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As part of our series on tricky word pairs, this post will introduce 4 word pairs/groups that can be confusing and misleading. We will first go through each pair thoroughly to clarify their specific definitions and usage. At the end of the post, we will have a revision practice for you to test your knowledge. […]

As part of our series on commonly confused words, this post will introduce a group of similar sounding A words that tend to be mixed up. Let’s first take a quick glance at the 7 words in question: Abjure       Abdicate   Abhor         Abrogate       Adjudicate   […]

As part of our fun series on extreme words, this post will give you 12 difficult, obscure words to be matched to 12 sentences. At the end of the post, you will see the answers together with the definitions of the words. Have fun! Extreme words Mansuetude      Transpicuous      Hebetude       […]

As part of our fun series on extreme words, this post will give you 12 difficult, obscure words to be matched to 12 sentences. At the end of the post, you will see the answers together with the definitions of the words. Have fun! Extreme words Homiletic     Demiurge      Officinal Wend     Gravamen  […]

As part of our series on commonly confused words, this post will introduce some simple but tricky words that tend to appear in GRE papers. Let’s first take a quick glance at the 5 words in question: Ambiguous           Ambivalent            Equivocal             […]

Hard-level Reading Comprehension Questions (Part 1)Before we tackle a hard-level question, let’s recap the three key strategies for reading comprehension (RC) questions that we covered in the previous post. First, get the main idea of the passage by paying attention to the key phrases and topic sentences; read critically and annotate the passage even on […]

Before we tackle some hard-level questions, let’s recap the three key strategies for text completion (TC) questions that we covered in the previous post. First, get the gist of the passage by paying attention to the writer’s tone (approving or disapproving?) and following the development of the subject (what are the keywords?). Second, use simple […]

Before we tackle some hard-level questions, let’s recap the three key strategies for sentence equivalence (SE) questions that we covered in the previous post. First, understand the sentence structure by paying attention to conjunctions and keywords; these are very likely to steer the meaning of the missing word greatly. Second, know the definition criteria of […]