GRE Vocabulary Flashcards Reviews

by Hgfhbubibivvudd

The vocabulary is very helpful. However, as an app, it has so many failures and shortcomings it’s almost impossible to use anymore. Not once, but twice it has completely lost hundreds of cards of progress that I had to go back and spend forever redoing. If you accidentally answer wrong or tap past a word you don’t actually know, there is no going back and you have to wait until that card pops up again randomly (and if you know it but answered wrong once, you have to answer it right 3+ times for it to register that you know it). You have no control over the order of the words or any options to view the word lists; you get them randomly, one at a time. If you want to go back and review a few words from a set, you have to also go through the 47 words you know 3+ times each to find those few words you want. I’m seriously considering just taking the time to manually enter these words into a quizlet set so that I can get the vocabulary words with an actually good digital flash card system.

by UltraBigAl

The fact that all these cards are available for free and can be reviewed with no distractions makes GREVocabularyFlashcards five-stars, but GREVocabularyFlashcards has some issues that keeps me from giving it that rating. Developers, please add a button that allows me to review every card, one after the other, in a deck in a randomized order. At the very list, add a feature where you can see a list every word in a deck. I get so frustrated by the current card randomization algorithm. Once a deck is learned and I go back to review it, sometimes I’ll miss a few. But when I revisit a deck, I want to review ALL of the cards in the deck. Something happens where if I won’t see every card. I’ll get to a point in the revisit where I’ll just keep getting the same cards, and when I come back at a different time or day, then I’ll start seeing some new cards. I’d really like to be able to just go straight through the cards, and if I miss one, maybe shuffle that back in to the rest of the remaining stack until it is “learned,”

by Elsie618

I recognize the words from all sections of the test. You need to learn these words. There’s a definition, part of speech and each word is used in a sentence. Each time you look at the word, then you see the definition, then you tell it if you knew it or not. Even after you say you know it, the word stays in rotation in order to review. It isn’t a set rotation, so you don’t start predicting the words. The words are in groups of about 50 words. You have to work on them one group at a time, but you can work on any given group at any time. If I see the same words too much in group, I’ll switch over to another group. This helps me internalize the words better. The only suggestion I have is the option to see all your words, preferably grouped by unseen, learning, reviewing or mastered. It also might be a good tool to have matching games with it. Either matching definitions or synonyms or even antonyms. This would be good practice for the select two words section. Thanks for your help Magoosh!

by FriendlyV

This flashcard app isn’t bad, but it definitely could do with some commonsense improvements. To go through the positives and negatives:
1. Vocabulary range/depth seems solid: I typically know the majority of words in each deck, but in some of the harder decks I benefit from (don’t fully know) about 20-30% of the cards.
2. ***The inability to ignore/skip cards I know or star/flag cards I want to focus on is quite bad.*** This seems like a commonsense function of a flashcard app; it can be done on AnkiApp, for example. The result is that I have to occasionally mark things as “missed” even if I got them right or else they will be lost to the “mastered” deck, where I’ll have to sift through tens of cards I already know to find it again.
3. As others have pointed out, the inability to view the overall deck and choose cards is just dumb. (Or, if this is a feature and I just missed it, GREVocabularyFlashcards needs better UI)
4. It’s nice that GREVocabularyFlashcards technically has a tiered mastery system with which it prioritizes cards you haven’t learned, however it is not a very good system in comparison to something like AnkiApp: you instantly go from the lowest level (red) to reviewing (yellow), and after just a few reviews it gets lost to the mastered deck.
There are other points, but those are some of the biggest things.

by Carlos0812

GREVocabularyFlashcards could improve substantially beginning with the definitions. Very very often you’ll find definitions that ramble on for 2-3 sentences and when you compare it to a google search of the same word its almost laughable how different of an approach they could’ve taken. When studying 1000+ words you need clear concise definitions with maybe 3-5 words max and on occasion a bit lengthier.

Some other improvements that would make GREVocabularyFlashcards elite is:
1) have the ability to “hear” the word on the front side of the flashcard not the back.
1b) atleast have the pronunciation on the front
2) include synonyms on the backside so students are able to make work associations/connections
3) have the ability to go through a deck without the algorithm. While the algorithm genuinely is quality and reinforces words you’re struggling on well, once you master a set and want to review you’ll often find it takes forever to get through it completely because of nonstop repeats.

