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Mnemonic Words for Remembering GRE Vocabulary
Believe it or not the mnemonic technique used in this book is possibly the most simple and powerful in remembering the meaning of difficult words. Here's how it works: Take the word ABUT, which means to lie adjacent to another or share a boundary. All you need to do is to use the mnemonic link words provided by the book to form a sentence or phrase to remember it. We have the following as the first example: ABUT - (v.) to lie adjacent to another or share a boundary ABUT = A Border Unites Turkey. The first letters of the above sentence match each letter of ABUT. You don't need to be genius to work out how effective this is. What you need is some more examples: IMP - (n.) (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous (n.) one who is playfully mischievous IMP = Infant Must Play HIVE - (n.) a teeming multitude (n.) a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees (n.) a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees HIVE = Honey Is Very Expensive Rouge - (n.) makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks (v.) redden by applying rouge to ROUGE = Red Onions Usually Get Eaten PAUCITY - (n.) an insufficient quantity or number PAUCITY = Poor And Ugly CITY Check out the book and you will have more surprise. The author's other publication can be found on http: //wordnet.princeton.edu/wordnet/related-projects/
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Mnemonic Words for Remembering GRE Vocabulary
Believe it or not the mnemonic technique used in this book is possibly the most simple and powerful in remembering the meaning of difficult words. Here's how it works: Take the word ABUT, which means to lie adjacent to another or share a boundary. All you need to do is to use the mnemonic link words provided by the book to form a sentence or phrase to remember it. We have the following as the first example: ABUT - (v.) to lie adjacent to another or share a boundary ABUT = A Border Unites Turkey. The first letters of the above sentence match each letter of ABUT. You don't need to be genius to work out how effective this is. What you need is some more examples: IMP - (n.) (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous (n.) one who is playfully mischievous IMP = Infant Must Play HIVE - (n.) a teeming multitude (n.) a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees (n.) a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees HIVE = Honey Is Very Expensive Rouge - (n.) makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks (v.) redden by applying rouge to ROUGE = Red Onions Usually Get Eaten PAUCITY - (n.) an insufficient quantity or number PAUCITY = Poor And Ugly CITY Check out the book and you will have more surprise. The author's other publication can be found on http: //wordnet.princeton.edu/wordnet/related-projects/
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Mnemonic Words for Remembering GRE Vocabulary

Mnemonic Words for Remembering GRE Vocabulary

by Xuhua Chen
Mnemonic Words for Remembering GRE Vocabulary

Mnemonic Words for Remembering GRE Vocabulary

by Xuhua Chen

Overview

Believe it or not the mnemonic technique used in this book is possibly the most simple and powerful in remembering the meaning of difficult words. Here's how it works: Take the word ABUT, which means to lie adjacent to another or share a boundary. All you need to do is to use the mnemonic link words provided by the book to form a sentence or phrase to remember it. We have the following as the first example: ABUT - (v.) to lie adjacent to another or share a boundary ABUT = A Border Unites Turkey. The first letters of the above sentence match each letter of ABUT. You don't need to be genius to work out how effective this is. What you need is some more examples: IMP - (n.) (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous (n.) one who is playfully mischievous IMP = Infant Must Play HIVE - (n.) a teeming multitude (n.) a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees (n.) a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees HIVE = Honey Is Very Expensive Rouge - (n.) makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks (v.) redden by applying rouge to ROUGE = Red Onions Usually Get Eaten PAUCITY - (n.) an insufficient quantity or number PAUCITY = Poor And Ugly CITY Check out the book and you will have more surprise. The author's other publication can be found on http: //wordnet.princeton.edu/wordnet/related-projects/

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781479328635
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 09/16/2012
Pages: 556
Sales rank: 891,974
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.13(d)
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