Good Vocabulary is a very important aspect of MBA Entrance Exams, and also it is very important during the placement process. In many entrance exams, they either expect you to have a good vocabulary in RC’s or many of them ask you questions about the meaning of that particular word, some of the MBA colleges also have a Written Ability Test (WAT) as one of the processes in admission. Having a good vocabulary helps to improve your essay writing and also adds up to your profile. Also, many of these B-schools ask for a statement of purpose or to write an essay on any given topic.

Vocabulary building does not happen overnight. You need to work on your vocabulary by reading newspapers or watching the news and, reading novels will help you to improve your skills. Most importantly you need to know where exactly to use these words

Here are a few tips that will help you to improve your vocabulary skills

Start from the ground up

When you start with your CAT preparation you need to focus on your vocabulary.  Here are some websites that will help you with your vocabulary http://testyourvocab.com/ or https://www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/english-level-test/vocabulary which will give you a clear picture of how well you know your vocabulary. Once you get to know about this, you can then start making notes of the words that you did not understand, this will give u a head start for your MBA entrance exams.

Complete “Word Power Made Easy”

This is the classic book by Norman Lewis for improving your vocabulary. It helps to study the meaning of the word, its origin, and also the history for the same. It also helps you to know the exact meaning of the word that you don’t know.

The best part of this book is that it helps you to finish the entire book within a week or so, only if you read the chapters daily. Also, you can buy this book at a very affordable price so do not miss the chance!!!

Use Excel for help

This is one of the most helpful tricks, you just need to spend some time on the excel sheet. What you have to do is prepare an excel sheet in which you need to write at least 10 new words daily that you have never seen read or used. You have to write its meaning, synonyms, where can the word be used, examples, and antonyms. You need to do this exercise every day and at the end of the week you have to revise all the new words that you have learned, this exercise will surely help you to know new words and you will have a clear picture of where to use them. By the time you have your exams, you must have easily learned about 400 to 500 new words. Just make sure you are making use of these words so that you don’t forget them

Mock, mock, and only Mocks

Mocks are a very important part of MBA entrance exams, while analyzing your mocks test always note down the words you did not understand and add them to your excel sheet or vocabulary list. This will help you in exams as well as improving your vocab

Scrabble

This game can help you in improving your vocabulary strategies which can be different but you can use many new words while playing with your friends and note down any new words that you come across while playing.

These are the few strategies that will help you to improve your vocabulary skills. This will not be an overnight process but it will help you in long run