GRE Flash Cards
I have been working on the GRE examp preparation for few months now, and one of the hardest part of all this preparation was toiling through more than 3700 words list and remembering their description and ideally an example on how to best use each word too.
Soon tired of looking through meaning of all these words online (you can’t sit in front of your computer all day), I decided to build my GRE Flash cards. While there are many online, pre-printed and printable solutions available (just try searching for the “GRE Flash Cards”), I was not able to find which matched my requirements perfectly.
When its come to already printed flash cards, I think one of the most reputed are the Barron’s New GRE Flash Cards, but unfortunately, these were not available in my locality. So tired of finding the correct option, and in true spirit of software developer, I decided to create my own. I got the words list from a friend which was in a simple text file. I loaded this into a new 4D Database, and then with just one or two hours of effort, I had some nice and simple flash cards which can be printed on the A4 page. There were actually two reports, one had only the Words (front of a page), and the other had the corresponding definitions (back of the flash card). So these two can be printed on front and back of A4 page so that you can flip the card in hand to quickly look for its definition.
These printed flash cards have helped me a lot in my preparation, so I thought to share these with you all too. Here is how these two reports looks like:
And you can download these two PDF files (word and definition) from following links:
Words List (PDF)
Definition List (PDF)
I hope you find these handy.
PS: I also ended up creating a simple GRE Vocabulary application which has built in quizzes and study screens. Unfortunately, I can’t make an executable of this, so this requires 4D Standalone Application. If any of you are interested in that, please let me know and I can then upload it some where too.
Tags: Flash Cards, GRE, GRE Words
Hi,
This site http://word-in-sentence.com has vocabulary sentences for a large number of words you listed.
Really helps cement the word’s meaning – at least, it helps me!
Studying your GRE vocabulary with flashcards isn’t always the fastest way in learning new words. My site uses sentence examples for difficult vocabulary terms. Click my name to have a look at it, and you’ll understand the meaning of words much faster than ever before.
James,
My GRE Vocabulary Cards also has the sentence/example at the back, so these are not that bad. But I have quickly checked your website too, and loved the affluence of examples you have. Great work and good luck with your site.
good work
Thanks for sharing the flashcard files. I have created a website GRE Vocabulary to help you decrease your GRE vocabulary learning time. It learns your strengths and weaknesses and over time, asks you more questions from your weaknesses.
Thank you for sharing your info. I truly appreciate your efforts and
I am waiting for your further write ups thank you once again.