Kaplan GRE Exam Vocabulary in a Box
by Kaplan
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Book Reviews of Kaplan GRE Exam Vocabulary in a Box
Book Review: Goes great with the book!
Summary: 5 Stars
Kaplan GRE Exam 2010-2011 Premier with CD-ROM (Kaplan GRE Premier Program (W/CD)) With this book and these cards you are on the road to passing the GRE in no time. This is no perfect solution though, studying hard and practice will be what makes you succeed. These products are just helpful in getting an upper hand on the exam and gaining a bit more extra knowledge of what is to be expected. Some say these are not perfect and a waste, but trust me they will be of help and even if you do not see these words on the exam at least you have more knowledge than others. I thought they helped out a lot and I passed them on to my other friends and they love them.Book Review: Worthy product
Summary: 3 Stars
It's a great idea, the product truely does encompass vocabulary that you will see on the GRE. What I did not like about the cards were that due to how thin the paper that was used to print the words on, they would stick together. Often times, I would pull a stack of cards out and start studying only to find that the word I thought I was learning was actually the meaning to another word, since the card was stuck to one another. I did enjoy the size of the cards, I would keep them in my truck and on my lunch break, or at times when I was parked in my vehicle I could easily access them to study. There are so many words to learn, and this alongside some other learning materials will help you score higher on the GRE. No doubt about it. Good luck.Book Review: Disappointing
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought a variety of GRE study materials, and the Kaplan cards were my least favorite. The words are good, but all that is provided is a simple definition. The Barron's flashcards have definitions, antonyms, a sample sentence completion and a sample analogy. The Kaplan cards were far more simple, which some people might prefer. I happen to prefer more thorough cards, so I was disappointed with these. The cards themselves are very small (roughly the size of the Chance and Community Chest cards in Monopoly) and are very, very thin. I guess some people might like how small they are, but I would have preferred something sturdier. Overall, there were too many deficiencies for these cards to be useful to me and I would not recommend them.Book Review: Great way to reinfoce all those annoying words!!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
Welcome to the part of the English language that you will never use!
The flash cards helped in preparation for the GRE. I do not agree with the GRE being as vocabulary-intensive as it is -- I would prefer that it would focus on cogent communication skills as opposed to bombastic vocabulary that only GRE test writers use in everyday communication. Anyway, I digress.
These helped in conjunction with other study skills. I also acquired the Kaplan test prep book and the "Cracking the GRE" test prep book.
They also have a high resale value! I was able to post them at auction after the test and almost recovered the full value!
Book Review: Great for Vocab building
Summary: 5 Stars
If you really dedicate yourself to learning all of the flashcards, you will do extremely well on the verbal section of the GRE. Although I will never use these words in every day conversation in fear of looking like a pedantic twit (oh! I got to use one!), these cards were an essential tool in my GRE study box. I knew every word on the verbal section and was rewarded by scoring a 97th percentile on the section. Of course, be prepared to spend long hours memorizing blocks of cards only to forget them and relearn them later. This is a better, more efficient option than making your own cards, since there is no way you are going to make 1000+ cards by hand.