The Verbal Progression Timeline - From Beginner to 170
<p align="center" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">The Verbal Progression Timeline</span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">From Beginner to 170</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">There’s a Big Difference with the Verbal Timeline compared to the Quant timeline</span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">In verbal, you start learning vocabulary and strategies simultaneously, whereas in quant we first learn foundation and then strategies.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Vocabulary</span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Get familiar with the vocab mountain and how it works and how you should use it</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.gregmat.com/class/how-to-properly-do-the-vocab-mountain" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">https://www.gregmat.com/class/how-to-properly-do-the-vocab-mountain</span></span></a></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Simple definitions. Once you master these, you naturally…(move to step 3)</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">I don’t really care how you learn the words – I care that you RETAIN them. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Remember – the vocab mountain’s main purpose is as a retention tool, not a vocabulary learning tool. But it can be both. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Start learning GRE synonyms</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Rapacious - greedy</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Covetous - greedy</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Mercenary - greedy</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Acquisitive – greedy</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Venal – greedy (second meaning)</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Avaricious - greedy</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Grasping – greedy</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Start doing the vocab mountain using synonyms</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Audacious – brazen, impertinent</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Intimate – insinuate, suggest </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Bucolic – pastoral, idyllic, rustic</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Pairing Strategy</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">The bridge from vocabulary to strategy</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.gregmat.com/quizzes/quiz-group/se-pairing-quizzes" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">https://www.gregmat.com/quizzes/quiz-group/se-pairing-quizzes</span></span></a></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Vocabulary Frequently Asked Questions</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">How many words should I learn?</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">For most people, we recommend about 1,000. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Do you need to learn 2,000 words? No. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">I’ve learned 1,000 words that are NOT GregMat words. What should I do?</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Did you really learn these words?</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Yes, and I can prove it. You don’t necessarily need to learn the GregMat words. But it still might be a good idea. In that sense, you will get MORE out of the resources on GregMat if you learn the GregMat words. There will be synergy. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Nah, not really. Learn the GregMat words. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">How many words do I need to learn to score ____?</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">This question doesn’t really make sense.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">If you learn 3,000 words via the Kill You Again 3,000 App, but no strategies, the score will probably be around 150ish. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">If I simply learn vocabulary, will I get a good verbal score?</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Only if you’re verbally inclined already. Nobody forces you to read, and, in your free time, you read. Certain majors are strongly indicative of high verbal scores with almost ZERO prep. Philosophy, literature, creative writing…</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Should I learn more words…</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Only if you can prove to me that your strategies are really good. Learn as many extra words you want. I don’t care. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Be aware of the Law of Diminishing Returns.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Think of it as a bell curve. You really start to see “vocab gains” around the 400 or 500 word mark. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">What do I do if I don’t know a vocabulary word on the test?</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">It doesn’t matter how many words you learn. You WILL encounter words you don’t know. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">This is another bridge to strategy.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.gregmat.com/class/dealing-with-unknown-vocab-what-the-hell-do-i-do" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">https://www.gregmat.com/class/dealing-with-unknown-vocab-what-the-hell-do-i-do</span></span></a></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">What do we do simultaneously with vocab? Obviously the answer is “strategies…”</span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:48px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Actually, that’s NOT obvious. What mistake do a lot of people make? They just do practice questions. They just solve questions.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">General Timeline of Strategies</span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Awareness</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">People are trained. They’re not Mozarts. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">You’re NOT going to magically learn the strategies just by solving a lot of verbal problems. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">You have to actually learn the strategies from someone who is better at the test than you are RIGHT NOW. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">How do you know if you’re aware?</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">List them. All of them. Routinely. Treat them like vocab. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Define them. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Start putting them into practice, in isolation. </span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Why in isolation? </span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">To not overwhelm you.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Common saying – jack of all trades, master of none</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">The only way to master a strategy is to work on it in isolation.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">This will be messy. You will be frustrated.</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Think of this as going into a gym the first time ever. You will feel like a fraud. You will feel like “this sucks.” You will feel like these strategies don’t even work. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">You have to fight through that stuff. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Start deliberately using them, with a degree of competence. </span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Get to a point where you can teach me how the strategy works for a specific question or passage, rather than you simply absorbing my teaching or somebody else’ teaching</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">The Verbal toolkit</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Have to start making choices as you solve problems. </span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">“Am I going to simplify this passage or rephrase it?”</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">“Am I going to break down each sentence by function or am I simply going to rephrase the sentences?”</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">“For this particular question, let’s say it’s an inference question, what strategy am I going to use?”</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">You have to demonstrate a level of flexibility. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">You can only get comfortable with this kind of flexible uncertainty if you practice it. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">You can resolve questions using different strategies. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Don’t be so eager to always get new verbal material. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">The Specific Strategy Timeline</span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:48px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Logic</span></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">: You want to obviously master strategies that are WIDELY applicable. You can almost always use them.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:48px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Text Completion:</span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<li style="margin-left:32px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">The Math Strategy</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Also known as “support/contrast”</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">This strategy is SOOO ubiquitous that you almost don’t need anything else. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">If you’re not good at this, you shouldn’t move on to any other TC strategies.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:48px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Sentence Equivalence:</span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<li style="margin-left:32px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">The Pairing Strategy</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">This is just non-negotiable. You have to learn this. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">7 out of 27 of the questions are Sentence Equivalence.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">This strategy ALWAYS works. (at least 99% of the time)</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:32px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">The math strategy</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Also known as support contrast</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:48px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Reading (academic):</span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:48px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Reading strategies are divided into THREE major categories</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:48px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Passage:</span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<li style="margin-left:32px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Identify Main Idea</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:32px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Identify the Primary Purpose</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">This has a VERB component – the author is doing something.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:32px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">(Sentence level) – Rephrasing sentences</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:32px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">(Sentence level) – Simplifying Sentences</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:32px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">(Sentence level) – Identify the function of every sentence</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:48px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Questions:</span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<li style="margin-left:32px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Identify the question type. </span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Some questions require you to find the main idea.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Some questions require you to identify a detail from the passage.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Some questions want you to make an inference.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Some questions want you to identify the primary purpose.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Some questions want you to identify the purpose of a specific sentence.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:32px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Rephrase the question. You have to be able to demonstrate you actually understand what it’s asking you.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:32px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Scanning</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">This is when you identify a specific word or phrase in the question itself that allows you to find the evidence in the passage quickly. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">India</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">19<sup>th</sup> century</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:32px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">(somewhat important) Answer before looking at the choices</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">A strategy you use in deliberate practice, not necessarily on test day</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:48px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Choices:</span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<li style="margin-left:32px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Justify the correct answer WITH EVIDENCE from the passage.</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Not feeling. Not a guess. Not “it seems right.” Not I think. Not an aura. Not a vibe.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">This <u>always</u> works. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:32px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Eliminate wrong answers</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Every answer is wrong OBJECTIVELY.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Not wrong for a vibe. Not wrong because “you think it’s wrong.” It’s not wrong because it “sounds weird.” </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Wrong Reason #1: It literally contradicts something in the passage. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Wrong Reason #2: No evidence. I don’t know. </span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Another way to say this is “it’s irrelevant…” “it’s out of scope”</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">It just doesn’t apply</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-left:32px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">The combination of the two in a beautiful medley that we call <b>Attack from Two Sides</b>.</span></span></span></span></span>
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<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">This is how you get a 170.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">I wouldn’t tell a 150 or 155 verbal to do this. Not even a 160. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">But if you’re at like a 163 and you’re like bro, how do I get a 170? Boom. Attack from Two Sides – non-negotiable.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="margin-left:8px; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">It works for TC too. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
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