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Table of ContentsGRE TEST RESOURCES . 5GRE OVERVIEW. 6TESTING AND ANALYSIS. 8INTRODUCTION TO THE GRE . 10THE GRE SCORING SCALE . 11QUANTITATIVE TEST . 13MATHEMATICAL REASONING. 14Math Ability. 14Quantitative Comparisons. 15QUESTION TYPES . 17ARITHMETIC . 17DIVISIBILITY . 18MULTIPLICATION . 20ADDITION . 20SUBTRACTION . 20EVENS AND ODDS . 22PRIME NUMBERS . 24PERCENTS . 25SQUARE OF A NUMBER . 29EXPONENTS . 31ROOTS . 33AVERAGES . 33VERBAL TEST . 36READING COMPREHENSION . 36FLYING OVER THE PASSAGE . 36CREATING A TENTATIVE SUMMARY . 37OPENINGS AND ENDINGS . 38EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION . 39USING KITCHEN LOGIC . 39Copyright StudyGuideZone.com. All rights reserved.2
GETTING INTO THE AUTHOR’S MIND . 40EMOTIONAL WORDS . 40FINDING THE KEY WORDS . 42MAKING PROPER INFERENCES . 43APPLYING IDEAS FOR GENERALIZATIONS . 43USING CONTEXT CLUES . 44BREAKING DOWN PASSAGE ORGANIZATION . 45FIRST WORD ANALYSIS . 47UNDERSTANDING THE INTIMIDATION . 47FINDING YOUR OPTIMAL PACE . 48DON’T BE A PERFECTIONIST . 50FACTUALLY CORRECT, BUT ACTUALLY WRONG . 51DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS . 51ANALOGIES AND ANTONYMS. 53Characteristic . 53Source. 53Location. 53Sequential . 53Reciprocal. 54Cause/Effect . 54Creator/Creation. 54Provider/Provision . 54Object/Function. 54User/Tool . 54Whole/Part . 55Category . 55Synonym or Definition. 55Antonym or Contrast. 55Intensity. 56Word Part/ Meaning . 56USING SENTENCES . 56FOCUS ON WHAT YOU KNOW . 57SENTENCE COMPLETIONS . 59TRY EVERY CHOICE . 59READ CAREFULLY . 59Copyright StudyGuideZone.com. All rights reserved.3
MULTIPLE BLANKS . 60ANALYTICAL WRITING TEST. 61PLANNING STAGE . 61STICKING TO THE PLAN. 61REVIEWING THE PLAN . 62BRAINSTORMING SMART . 62MAKING THE CUTS . 65ENDING AT THE START . 65STAYING CONSISTENT . 66MAINTAINING THE FLOW. 67BACKING UP YOUR POINTS . 68USING PROPER GRAMMAR . 68WATCHING YOUR VOCABULARY . 69AVOIDING TUNNEL VISION . 70JUST DO IT . 71CONCLUSION IS REVIEW. 72COMMUNICATING REASON, NOT PASSION . 73ANSWERING THE WHY? . 73GETTING READY FOR TEST DAY. 75POST GRE. 77Copyright StudyGuideZone.com. All rights reserved.4
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GRE OverviewAs stated in its title, the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) isindeed a difficult examination, and as such, it was required that mediabe chosen by which intellectual ability could be measured. In the caseof the GRE, math, verbal, and writing were the selected media. Whilethere is an ongoing, low-profile controversy about whether or not thistest truly measure’s your abilities with regards to what you’ll need forgraduate school, that is not the purpose of this book. The purpose is,however, to make sure that you’re able to achieve the best possiblestate of preparation, allowing you to maximize your score potential no matter if your actual aptitude has been measured.As no test can measure all aspects of a person’s intelligence, the GREmeasures those skills deemed most critical to a new graduate student.Then again, if any admission test, no matter how cleverly assembles,is inherently inadequate, why perform this type of testing at all? Thisis a question posed by every student who sees the GRE looming aheadof him/her. Nevertheless, the answer to this question is quite simple,and quite reasonable; to make graduate school acceptance a more fairexperience, by expanding the basis approval beyond your grades.Your GRE score is one of the most critical elements to yourqualification for graduate school, so it is naturally much too import
GRE Overview As stated in its title, the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) is indeed a difficult examination, and as such, it was required that media be chosen by which intellectual ability could be measured. In the case of the GRE, math, verbal, and writing were the selected media. While there is an ongoing, low-profile controversy about whether or not this test truly measure’s your .
