Flashcards for verbal??!?!

[spongebob28]

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Hi everyone,

The verbal section seems to be the hardest one for me. Does anyone know if there are flashcards for the vocabulary that can be used?!?!?!
and any other tips to help get a good score on the verbal??!@?@

Thank youuu =)

 

[Give me vicodin]

The Dictionary



...Just Kidding. I dont think anything like that exists, my professor did give me a list of 50 words most likely to pop up on tests though. im sure its on the internet somewhere.

 

[BoxtaDoc]

Not that I know of. The verbal section isn't really about vocabulary in my opinion. It's more about understanding. Practice ALOT! Do all the AAMC verbal sections and the Examkrackers 101 Verbal passages book. That should help your score

 

[StayingSteady]

This ain't the SAT bro. No more childsplay

 

[DrDre2001]

You dont really need vocab for mcat verbal reasoning.

The best way to get better at verbal reasoning is just doing practice tests and just going over what you got wrong, and what you missed the first time you read the passage.

 

[htcstd]

I prepared myself with a list of vocabs that I encountered in practice tests. None of them appeared in the actual MCAT. So I doubt whether this works or not. However, memorizing some of the 'tone vocabs' would be helpful for getting the maining idea of the passages.

 

[fabulous20]

i have never heard of flash cards for the VR section on the mcat. however, you can make some for yourself. i know i am writing some notes for myself on how to do well on the verbal section (strategies and such). i must say though, i am doing this AFTER i have done TONS of passages first with the EK book.

anyway, while writing notes to yourself on how to conquer the verbal beast, you will realize verbal doesn't have to be your worst nightmare. it's actually kind of (dare i say) doable. you gotta embrace verbal, have patience with it, love it.


seriously.

 

[SN2ed]

Flashcards will not help you in verbal. There is no set knowledge that is needed or helpful, unless you count knowledge of various verbal techniques. Verbal is focused on analyzing the passage in front of you quickly and accurately. You can't use flashcards to help you in either area. For instance, let's say you make a flashcard with a practice passage and try to glean the main idea as fast as possible. The problem is, it won't even help you the first time you use the flashcard because you would have already made the flashcard. In the process of creating the flashcard, you've probably already analyzed the answer enough for you to remember. At best, you'd only be familiar with the passage which is already a deal breaker.

Another way to think about the use of flashcards in verbal is what would happen if you retook the same verbal test again and again. Sure, you'd get all the answers right in record time and with little effort. Unfortunately, that would not translate to passages you haven't seen before. Retaking a verbal test enables you to memorize the test, not hone your analytical abilities.

The most effective way to practice verbal is to take TIMED practice passages. This way, you'll be used to seeing new passages, grasping the main ideas of each passage, answering the questions quickly, and dealing with the time constraints of the section.

 

[BloodySurgeon]

There are always GRE flashcards, however as others have suggested this will most probably not be helpful. I would recommend you to use yur best judgment and look up a word in the dictionary whenever you find a critical word that you think you should know. Depending on how weak your vocabulary is, this should not take up too much time and not every word is necessary to know what the author is saying. Even in questions that do ask about a word's definition are usually not the same as what is printed in the dictionary.

 

[DrMattOglesby]

I found that the comprehension of an entire passage's theme was far more important than knowing random definitions of obscure words for the VR section.

I even will go as far as to support listening to talk radio to help your VR.
I listened to short story excerpts on NPR quite often, as well as many reports about topical events in the news. These items, as well as discussions and interviews that were broadcasted really gave me a good sense of how to logically follow the tenets of a good argument and pinpoint any keypoints being made by a particular party.

 

[calimed214]

You really don't have to study at all to do well on the verbal section. And when I say "study", I'm referring to memorizing vocab words or coming into the exam with extra background knowledge. You just have to be able to get a lot of information out of a passage quickly and thoroughly. Most of the individuals I know that did exceptionally well on verbal were those that read a lot for fun during their spare time -- and this isn't just reading science textbooks or journal articles, but they read science fiction novels, short stories, philosophy, art... everything. And they were able to do very well on verbal without having to learn Kaplan, TPR or other passage analyzation techniques.