机经和单词书中的个别词汇不会重叠，在刷题的时候可以记下自己容易忘记的词和做题时遇到的生词，并对题目中常见的同义反义词进行归纳总结，进一步拓宽自己的单词量。
但是，在做题之前要先测一下自己的词汇量，如果90%单词都不认识，还是先乖乖去背单词，在单词背到确保自己有50%词汇都记住的前提下再开始做题。如果太多词不认识，一是刷题效率过低，二是会打击学习积极性，对GRE备考不失为一种窘境。
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GRE填空包含:
五选一（单空题），
三选一（两空题），
三空题，
六选二（句子等价题）。
下面我们来举例分析：
1. 单空题
Even though six players had been injured, the coach announced to the assembled reporters that the team would ______ the championship.
(A) ignore
(B) win
(C) overcome
(D) demand
(E) refuse
2. 两空题
每个空格三选一的多选题，全对才给分。
Although Johnson ______ great enthusiasm for his employees project, in reality his interest in the project was so ______ as to be almost non-existent.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
A. generated
B. demanded
C. feigned
D. preemptive
E. redundant
F. perfunctory
3. 三空题
每个空格三选一的多选题， 全对才给分。

Currently, legal scholars agree that in some cases legal rules do not specify a definite outcome. These scholars believe that such (i)___ results from the (ii)___of language: the boundaries of the application of a term are often unclear. Nevertheless, they maintain that the system of legal rules by and large rests on clear core meanings that do determine definite outcomes for most cases. Contrary to this view, an earlier group of legal philosophers, called “realists,” argued that (iii)___ pervades every part of the law.
A. definition
B. indeterminacy
C. homogeneousness
D. circumstantiality
E. vagueness
F. nuance
G. uncertainty
H. speculation
I. enforceness
4. 句子等价题
单空题，六选二的多选题，选出的答案要让使句子的意思接近， 全对才给分。
Always circumspect, she reluctant to make judgments, but once arriving at a conclusion, she was _____ in its defense.
(A) uncompromising
(B) nonplussed
(C) obsequious
(D) intransigent
(E) deferential
(F) negligent
Q：既然填空主考词汇，那考生是不是只要背好单词就能做好填空了呢?
A：正确的做法应该是把单词，技巧和做题结合起来。努力地背单词，尤其是把一些新GRE的核心词汇背熟悉。于此同时，考生应通过做题熟练自己的做题技巧，搞清题目之间的逻辑，比如同义词，反义词，递进关系，并列关系，转折关系等等来加强自己对单词的记忆和逻辑的掌握！千变万化的GRE填空题都离不开逻辑关系。