Many MBA programs are now accepting the Revised GRE test for admissions.  We recently wrote a post on our blog which covers most of what you’d need to know about the specifics of the revised GRE, in case you’re unfamiliar with it.  In any case, t...

Jocular - {adjective} 1. Given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking  or jesting; waggish; facetious Synonyms: amusing, blithe, camp, cheerful, comic, comical, crazy, daffy, droll, facetious, flaky, frolicsome, gay, gleeful,...

Inchoate - {adjective} 1. Not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary. 2. Just begun; incipient. 3. Not organized; lacking order: an inchoate mass of ideas on the subject. Synonyms: amorphous, elementary, embryonic, formless, immature, imper...

Homogeneous - {adjective} 1. Composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population. 2. Of the same kind or nature; essentially alike. Synonyms: alike, comparable, compatible, consistent, same, soli...

Heterogeneous - {adjective} 1. Different in kind; unlike; incongruous. 2. Composed of parts of different kinds; having widely dissimilar elements or constituents: The party was attended by a heterogeneous group of artists, politicians, and social cli...

Hackneyed - {adjective} 1. made commonplace or trite; stale; banal: the hackneyed images of his poetry. Synonyms: overdone, overused, commonplace. Antonyms: fresh, new, unused, original Example Sentences: 1. It doesn't get more hackneyed than co...

Germane - {adjective} 1. closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent: Please keep your statements germane to the issue. Synonyms related, applicable, apposite, appropriate, fitting, apt, suited. Antonym: irrelevant, inapplicable. Exampl...

Feasible - {adjective} 1.capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan. 2.probable; likely: a feasible theory. 3.suitable: a road feasible for travel. Synonyms: possible Antonyms: infeasible Example Sentences: 1. Despite th...

Eclectic - {adjective} 1. selecting or choosing from various sources. 2. made up of what is selected from different sources. 3. not following any one system, as of philosophy, medicine, etc., but selecting and using what are considered the best elem...

The Basics: ETS has released a new version of the GRE. The old GRE had been around for quite some time with very few changes, but it had a number of problems: The quantitative section was too easy - nearly 6% of all test takers getting a perfect...