How to Prepare for the GRE - Graduate Record

All students must now take the Graduate Record Exam in its new Computer Adaptive format. This new test prep manual (with six model GREs) is offered here in book form alone or in a combination package with the new GRE Computer Adaptive Test on CD-ROM (see line listing below).

Acknowledgments

viii

(1)

Preface

ix

(1)

Timetable for the Graduate Record Examination

x

1 What You Need to Know About the GRE

1

(7)

An Overview of the GRE General Test

1

(1)

Commonly Asked Questions About the GRE

2

(1)

GRE Test Format

3

(1)

The Verbal Sections

3

(1)

The Quantitative Sections

4

(1)

The Analytical Sections

4

(2)

Testing Tactics

6

(2)

2 A Diagnostic Test

8

(52)

Test

11

(30)

Answer Key

41

(1)

Self-Appraisal

42

(1)

Answer Explanations

43

(17)

3 Sentence Completion Questions

60

(15)

Testing Tactics

61

(4)

Practice Exercises

65

(9)

Answer Key

74

(1)

4 Analogy Questions

75

(13)

Testing Tactics

76

(5)

Practice Exercises

81

(6)

Answer Key

87

(1)

5 Reading Comprehension Questions

88

(29)

Testing Tactics

89

(10)

Practice Exercises

99

(17)

Answer Key

116

(1)

6 Antonym Questions

117

(9)

Testing Tactics

117

(4)

Practice Exercises

121

(4)

Answer Key

125

(1)

7 Reviewing Vocabulary

126

(155)

The GRE High-Frequency Word List

126

(2)

Master Word List

128

(136)

Answer Key

264

(2)

Basic Word Parts

266

(15)

8 Quantitative Comparison Questions

281

(14)

Testing Tactics

281

(3)

Practice Exercises

284

(10)

Answer Key

294

(1)

9 Discrete Quantitative Comparison Questions

295

(13)

Testing Tactics

295

(4)

Practice Exercises

299

(5)

Answer Key

304

(1)

Answer Explanations

304

(4)

10 Data Interpretation Questions

308

(9)

Testing Tactics

308

(3)

Practice Exercises

311

(3)

Answer Key

314

(1)

Answer Explanations

314

(3)

11 Mathematics Review

317

(59)

Review and Practice

317

(59)

Arithmetic

317

(14)

Algebra

331

(21)

Geometry

352

(17)

Tables and Graphs

369

(6)

Formulas

375

(1)

12 Analytical Ability

376

(23)

Analytical Reasoning Tactics

376

(7)

Logical Reasoning Tactics

383

(6)

Practice Exercises

389

(6)

Answer Key

395

(1)

Answer Explanations

395

(4)

13 The Computer-Adaptive GRE

399

(15)

An Overview of the Computer-Adaptive GRE

399

(1)

Starting Right Now

400

(2)

Before the Test

402

(1)

On the Day of the Test

403

(1)

Once the Test Has Started

403

(11)

14 Test Yourself-Five Practice Tests

414

Model Test 1

415

(48)

Answer Key

445

(2)

Answer Explanations

447

(16)

Model Test 2

463

(48)

Answer Key

494

(2)

Answer Explanations

496

(15)

Model Test 3

511

(50)

Answer Key

543

(1)

Answer Explanations

544

(17)

Model Test 4

561

(48)

Answer Key

591

(2)

Answer Explanations

593

(16)

Model Test 5

609

Answer Key

639

(1)

Answer Explanations

640

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How to Prepare for the GRE - Graduate Record Exam

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