Will It Ever End??

     For this week, I am mostly into studying for my Graduate Record Exam, abbreviated as the notorious GRE. It is comprised of five sections: Writing, 2 Quantitative Sections(Math), and 2 Verbal Sections(Reading and Vocabulary). 
     I endeavored to study through the verbal section, namely vocabulary. There is this part in the verbal section of the GRE that asks you to discriminate the two correct words from about 5 to 6 choices. It is in fact referred to as the 'sentence equivalence questions'. This part is extremely difficult for two main reasons: 1. You have to have an ample vocabulary capacity that runs from the alphabet A to Z(This is almost impossible)
2. You have to have a systemic array of synonyms already embedded inside your head(This too is close to not possible). 
    I solved a few problems and noticed that this was eventually associated with a person's IQ(verbal intelligence) and the willingness to memorize every bits and pieces of words that exist in English. I got some problems wrong owing to vague information on a certain word. I got some problems right because I merely guessed the right answer. At least I found out that my conjecturing skills operate from time to time.
   It would be just great if I had the guts and the perseverance to stand out from the hard problems and maintain my sane mind. Nonetheless, to be frank with you, I lashed out after solving 50 problems. My brain just was not up to it. Then, I asked myself if my IQ was low. The answer... I do not know. I have been studying English for ten years now and I could somewhat declaim that I know my stuff in at least the English sphere. Yet, at this time of the hour, I am not sure that I could speak with confidence that I really really do know my "MATERIALS". Well, give yourself a try and see how the world has changed. Here  
goes! 

 Without ________ action, the atmosphere's concentration of greenhouse gases is expected to double from pre-industrial levels by the end of this century.

• A. Expeditious
• B. Valuable
• C. Expendable
• D. Crucial
• E. Prompt

     From this excerpt, you have to chose the best two answers that fits the blank. Thus, the two best answers must be synonyms resembling each other in its meaning. To solve this problem, you first have to read the whole text to get the roughest idea of what it is trying to tell you.  This sentence is linked to air pollution, specifically the Greenhouse Effect. The sentence is composed of a phrase and a clause. Since the clause is intending to assert that the gases are going to augment if something is not done about it, you could guess that some action has to be fulfilled. So, the adjective that actually describes the "ACTION" should be quick or prompt. What is a synonym of prompt? Well, it is expeditious. Your answers are "A" and "E".  The bottom line is that studying for English, especially vocabulary, is not a piece of cake. Yet, I will continue to push myself to go over the barriers and to achieve the score that I long for. Have a nice one !