What unfamiliar Words do you encounter in Vocabulary tests in employment exams?

[iced_blue]

I just want to know what other words that you encounter in employment exams na very unfamiliar?

Here's mine:

vilify
parsimony
amalgamate
devious
ostentatious
dissent

Marami pa pero di ko na matandaan. Post nyo naman *** sa inyo para naman ma-enrich natin ang ating vocabulary...

[Kolmogorov]

never pa ako nag employment exam na may vocabulary eh, pero grabe naman yan, as if naman yung mga HR personnel nila or kung sino mang mga boss dun ay gumagamit ng mga words na yan

[cramnhoj]

Those are words that you were supposed to learn in college, if you're unfamiliar with them it just shows how sub par the education in this country is. You can search for "GRE word list", that'll give you what you need.

[Haloperidol]

the accenture test may mga words na wala ka talagang clue at never heard

[altair]

I just want to know what other words that you encounter in employment exams na very unfamiliar?

Here's mine:

vilify
parsimony
amalgamate
devious
ostentatious
dissent

Marami pa pero di ko na matandaan. Post nyo naman *** sa inyo para naman ma-enrich natin ang ating vocabulary...




Memorizing big words is a pain in the behind.

You should try reading to expand your vocabulary. Try reading James Michener's works.

There is also this book -> Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067174190X/002-9134650-1625613?v=glance&n=283155) It's so good because it explains the origins of English words which makes it easy to remember their meanings.

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[_grace]

I just want to know what other words that you encounter in employment exams na very unfamiliar?

Here's mine:

vilify
parsimony
amalgamate
devious
ostentatious
dissent

Marami pa pero di ko na matandaan. Post nyo naman *** sa inyo para naman ma-enrich natin ang ating vocabulary...


Off the top of my head, vilify means to ruin the reputation of/to belittle; parsimony: pagkatipid or pagkacheap; amalgamate: combination; devious: evil, sneaky; ostentatious: flashy, over the top (think dating mahirap na biglang yumaman kaya gustong iparating sa mundo na mayaman na sila); dissent: disagree (like dissenting opinion, kumokontrang opinion)

Like altair said, its a pain to have to memorize "big" words. Its easier if you can remember the word within a sentence or phrase so you can kind of infer what it means. Like "dissent", I remembered it used to describe lawyers in a courtroom: "dissenting opinion".

Minsan, tingnan mo root word: vilify... you get the word "vile" which has negative connotations; devious... devil; you get the drift?

It doesn't always work but its one way of guessing if you have no clue whatsoever what if means.

Of course, it helps to read a lot. I used to underline words from books I read so I can look it up later. Nice din the vocabulary section of Reader's digest. I remember finding out the meaning of the word "ostentatious" from that.

Pasensiya na if I sound "preachy". Hope this helps.

[KuyaDanny]

aggrupation


ag·gru·pa·tion (plural ag·gru·pa·tions)


noun
Definitions:

Philippines group: a group

[< Spanish agrupación "group"]

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Onli in da pilipins! :lol:

[autogenerated]

http://miriam.com.ph/dictionary.htm

http://www.klockworkx.com/copongcopong/?letter-a

[Dunedain]

I wonder why corporate companies test applicants through a written English exam when every monkey-suit-desk-jock-pencil-pusher has a dictionary and/or thesaurus (no, not the dinosaur as Erap claims) sitting on the desk? Isn't a verbal interview enough to pick up if a candidate has a good (at least decent) verbal communication in English (with or without the "twang")?

[KuyaDanny]

Because those who are most likely to need a dictionary/thesaurus are also the least likely to use one.

[iced_blue]

I remember one test i had for a programming position.. The cut-off for passing grade is 150 but I only got 130.. Pinakita sa kin *** results ng test ko lahat matataas except sa vocabulary part na talagang kasumpa sumpa kasi never heard talaga *** mga words. nanghihinayang din *** nagpaexam sa kin kasi nga dun lang ako sumablay. iPag-calculate mo na ako ng buong araw wag lang manghula ng mga definitions/synonyms/antonynms ng mga english words hahaha

[trauma]

You can only improve you vocabulary by constantly reading challenging materials as a young child. Even if you are in a technical field, companies are showing their bias knowing that most schools will not educate their students in order to attain a deep vocabulary. Even English subjects don't emphasize learning new and sometimes obscure words. They will discuss certain terms or words in conjuction with their analysis of the literature. So, vocabulary is mainly learned outside the classroom. What others said here is true. If that is your weakness, there's a lot of reference in bookstores to use for your "crash-course".