Effectively Build Up Your Vocabulary

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Effectively Build Up Your Vocabulary

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English language skills are not built overnight
but come with years of interest and practice.
That said everyone is not inclined to learn
languages equally. OPUS works with you to support
your efforts to pick up English skills as you
aspire to clear the entrance to these
professional courses. Vocabulary areas largely
include questions like filling in the appropriate
word or close test, spelling checks, synonyms,
antonyms, foreign language words and analogies.
There are a few time-tested ways of building
English language vocabulary skills, which any one
can follow easily.

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The stepping stone to building English language
skills ahead of the competitive examinations is
reading. If you are not someone who is naturally
inclined to reading, start with reading
newspapers every day. read the newspapers
editorial page for sure. The editorial pages
provide opinion pieces and are usually written in
impeccable English, thus helping you with
sharpening your vocabulary. Reading these pieces
will help you get a broader perspective while
improving your language skills. Devote a focused
30 to 45 minutes every day to reading. Include
books, journals, and periodicals as well to your
daily reading list. More importantly, read what
you like. That will ensure your vocabulary
naturally stays with you because whatever you
learn with interest will be yours for keeping.
1. Reading

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2. Grammar
For the competitive exams, especially for CLAT,
the English section is usually divided into

• While it is important to improve reading skills
  to pick up vocabulary, work on understanding the
  passages and context of the sentences. Pay a keen
  attention to grammar. While Wren and Martin
  grammar books are considered to be Bible by many,
  you can also combine it with solving previous
  years question papers.

• Reading comprehensions
• Cloze test
• Sentence rearrangement
• Fill in the blanks
• Error spotting
• Phrase replacement
• Passage summary
• Spellings test
• Foreign language words
• English vocabulary for questions on synonyms,
  antonyms, idioms, etc.

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3. Foreign language words

• Sample of Foreign Language Words

• Many terms in the legal parlance as well in
  common English usage are words and phrases that
  have been adopted from other European languages.
  But now they are part and parcel of the English
  dictionary although many of them retain their
  original spelling and pronunciation.

Alibi At another place, elsewhere. Amicus
curiae A friend of the Court. Prima facie on
a first view. Pro bono  - done without charge in
the public interest. Pro rata  -according to the
rate. Quid pro quo  -Consideration something for
something Sine qua non an indispensable
condition Status quo  -the existing state of
affairs

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• Online you will find a whole lot of audio books.
  Find time to listen in and improve your overall
  comprehension of English. And added to that you
  always have the tried-and-tested ways of OPUS
  helping you score highly in the English
  vocabulary sections of all the competitive exams
  like  CLAT, AILET, LSAT, SAT or entrances to
  premier design institutes like NID, NIFT as well
  as GRE and GMAT.

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