Vocab Mountain Mnemonics

GRE Verbal Problem Solving
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I am having a hard time remembering the words given in Vocab Mountain. I heard that using mnemonics could help in remembering the meaning of the words. Does anyone have a list of mnemonics for all the 960 words that I could use for remembering all these words.

Also I think that by using mnemonics I might be misleading into wrong meaning of the words which is not exactly true but only around the meaning of the word. So should be using the mnemonics in the first place or should I use some other methods?

On searching on the form for mnemonics list if anyone has provided it or not, I came across these posts:

  1. Learning Vocab - should I write and practice? : Here it says to refer to the session number 11 of dedicated tc and se season 3 but in the session Greg has told to follow these 3 techniques:
    (i) Context: Words by themselves don’t stick into your brain as well as words in context
    (ii) Spaced Repetition
    (iii) Variety: Seeing a word in a book, hearing a word in a lecture, and studying a word on a list will enhance retention.

(i) For the context, I think remembering the context like a sentence along with the word would be too much of a headache and tiresome.
(ii) Spaced repetition: This I am anyway going to do since on any day we have to go through all the words of the past.
(iii) Variety: I think this is waste of time since I have very small time remaining and starting reading a book right now will only lead to delay in my Preparation in GRE.

  1. ChatGPT essays using all of the 960 vocab words : Here remembering an essay for just 30 words sound like a lot to remember and would only lead more fatigue.

I want a method where I hear a word and I know exactly what that means. I should be able to tell the meaning of the word from the sound of the word. The closest thing that I could think is a mnemonic.

Like for example “Precarious”: Pre + care
This means something before care, meaning something that has been kept in such a way that in could fall.

So my final question is:
Is there a list of mnemonics that I could get along with the words or is there some other better way where I just head a word and know exactly what that means?

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We don’t have that, but you can try vince’s vocab series in which he tries to find a mnemonic for each word in the vocab set:

https://www.gregmat.com/course/vinces-vocab-podcast

You can make a copy of the excel file here:

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And then write in any mnemonics next to the word.

You can also try Vince’s cartoons:

https://quizlet.com/user/Vince_Kotchian/folders/vinces-gre-vocabulary-cartoons-also-on-app-store-and-play-store?funnelUUID=83156680-add4-4d42-b10c-99f13523b00b

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Thanks a lot, Ganesh!

I really appreciate the detailed response and the resources you’ve shared. I’ll definitely check out Vince’s vocab podcast and explore the cartoon flashcards as well — they seem like a fun and memorable way to learn.

Also, making a copy of the Excel file and adding my own mnemonics sounds like a practical approach. I was feeling a bit stuck with the Vocab Mountain, but this direction really helped clarify things for me.

Thanks again for your time and guidance!

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