Adele D Same! When I read the sentence I understand what it means and im even able to put my own word in place of the blank but the thing thats killing me is once I look at the multiple choice answers idk what many of them mean... same for sentence equivalence section *sigh
It pisses me off that they derived histrionic from hysteria, yet they changed the y to an i, making is resemble history more than hysteria. I swear some English adaptations were derived by absolute imbeciles. Hystrionics, hysteria, hysterical, all synonymous. Blais M.A.; Hilsenroth M.; Fowler C. (1998). "Rorschach correlates of the DSM-IV histrionic personality disorder". Journal of Personality Assessment. 70 (2): 355-365. doi:10.1207/s15327752jpa7002_12.
Great video! It would help if you rushed through clearing vocab that we know are not correct, and then the rest of the video focusing on analyzing the possible answers.
it is really annoying that u don't actually get to cross out the words on the actual test, so i always have to note them out on paper which takes time looking back and forth between two things. GRE better be a paper-based test
Nhat Hoang Yeah I 100% agree. Same for the GMAT. You have so little time per question and I’m forced to rewrite details since it’s not directly in front of my scratch paper. It’s killer if you don’t have the best memory for short term reading. For me the added problem is that the displays they use are garbage. I have sensitive eyes. At work I only use high res display because I get easy eye strain from low pixel count monitors. To aggregate even further, they use widescreen displays with material originally presented in portrait so they literally stretch the text across the screen. Very hard to read and I get eye pain pretty quickly when taking these tests.
If you are stuck with two words you don't know you will have to guess. That's a hard position to be in, but guessing wrong will not hurt your score on the GRE.
I've asked chatGPT about why not E (official) because officials always lie and give false information, and it says "An "official" is simply someone in a position of authority within an organization or government, and their communication may include both truthful and false statements." haha I'm not sure. I would have chosen official and it's a wrong answer, unfortunately.
We have to follow the clues in the sentence here and in every TC question. The main clues are that the sentence is describing someone who can LIE in a CALM way. By definition, this most closely fits with "dissembler," so that's why it's the right choice. The definition of "official" does not have anything to do with lying or being calm. So, even though we may make our own associations with a word and be able to justify it, just remember to consider the actual definition.
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Totally agree on tone. I managed a 340 on the gre and give some sentence equivalence tips on my channel.
I’m glad Steve-o got his act together and started tutoring. Good for him!
I've heard of Histrionic Personality Disorder... so that actually helped me know the final one.
like wise in my case i'd gone through it from Magoosh Vocab Builder app. quite fortuitous.
My mother language is not English, so that's tough for me. But I've never imagined that native speakers also have so much unknown vocabularies. LOL
My problem for all situations like this one is that I get the sentence but not the answers
Adele D Same! When I read the sentence I understand what it means and im even able to put my own word in place of the blank but the thing thats killing me is once I look at the multiple choice answers idk what many of them mean... same for sentence equivalence section *sigh
Exactly
Great analysis! It would be helpful if the words you write are printed instead of writing in cursive.
I tried to wipe the dot off my screen.
Wow, the second question is very tough. Prevaricate and histrionics have a slightly similar meaning.
This was great! Thank you
It pisses me off that they derived histrionic from hysteria, yet they changed the y to an i, making is resemble history more than hysteria. I swear some English adaptations were derived by absolute imbeciles. Hystrionics, hysteria, hysterical, all synonymous.
Blais M.A.; Hilsenroth M.; Fowler C. (1998). "Rorschach correlates of the DSM-IV histrionic personality disorder". Journal of Personality Assessment. 70 (2): 355-365. doi:10.1207/s15327752jpa7002_12.
Great video! It would help if you rushed through clearing vocab that we know are not correct, and then the rest of the video focusing on analyzing the possible answers.
Thanks for the break-down analysis. Makes a big difference in attempting pool of tough questions..!! :)
Officials lie all the time here. This question was tricky.
yeah man, never thought a 5yr old comment will get the same idea as me
@@ddjohnson9717 same never thought 2 different people will have the same thoughts as me.
Why in the earth GRE verbal tests for the word that is never heard, uncommon, and that will be never in the future?
it is really annoying that u don't actually get to cross out the words on the actual test, so i always have to note them out on paper which takes time looking back and forth between two things. GRE better be a paper-based test
T.T could you help me out w math? as if you are in saigon :))
Nhat Hoang Yeah I 100% agree. Same for the GMAT. You have so little time per question and I’m forced to rewrite details since it’s not directly in front of my scratch paper. It’s killer if you don’t have the best memory for short term reading.
For me the added problem is that the displays they use are garbage. I have sensitive eyes. At work I only use high res display because I get easy eye strain from low pixel count monitors. To aggregate even further, they use widescreen displays with material originally presented in portrait so they literally stretch the text across the screen. Very hard to read and I get eye pain pretty quickly when taking these tests.
Nice. Quite helpful
good it helps a lot
Thankyouuu
That's a strong assumption.
Good video
Hey what would be a good book or something to study for the gre
Hi Afshin! Here's a link to our book recommendations:
magoosh.com/gre/2018/best-gre-books/
Word power made easy by norman lewis
Magoosh GRE flashcards are the best
nice analysis
So what to do when you are struck extremely hard with 2 words of no idea.. that is the toughest position..
If you are stuck with two words you don't know you will have to guess. That's a hard position to be in, but guessing wrong will not hurt your score on the GRE.
Why prevarication was not the answer?
It's pretty obvious. There's nothing given about lying. There's pleading, gestures and fake crying, but no lying. Prevarication = lying does not fit
An official could be a politician.
i read the meaning of Hackneyed : Not original, So I would have selected it as an option.
Hysteria
I've asked chatGPT about why not E (official) because officials always lie and give false information, and it says "An "official" is simply someone in a position of authority within an organization or government, and their communication may include both truthful and false statements." haha I'm not sure.
I would have chosen official and it's a wrong answer, unfortunately.
We have to follow the clues in the sentence here and in every TC question. The main clues are that the sentence is describing someone who can LIE in a CALM way. By definition, this most closely fits with "dissembler," so that's why it's the right choice. The definition of "official" does not have anything to do with lying or being calm. So, even though we may make our own associations with a word and be able to justify it, just remember to consider the actual definition.
Dude wat language u r speaking,😂😂
This is a rare form of an ancient language called GRE-nglish.
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