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TO THE STUDENT The shortest and best way of
learning a language is to know the roots of it, that is,
those original primitive words from which other words
are formed. -- Lord Chesterfield Columbia 1000 Words You
Must Know for GMAT presents 1000 most frequently tested
words for GMAT. You will find 100 vocabulary-building
lessons in Books 1 – 3. Each lesson contains 10 new
words and they are first presented to you with Memory
Tips; next, New Words are listed in rhyming memory
groups and followed by Sample Sentences; the last part
of the lesson are Sentence Completion and Definition
Matching practice tests with answers. One of the most
outstanding features of this book is that each new word
is repeated at least five times in a lesson so that you
will have a much better chance to memorize it more
easily. Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know for GMAT is
designed to help you master all the absolutely essential
GMAT words using our most effective memory method: A
Roots and Rhyming Memory Approach. Let’s take the word
“aberration” for example and see how this exciting new
memory method can help you find the shortest and best
way to memorize new words and build a large vocabulary:
1. MEMORY TIPS: Memorizing words with the help of Roots,
Prefixes, and Suffixes. ion condition or action; as
aberration, ration, inflation, temptation, abbreviation
2. NEW WORDS: New Words are arranged in rhyming groups
for easy memory. aberration, ration, inflation,
temptation, abbreviation ABERRATION n. departure from
what is right or true rhyming sound -ation 3. SAMPLE
SENTENCES: Sample Sentences are given to help you
memorize words in context. This complexity is not an
aberration or something to be wished away, it is the new
reality. 4. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Sentence Completion is
designed to help you memorize words through tests. The
patient’s only _____________ was a temporary lapse of
memory.(aberration) 5. DEFINITION MATCHING: Definition
Matching is designed to help you memorize words through
repetition. departure from what is right or true
_________________________ (aberration) In this example,
the repeated appearance of the word “aberration” in the
lesson makes it easy for you to memorize. Therefore you
can see that only by repeated practice or reinforcement
of a new word under different circumstances can you
really memorize it so unconsciously that you will never
forget. Human memory, like the unconscious, is
structured like a language. Once you have memorized a
new word, it will stay in your unconscious and become
part of yourself. Whenever you need it, it will come to
you automatically just like the flowers coming in the
spring: it is natural! Columbia 1000 Words You Must Know
for GMAT is both a self-help book and a textbook for
classroom use. It is the only vocabulary book you will
ever need to master the most often tested words on the
GMAT. If you can spend about 25 minutes a day with this
book, you will definitely help yourself expand your
vocabulary, build up your word power, and raise your
score on the GMAT. CONTENTS Unit 1 aback, crack, rack,
ransack, counterattack aberration, ration, inflation,
temptation, abbreviation Unit 2 abet, asset, beget,
cadet, regret abhor, decor, mentor, metaphor, ambassador
Unit 3 abide, collide, confide, subside, homicide
abject, affect, defect, neglect, prospect Unit 4 abjure,
conjure, endure, obscure, immature abominate,
accelerate, accumulate, excoriate, matriculate Unit 5
abstain, constrain, detain, domain, refrain abstruse,
diffuse, effuse, profuse, recluse ....
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