The Official Guide to the GRE General Test, Third Edition


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Get the only official guide to the GRE® General Test that comes straight from the test makers! If you're looking for the best, most authoritative guide to the GRE General Test, you've found it! The Official Guide to the GRE General Test is the only GRE guide specially created by ETS--the people who actually make the test. It's packed with everything you need to do your best on the test--and move toward your graduate or business school degree. Only ETS can show you exactly what to expect on the test, tell you precisely how the test is scored, and give you hundreds of authentic test questions for practice! That makes this guide your most reliable and accurate source for everything you need to know about the GRE revised General Test. No other guide to the GRE General Test gives you all this: • Four complete, real tests--two in the book and two on CD-ROM • Hundreds of authentic test questions--so you can study with the real thing • In-depth descriptions of the Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning measures plus valuable tips for answering each question type • Quantitative Reasoning problem-solving steps and strategies to help you get your best score • Detailed overview of the two types of Analytical Writing essay tasks including scored sample responses and actual raters' comments Everything you need to know about the test, straight from the test makers!




GRE Math Strategies


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Please note: The content in the new Manhattan Prep GRE Math Strategies is an updated version of the math content in the Manhattan Prep GRE Set of 8 Strategy Guides. Written and recently updated by our 99th percentile GRE instructors, Manhattan Prep’s GRE Math Strategies features in-depth lessons covering strategies for every math question type on the GRE. Designed with students in mind, the guide provides a framework for understanding math for the purpose of the GRE and discusses time-saving strategies specific to certain question formats, including Quantitative Comparison and Data Interpretation questions. Each chapter provides comprehensive subject matter coverage with numerous examples to help you build confidence and content mastery. Mixed drill sets help you develop accuracy and speed. All practice problems include detailed answer explanations written by top-scorers.




GRE All the Verbal


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Written by our 99th percentile GRE instructors, Manhattan Prep's GRE All the Verbal features in-depth lessons covering the facts, rules, and strategies for every question type on the Verbal section of the GRE. This edition of GRE All the Verbal has been reorganized to start from the basics—words, in this case—and build to more complex sentences, paragraphs, and passages. You’ll learn how to build your vocabulary in an organic way that allows you to use these words in grad school and at work, not just to regurgitate the words for the test. You’ll also learn how to deconstruct complex sentences, a skill crucial not just for Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence (aka vocabulary) problems, but also for Reading Comprehension passages. And finally, you’ll learn how to parse complicated meaning across multi-sentence blocks of text, a skill you’ll need for Reading Comprehension and for multi-blank Text Completions. You’ll also learn how to spot and avoid common traps and you’ll have plenty of practice problems with detailed answer explanations, all of which have been constructed by our 99th percentile GRE instructors. Finally, you’ll learn how to use all of these skills to tackle the AWA (Analytical Writing Assessment) portion of the exam, also known as the essays




GRE - Verbal Reasoning


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Increase your score on the GRE with a tool that is easy to review and less expensive than any other study aid. Whether taking the exam while in college, after your undergrad, or with some time in-between, a 6-page laminated guide can go anywhere for review of techniques you will learn in exam prep courses or through test-taking books. Using one example per question type, a thorough breakdown of the thought process for the answer(s) reinforces the strategy for conquering each type of question on the test for a review you can do anywhere in record time. 6-page laminated guide includes: Exam Overview Text Completion Questions Sample Questions Explanation - How to Process & Answer One Blank & Two and Three Blank Passages Sentence Equivalence Sample Questions Explanation - How to Process & Answer Reading Comprehension Improve Your Reading Comprehension Author's Purpose Question Type Multiple Choice Questions Explanation - How to Process & Answer Sample Reading Comprehension Questions Multiple Choice - One Answer Multiple Choice - One or More Answers Explanation - How to Process & Answer Improving Your Vocabulary Scoring on the GRE Suggested uses: Review Anywhere - exam prep books are huge, with much space used for sample questions, this guide focuses on how to answer - keep in your bag or car to review any place, any time The Whole Picture - with 6 pages, it is easy to jump to one section or another to go straight to the core of the thought processes you need for answering questions Last Review - many people use our guides as a last review before they enter an exam




GMAT All the Verbal


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Fully updated for the GMAT Focus! Manhattan Prep’s All the Verbal guide covers all of the Critical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension question types, logical analysis, strategic approaches, and trap-answer strategies you need to get a higher score on the GMAT. It also includes all of the CR and RC content from the GMAT Foundations of Verbal book. Online bonus materials include additional practice problems. All the Verbal comes with access to the Atlas online learning platform. Your Atlas All the Verbal syllabus includes: Additional practice problems, interactive video lessons, strategies for time management, and more Lessons and practice problems created by expert instructors with 99th-percentile scores on the GMAT The All the Verbal guide includes full coverage, from foundational to advanced, of the following GMAT question types: Reading Comprehension Critical Reasoning Manhattan Prep guides are the top-selling GMAT prep guides worldwide for a reason; we have the most in-depth, comprehensive, and effective materials available for GMAT studies. Looking for comprehensive GMAT preparation? Try Manhattan Prep’s All the GMAT book set. Publisher's Note: Products purchased from 3rd party sellers are not guaranteed for quality, authenticity, or access to any online resources included with the product.




