Lesson: General Strategy - Part I

Comment on General Strategy - Part I

How should a approach a question if i don't know the meaning of any of the given words? What is the best way to learn/memorize vocab for these questions?
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If you don't know the meaning of ANY of the answer choices, you might as well enter a guess and move on to the next question.

When it comes to learning new words, the key to deep retention is to fully engage with each word. For example, try to think of 3 synonyms and 3 antonyms for that word. Say the word aloud. Create a sentence using the word. Imagine or even draw a scene that depicts the word's meaning. Look for root words and prefixes and suffixes. And so on. Engage, engage, engage.

For more on this, watch the following video: https://www.greenlighttestprep.com/module/gre-sentence-equivalence/video...

When the word *structured* changes to *physically challenging* then large and big should be the answer..

Why u choose word unhealthy?
greenlight-admin's picture

If a task is physically challenging, it means that one must have great physical capacity to complete the task.

So, what does it say about Bubbles if Bubbles is unable to complete the task?

It means that Bubbles does NOT have great physical capacity.

So, we're looking for a word that is synonymous with NOT having great physical capacity.

LARGE and BIG don't fit. A person (or dog) can be BIG/LARGE and still have great physical capacity

Conversely, someone who is UNHEALTHY does not have great physical capacity.

Does that help?

Cheers,
Brent

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