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Mnemonic Dictionary

December 13th, 2010 admin No comments

In one of our posts , Mnemonics for GRE – why mnemonics are gaining popularity we had talked about mnemonics becoming popular these days.

Here are some more links to mnemonics

Mnemonic Vocabulary from Grockit

Mnemonic Dictionary

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Mnemonics for GRE – why mnemonics are gaining popularity?

November 23rd, 2010 karthik No comments

It can be really frustrating trying to ram in thousands of words into your brain for your GRE exam. Typically, the brain has a threshold limit beyond which it cannot afford to assimilate data unless it is fed through a form that is simple and uncomplicated. It’s similar to wanting to watch TV or play a game on the computer after a hard day of work – it takes a little bit of brainwork to comprehend things in movies and games, but nothing on the levels of academics that might give you a brain-freeze.

It is common knowledge that most of these words are not even used in daily life or even in your academics. The word ‘daguerreotype’ may not appear anywhere in your Masters in Mechanical Engineering in all likelihood, nor will you hear this word being spoken in public because it just refers to the world’s first publicly announced photographic process. Read more…

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