OVERALL: quality app, would absolutely recommend to anyone studying for the GRE but there are some significant improvements GREVocabularyFlashcards needs to make.

by Frustratedwithpush

I love GREVocabularyFlashcards. It has been absolutely crucial to my GRE study.

One frustration though is that there is no way to scan a pack of words. After mastering 50 words, I would like, periodically, to go through the entire pack and see what I have retained. For some reason it rotates the same words (that I click "I knew the word" and have been already mastered) so many times it can take 15-30 mins to review 50 words. I understand GREVocabularyFlashcards wants to bring the same words up over and over to increase retention, but I would like to see an overview the words. It would be great if there was somewhere I could go to see a list of the 50 words in each pack.

by Stop_user_addict54

Love all of Magoosh’s apps. I got the vocabulary app first so I could study on the go, and it quickly became a huge part of my study plan. Then I realized Magoosh has al these lessons and study plans available online so I signed up and have not been disappointed at all. I feel like I’m learning soo much more than I would be able to do on my own, given their schedules and quizzes. Magoosh is definitely the reason I’m going to do well on the GRE.

I do wish there was a way to flag certain words in order to build a customized bank to study from rather than seeing the words in one category in a random order. I know they pace you and show you the words you need to work on the most, but sometimes I’d like to come back to a word after going through other words to give my brain a break from the one word that I’m having a hard time with. If they just show me the same word that I can’t remember over and over, it discourages me and makes me wish I could just hit “next” rather than “I knew this”/“I didn’t know this”

by Carson=toocool

I work full time, so it's hard to slip Vocab into my daily routine (unless I want to irritate my coworkers with word repetition). I've been using GREVocabularyFlashcards to reinforce my memory of newly learned vocab words on my commute to and from work, or anytime I have the urge to look at my phone (better to scroll through GREVocabularyFlashcards than instagram right?). I think it helps immensely to be able to study vocab straight through an app, rather than having to access Magoosh through a website. However, I think GREVocabularyFlashcards would be more effective if it allowed users to make notes on each card. I make up stories for some words to help remember them, and if I could insert these into the cards so I can review each time, that might help a lot.

by TripleB92

So I am getting ready for med school DPT. GREVocabularyFlashcards Is amazing because it pronounces the vocabulary words so you learn to use them in every day speech. As well I am extremely dyslexic so have something that is audible is necessary for me. Believe it or not this is the only gre prep app that I could find that is audio. I started by using the Flashcards eventually got the whole course prep. I have already used
Kaplan and also tried a few others, and felt lost and overwhelmed. Having a learning disability trying to process all the information can be difficult. But this program is amazing. You learn from your mistakes and see yourself improving. It sets a day by day schedule and the price is great . As well Each problem has a video explanation of how they arrive at the answer. Have not taken the test yet so I will update you on the outcome; however, I finally feel confident that I achieve the score I need to. I do recommend this to anyone who is dyslexic.

by Bakerman82

I am taking the GRE In a few months and I need to get my vocabulary up-to-date. GREVocabularyFlashcards helps with that. It’s intuitive and easy to use. There are three subsections it seems these words are broken into; “Common”, “Basic”, and “Advanced”. I find the common deck to be more difficult than the basic deck which was a surprise given their order. The Magoosh GRE App is terrific for on-the-go studying. I use it especially when on the bus to work. My only criticism is the word ‘Raffish’ in the Basic III deck. The definition was lost on me for a while and I felt the contextualized sentence was lacking meaning.

Would recommend!

by JJ83652

I have been using GREVocabularyFlashcards daily to practice my vocab for the GRE and I really think the setup of GREVocabularyFlashcards helps me learn really well! At first, I thought it was the same as Quizlet but when I started really doing it, I found that it was much different. I am able to think of my own definitions in my head and then I can indicate whether or not I know the word, rather than having to type in a definition that I may not remember the exact wording. I have found myself really remembering the words and not just forgetting them the next day. It seems to be a really great app!

by Caroline9186

Perfect for on the go or that little down time you have during the day at work between clients or appointments. Hey not only quiz you on the word, but continuously come back to the word to make sure it’s actually learned and not just memorized.
As Chris has said in the videos in the month program (HIGHLY RECOMMEND!)), you can’t make a habit of just reading vocabulary off a page and expecting to memorize it all; that’s just not how our brains work. We have to integrate it into our everyday lives. But for just an on the go refresher, it’s an awesome addition to the entire Magoosh program!!

by 1A3L0

I have tried so many Flashcard apps and this one is just the best.👌🏼🙌🏼 I like to work with the ‘vocabulary builder’ app too because it helps test some of the words I will be learning from my flashcards app. Every time I get a break from work, I jump into these apps and in just 2 weeks my verbal score’s sentence completion marks have improved significantly.

