Here are some preparation strategies which proved its efficacy. First matter to be pondered is that which is the best material for the GRE? All forums and sites points with equal vigor to the mighty Barrons. There can be some fact if everyone ranks a book to the top. Yes, of course there is some truth in it. Next thing to be checked is whether this single book is just enough or not. It's not. Barrons is the best book for succesful outcome in GRE. If you can cover the whole words in Barrons, the job is almost complete say, about 60 %. Dont have a wrong feeling that it is all over by mugging all the words in Barrons. it is not an assurance but it is the required base. There are many other books too available in market like Kaplans wordlist, nova and blah blah blah.
As you know there are four subdivisions in the verbal section viz analogies, antonyms, sentence completion(SC) and reading comprehension (RC). The former two can be mastered for granted if you cover all the words in Barrons but the latter two needs word-knowledge as a base but experience in english as the leonine factor.
Assume the case of a beginner to GRE preparation. He will find RC and SC easier to tackle if he is used to reading english newspapers, novels, magazines, periodicals etc. Once he completes the wordlists, the job will be almost done. Now consider the case of a person not used to these stuffs and with a scarce vocabulary too. The thumb rule for him is to start from the plinth level itself, if you are so determined. He need to study at least half the words first, therby enriching his vocabulary. It is also assumed that he starts reading newspaper and periodicals atleast during the preparation. The rest half can be tackled once you attain some confidence after taking a diagnostic test. Such candidates find the antonyms and analogies easier to manage. If you can discover your strong area within the options you better sharpen those and then try to overcome the hurdles in your weak section.
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