GRE Prep by Magoosh


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Magoosh gives students everything they need to make studying a breeze. We've branched out from our online GRE prep program and free apps to bring you this GRE prep book. We know sometimes you don't have easy access to the Internet--or maybe you just like scribbling your notes in the margins of a page! Whatever your reason for picking up this book, we're thrilled to take this ride together. In these pages you'll find: --Tons of tips, FAQs, and GRE strategies to get you ready for the big test. --More than 130 verbal and quantitative practice questions with thorough explanations. --Stats for each practice question, including its difficulty rating and the percent of students who typically answer it correctly. We want you to know exactly how tough GRE questions tend to be so you'll know what to expect on test day. --A full-length practice test with an answer key and detailed explanations. --Multiple practice prompts for the analytical writing assessment section, with tips on how to grade each of your essays. If you're not already familiar with Magoosh online, here's what you need to know: --Our materials are top-notch--we've designed each of our practice questions based on careful analysis of millions of students' answers. --We really want to see you do your best. That's why we offer a score improvement guarantee to students who use the online premium Magoosh program. --20% of our students earn a top 10% score on the GRE. --Magoosh students score on average 12 points higher on the test than all other GRE takers. --We've helped more than 1.5 million students prepare for standardized tests online and with our mobile apps. So crack open this book, join us online at magoosh.com, and let's get you ready to rock the GRE!




GRE Verbal Grail


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The GRE Verbal Grail is a path breaking book that takes a structured approach to help you master the Verbal section of the GRE. The book spans over 350 pages and is divided into five parts: Part I- Text Completion Discusses strategies to tackle text completion questions and provides a set of 100 practice questions with detailed explanations Part II- Sentence Equivalence Discusses strategies to tackle Sentence Equivalence questions and provides a set of 100 practice questions with detailed explanations Part III- Reading Comprehension Discusses the secrets to reading GRE passages effectively and provides strategies to identify and tackle each RC question type - Global, Detail, Inference, Logic, Strengthen, Weaken, Boldface, Assumptions, etc. Also provides a set of 100 practices questions with detailed explanations. Part IV- Vocabulary Exclusive list of 500 high frequency words tested on the GRE along with another comprehensive word list of 1000 words. The section also provides a memory aid to remember the meaning of the words in the form a mnemonic, root, word group, etc. Part V- Quick Recall Summarizes all the topics in one place so that you can revise everything quickly How is this book superior to any other book for GRE Verbal? - Helps you master each topic in a step-by-step manner. The book first helps you build a strong foundation in each topic and then lets you apply and fine tune the concepts learnt on practice questions of varying difficulty levels - GRE Verbal Grail is the only book available that provides you with 300 practice questions - Unlike other books, GRE Verbal Grail has been written after taking feedback from candidates who have taken the GRE recently. This means that the questions and vocabulary given in the book are closest to what you are likely to see on the actual GRE.







GRE Exam Verbal Workbook


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This focused verbal prep offers proven strategies for scoring high on the analogy, antonym, reading comprehension and sentence completion sections of the test.




GRE Verbal Strategies


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Please note: The content in the new Manhattan Prep GRE Verbal Strategies is an updated version of the verbal content in the Manhattan Prep GRE Set of 8 Strategy Guides. Written and recently updated by our 99th percentile GRE instructors, Manhattan Prep's GRE Verbal Strategies features in-depth lessons covering strategies for every question type on the Verbal section of the GRE. Included in this comprehensive guide are memorable and practical techniques for efficiently tackling Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence problems. In the Reading Comprehensions chapters, you will learn strategies for grasping difficult, unfamiliar content and a process for answering general questions, specific questions, and logic-based questions. Throughout the guide you will find tips for avoiding common traps, along with plenty of opportunity for practice via problem sets followed by detailed answer explanations written by GRE top-scorers. The guide also includes easy-to-understand, user-friendly strategies for writing the AWA (Analytical Writing Assessment) portion of the test, also known as “the essays.”