Lately I've been studying for my GRE (Graduate Record Exam).. can I just say, this stuff is soooo BORING! I mean if I have to read another Reading Comprehension question on lighthouses or life on Mars I may just have to pull my hair out (I read that the test-makers purposely pick the most boring, mundane passages for these tests). Ugh.. And analogies are the worst! Analogies are there to do nothing more than lower one's confidence, I'm pretty sure. Here is one analogy I got wrong while practicing:
Legerdemain : Magician
a. rhetoric : orator
b. baggage : immigrant
c. justice : lawyer
d. map : cartographer
e. tractor : farmer
Personally, I didn't know what Legerdemain even meant, hence my getting it wrong... but the traps! Why do they have to give you options in these tests that are admittedly traps?!
Anyways, I should get back to studying, I'm on to the "Quantitative" section. I found this cute cartoon, it's pretty much in sync with how I am feeling about this test right now.
BTW the answer above was A.
1 comment:
UGH! Analogies are THE worst...I don't know why those standardized tests put people through the pain of analogies. I say boycott that part of the exam...ha! ;) Hope the studying is going well!
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