[ankursanghi]

Originally Posted by sumit_3g

im new to this thread and hopefully with some new ideas too i think only better way to learn wordlist is to recognize it first so u should have a wide reading habits further u should write down the thesaurus or synonyms of a particular word u have come across and the synonyms should be those words which enrich ur word power further

for example take PERTURB its definition is unsettle or disturb and synonyms adjy, agitate, bewilder, bother, bug, confound, confuse, disarrange, discombobulate, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, flurry, fluster, get to, make waves, muddle, needle, perplex, pester, ruffle, stir up, vex.

hence in this way u can learn and recognize words easily no flash cards no rote just logic and simplicity . please do reply bout my idea

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Well, I tried this idea already once... this is a misleading idea... coz, CAT concentrates on nuances and usages rather than the broader meaning... even though one gets so many words from a thesaurus they have different nuances....

[joy_the_trekker]

I dont think mugging up is the best option. Familiarity is the key. If a word "sounds" familiar and looking at options u can choose what is correct. Obviously 4 closer meanings deeper shades of similar words have to be known. Mags like Frontline, Barrons GRE and anything up there to read under the sun (enabler to our goal?!) have to be read & new words to be imbibed. Thats the road to .........

[cat_queen]

i agree with joy . flash cards, sentence formation , mugging up , "soundness" of words, these can only help to a certain extent . for somebody who cant mug 3500 words nd doesnt hv the time left to form sentences , i think the method suggested by ventroloquist's iift friend is suitable option. remember fms,iift,xlri test vocab nd the minute nuances of their meanings also. u can confirm this with ne student of the above b schools.

[cat_set_go]

Originally Posted by amritarulz

i have read smwhr tat learning new words by making sentences also helps ....it could b worth s try

yeah amrita rightly read.....makin senteces definetly lets u remember the word than other mthds....i try to follow this mthd only...
keep posting new mthds guys....not much time left for cat..
happy learning..
Sourabh

[nakul05]

Originally Posted by vipin jindal here

time has given flash cards for vocb we can use that

thr is another one mahavir jain of ******** has a pretty decent way of getting words remember thru photogenic memory thr is a word in front of it is a picture i mean u can remember thru pictures
one of my pal who joine him gave me na eg to rremember OPULENCE thru opel that is rich ppl have opel opulence means richness
then thr is indigence thru indica pooor(not so rich) ppl have indica so indigence means poverty
thr is a material book on thi sone can get it photostated

this sounds really interesting, funny and quite effective. Is there some book regarding this in market..kindly elucidate.Can u share sucha kool stuff with pagals out here??

[prashant.kothari]

Hi all ,

It was really nice to see so amny suggestions for improving the vocabulary.
But I wud like to ask a question - is it really worthwhile to put painstaking efforts in improving vocabulry. I mean - how much weightage does vocabs carry in CAT.
And any one with decent enough reading habits can answer 60-75 % vocabs related question.
Since vocabs cannot be solver just by knowing the meanings. there are other techniques like elimination, usage etc.
Still can anyone just give me a good reason to put effort in building vocabs - so that I may prepare it for this CAT.

[zero_in_on_me]

yeah .... i know abt mahavir jain . its in north campus . right nxt 2 IMS ........ there r 2 courses there .... SPICE and non-spice ........... in spice course he teaches u 5 letters .... s,p,i,c,e ,.......... dats y its called spice ........ n the other one contains d rest of d letters ... u can find d ads in d 2nd or 3rd page or newspapers quite regularly ........... chrges ... 4000 for each course ......... i hv heared he is pretty gud

[rohuu]

Hi guys,

Well i m also on the same boat...trying to have a command on the barron's wordlist.right now i m doin it in a pretty simple manner and my methodology is to go thru any one list 2-3 times and try to get accostomed with the words.i m not putting lots of effort to mug up all the words..just trying to get familiarized with them.
i m trying to put some time daily for this exercise..
hope it works...
what do u guys say??

ciao

[ankursanghi]

Hey guys,

I have an idea!! Lets start a Complete-the-story thread, where each member would be obliged to use at least 2 uncommon words in their contribution to the story.

Let me start with the following:

While the populace was sleeping in the village, the animals in the thick forests of Sundarban were warming up for their daily hunt. Mowgli, woke up with a yawn. He cleared the gossamer that spiders had spun around him. He checked his forearm lacerated by his own "panja" boomerang. Suddenly, he heard....

Gossamer: Cobweb
Lacerate: to cut or gash the skin so that the wound is deep with irregular edges

A few rules to abide by(to make it easier)
1. Please do put the addendum number in the title of the post. Makes it easier for others to follow
2. Please make sure to add the words and their meanings
3. If someone has to make a correction about the usage of the word, please mark it in the title as Correction <post number>
4. Rules are to be broken but lets make it easy for the group to follow.