I wonder if the two apps could be integrated into one?
Sometimes I want to go back to a certain word but can’t seem to do that in GREVocabularyFlashcards, Would it be possible to bookmark certain words for later in-depth study or something.

by Kaygillo

I’ve rifled through so many different vocal apps or Flashcards and nothing is as great as Magoosh. Instead of placing your learned flash cards in two categories (learned and not learned) there are three! Why is this helpful? This middle category helps solidify those vocab words you may have gotten one time, but come across again and have forgotten it.

Another thing, the words give you context sentences AND it informs you if there are multiple definitions and which definition the GRE will most likely test you on. This is exactly the type of vocab learning app I was looking for and I highly recommend it.

by Selah Soul

At first, I thought simply looking at Flashcards and saying if I know it or not, would not help me learn knew words. However, I was wrong, I have consistently pulled up GREVocabularyFlashcards in my free time and worked through memorizing these word. Within weeks, I learned about 50 new words! I even started to notice these words being used in my daily life, and I began to practice using them as well.
I love the simplicity of it and how much progress I’ve seen in my vocabulary in such a short time. My only recommendation is that a variety of activities for the words be created for additional practice, sort of how Quizlet is set up.

by AmandaV92

It’s the only way to have the words stick in your head. You can practice questions all day long or read the definitions over and over again, but the only thing that actually helped me get the questions correct was being able to remember the correct meanings of the vocabulary. GREVocabularyFlashcards really helps drive the words into you memory and not just forget them 5 minutes later. It’s also really convenient because it allows you to study whenever you have even a minuscule amount of time. 10/10 would recommend!

by Tweety_hawk

I have been using GREVocabularyFlashcards for a couple of weeks now and it's been really great to test my knowledge of vocab that can and will be on the GRE. I haven't taken the actual exam yet but I have been doing practice questions and a lot of these words have appeared on the practice exams. I only wish that you could hear the pronunciation of the words. There are some words that I've never seen/heard of and it would be nice to hear what they sound like. Sometimes I get stuck on how to pronounce a word that I don't focus on learning the meaning. But besides that I think GREVocabularyFlashcards is great. I also appreciate that you also get examples of how the words can be used in a sentence.

by DaniR998

I'm using this product in combination with other Magoosh scores to boost my GRE score to where I want it. That said, these vocab decks are a great resource in and of themselves. Whether you need to start from the basics or just need to brush up on some higher level words, Magoosh has put together a comprehensive list of common GRE words.

Each flashcard comes with the word on one side and a definition, part of speech, and sentence using the word on the back. Magoosh further narrows the scope of what you have to learn by focusing on the connotations and denotations of each word that are most likely to appear on the GRE. If you're studying and want to raise your Verbal score, you should give these a try.

by Dani Collette

I truly never write reviews, but GREVocabularyFlashcards was worth it. I searched around aimlessly for additional study tools as I study for my GRE. Some other companies that will remain nameless were asking for upwards of $700 for self-taught materials and I began to feel overwhelmed because expendable funds were not in my future. A friend of mine recommended Magoosh and I checked it out. In under 24 hours, I was hooked - ESPECIALLY with this vocabulary app. It'd been a long time since I've had to study vocabulary but GREVocabularyFlashcards is by far the most user friendly and precise studying tool I've ever used. It's so enjoyable that it's one of the first apps I go to in my phone, it's like a game. DEFINITELY worth it 100%.

by I Want A Good Music Cutter

I’ve been using Magoosh for just two days so far to prepare for my GRE General exam coming up in six weeks. Using their one-month advanced study plan and keeping up with the vocabulary flashcards, I’m already feeling like I’m learning A LOT. I’m very skilled in math (I’m a math major in college) yet the instructional math videos still give me useful tricks I haven’t seen before that can significantly improve my speed on the quantitative section of the GRE. I struggle a lot with the verbal section, and the vocabulary flashcards make all the difference in learning new words. After going through just one of twenty vocabulary decks, I’m already seeing my recently learned vocabulary popping up in verbal section practice questions. Magoosh is so effective in teaching you real content that will help both your knowledge and speed in the GRE. The user-friendly online interface makes practice very interactive and effective. Highly recommend.