Sorry for answering late! You said you have a considerable amount of time to study.That's good news to hear! What I recommend to basically everyone is to study 1100. I think it's absolutely necessary for everyone taking the GRE. Even if you have already started the Big Book, it's ok, go and get the 1100 and start studying it. I think you should be able to finish it in about 2 months. Don't study too fast, because you want to leave enough time in between your studying for the words to settle in your memory. After you finish 1100, I would recommend studying Barron's. I don't like Kaplan because first of all, it only has the definition of words, but Barron's also has an accompanying sentence which would really help you learn the word in context. Second of all, Kaplan doesn't have any exercises in between the wordlist, but Barron's does. Barron's is divided into 50 wordlists with approximately 75 words in each. I'm not sure exactly how much time you have, but assuming that you have one year, that would leave about 10 months for studying Barron's (considering the fact that 1100 will probably take about 2 months). 10 months is practically equivalent to 300 days, but in my opinion you should finish it earlier so you have time for a more in-depth review. So I think it's reasonable to study one wordlist every 4-5 days and in this case, you will have at least 300-5*50=50 days left for review.
Also, in my opinion, after you finish 1100, you should start specific GRE exercises, for examples doing exercises from Barron's (at the beginning of the book, before the wordlists), from Kaplan, and also taking practice tests (from Barron's, the ETS book, or other resources). Don't wait to finish all the wordlists before taking practice tests. I have many practice tests myself and I'm sure you can find many more in appropriate forums or on the web. Send me a message if you want me to send you my resources.
Now, regarding the review of words, I didn't have a specific method for reviewing the words but a couple of my friends use the "Litner Box" method. They have written simple computer programs for themselves or write the words they don't know on little flash cards and then review them according to this method. What I did was to circle the words I didn't know in Barron's and then the day after, I would review the circled words starting from 3 wordlists before the current wordlist. For example, if I was going to study wordlist number 25 today, I would first review the circled words in wordlists 22, 23 and 24.
Another good resource you could use for reviewing words is a simple software called "Guru's GRE wordlist". You can easily find it if you search this same keyword on Google. It's a simple program which you can use in your free time to review words. It has more than 5000 words in it and I used it on a regular basis and I would recommend to others as well. Tell me if you can't find it.
I can't think of anything else right now, that was basically it, but feel free to ask any more questions
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