Tham khảo tài liệu 'gre verbal section 3', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Word Games for Fun and Success As you learn new words 1. See what kinds of outrageous contexts you can find in which to use your new words. Amaze your friends and confound your coworkers. 2. Find a buddy with whom you can play word games. Try to stump each other. 3. Learn vocabulary through associations. Use a thesaurus to look up synonyms for your new word. If your thesaurus has antonyms you can then look up the antonyms then the synonyms for each antonym and so on. See how long you can keep expanding the web of synonyms and antonyms by picking words with slightly different shades of meaning. Draw the synonym antonym web and post it where you can see it. go off in your head when you see a synonym as one of your answer choices in an antonym question and then toss out that choice. It will never be the correct answer to an antonym question. It is also important to remember that many words do not have a diametrically opposed antonym. You must then choose the word or phrase that is most nearly opposite the stem word. The words in the antonym questions will most often represent concepts. You are looking then for the concept among the answer choices that most nearly opposes the concept of the stem word. Eliminate and Create Context Don t forget your trustworthy testing friend elimination. To begin you can eliminate any answers that do not have opposites. If an answer doesn t have an opposite it doesn t have an antonym and so cannot be the correct choice. In many cases you will be able to eliminate two incorrect answer choices leaving you with two seemingly correct answers. When that happens you must try to more precisely define the stem word. Try to remember the contexts in which you have seen this word. How is it used in a sentence Try writing a sentence using the word. Now substitute the answer choices in place of the stem word. Which answer word or phrase does the best job of changing the meaning of the sentence into its direct opposite That will be the correct .
