500 Essential Words: GRE Vocabulary Flash Cards

Well, first of all the 5 stars because no other product I know is designed so sensibly. The flashcard for each word contains not only the definition, pronunciation and awesome usage examples, but also related words like (adhere, cohere) and (abstain, forbear, temperance..). Although I had come across these words in some other prep materials as well, the logical grouping of related words makes it easier to remember and understand them all. The cards are of good quality as well (should be at this price!). I would recommend these flash cards to anyone looking for GRE vocab prep material, especially to those relying solely on self-preparation (like me).

I was truly impressed with the card quality. Its a very useful stuff and articulate perfect information for every individual word. Though the delivery was a bit slow still received it in very good packaging.

Good ...It helps to revise

The quality is excellent and each card has detailed description of the word. Comes with a ring which you can use to carry the cards. Although 500 words are not sufficient for GRE.

The most uptodate range of flashcards available ; it systematically prepares u for the revised GRE examination . I was surprised to find that most of the words in my GRE examination were from this series. Cheers !!!!!!

I received the box damaged and so were some of the cards slightly damaged. Apart from that, the cards are very useful and contain good enough information to help you memorize them. Though, you have to carefully handle them since they aren't very sturdy for frequent usage. Deducting 2 stars due to the condition of the product.

A very good product. A single flashcard contain 4-5 of similar roots. There are also antonymous for some words.

Best flash cards available

These are by far the best way for me to learn new vocabulary. I looked at all kinds of different GRE vocab media, including flash card and activity apps, website vocab learning quizzes, and different books which took an incredible variety of approaches, including dictionary-like, thesaurus-like, grouping words by category, and activities getting you to absorb the meaning from context clues. In the end, I got this and the 500 Advanced Words sets because they had everything the books had in an easy-to-sort format. The first thing I did was start yanking out chunks of cards and separating them into three categories: Known, Review, and Study. The Known pile includes cards I don't have to look at again, but serve as a reminder of how much I already know! The Review pile includes cards that had a definition or partial definition I wasn't familiar with, but, for the most part, I knew the word. The Study pile was the scary pile of words I didn't know. Once I got over my fear of the size of the Study pile, I started pulling them out of the pile in groups, reviewing them from the front and the back, and taking advantage of their reminders, helpful hints, synonyms, and root words (all listed conveniently on the back). When I hit a rut in my focus, I began turning the cards into crossword puzzles using online crossword puzzle generators. And once I started being able to see my progress, which the cards make uniquely possible (i.e., my new fourth pile, "Learned" was getting bigger and bigger and eventually was bigger than the "Study" pile), I felt even more encouraged to tackle more of them. Someone told me before I started that you can't really learn vocabulary for the GRE. You either know it or you don't. Yeah, I'm here to tell you that's 100% incorrect. I can't believe how many new words I've learned! And I've got these cards to thank for it. I definitely recommend making the piles I talked about if you tend to get discouraged or anxious...it's a constant visual reminder of exactly where you are and how far you've come. (It does take a while to separate them, but it's worth it.) In short, I highly recommend getting these and the 500 Advanced Words sets in printed (vs. digital) format so that you can sort them. The cards are high quality with great example sentences, comparisons, synonyms, roots, and even silly hints that can help you remember complicated words. Separate out the words you know (go you!), then learn the ones you don't! Study on! We can do it!

Son palabras sensillas, pero te puede servir para repasar.

J'ai passé le GRE deux fois et ai obtenu la note de 158 puis 163 en Verbal grâce aux livres de Manhattan Prep. J'avais une connaissance assez lacunaire des 1000 mots de ce jeu et du set avancé la première fois que je l'ai passé et ai fait de nombreuses fautes. Après un second apprentissage de ces mots et maitrisant bien les 1000 j'ai pu faire seulement 4 erreurs sur 20 lors du test assurant un score dans le 92ème percentile. Ces cartes sont faciles à apprendre et de bonne qualité fournissant notamment de nombreux exemples qui permettent de retenir le "vocabulary in context". Par contre, il est essentiel d'appliquer les bonnes méthodes lors de l'apprentissage (ie ne pas les lire en série et essayer de les retenir), et de connaître quelques stratégies pour la résolution des "sentence completions" et "equivalences". En conclusion, je recommande fortement ces cartes mais à conditions de les coupler avec de nombreux practice tests et autres ressources d'entraînement !

Very good.

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