystery for me !) nd many of them told me tat it was the single most differentiating factor of their gettin a call. newspapers nd reading wud surely spruce up our vocab but it wud take a lot of time which ppl prep for cat 2006 dont have. tat's y i suggested formin a club so tat v really go gung ho abt slayin this many worded monster tat is vocab . more suggestions r welcome.

hi there... this is rahull... whts ur name?? i hv give cat and now bout to join any of gud colleges. i got 97 percentile in english (90 overall) .. but let me tell u ppl there is nothing sureshot thing for vocab builiding... just read novels and english stuff as much as possilbe.. and the vocab guide given by ur inst like CL TIME PT IMS are enough... my yahoochat id is heartthrob_81 and mail-sherlock_jain@yahoo.co.in.. do reply bye