This revision contains the fruits of our close study of the major changes in the GRE General Tests made public by the Graduate Record Examinations Board. We have scrutinized hundreds of actual GRE questions, traced dozens of GRE reading passages to their sources, analyzed subsets of questions by order of difficulty and question type. We have gone through all the topics in the new analytical writing section, categorizing the actual issues you will encounter on your test and analyzing the argument passages, pinpointing their logical flaws.

Acknowledgments

Preface

Timetable for a Typical Computer-Based Graduate Record Examination

PART ONE

Introduction/Diagnostic Test

！ What You Need to Know About the GRE

An Overview of the Computer-Based GRE

General Test

Commonly Asked Questions About the

Computer-Based GRE

GRE Test Format

Verbal Ability

Quantitative Ability

Analytical Writing

2 Test-Taking Tactics for the Computer-Based GRE

Starting Right Now

Before the Test

On the Day of the Test

Once the Test Has Started

3 A Diagnostic Test

Test

Answer Key

Answer Explanations

PART TWO

Verbal Ability: Tactics, Review, and Practice

4 Antonym Questions

Testing Tactics

Practice Exercises

Answer Key

5 Analogy Questions

Testing Tactics

Practice Exercises

Answer Key

6 Sentence Completion Questions

Testing Tactics

Practice Exercises

Answer Key

7 Reading Comprehension Questions

Testing Tactics

Practice Exercises

Answer Key

8 Reviewing Vocabulary

The GRE High-Frequency Word List

The 3,500-Word Master Word List

Answer Key

Basic Word Parts

PART THREE

Analytical Writing: Tactics, Strategies, and Practice

9 Analytical Writing

Scoring Guidelines

Essay Writing:

  The 5-Step Approach

Tactics

Practice Exercises

PART FOUR

Quantitative Ability: Tactics, Strategies,Practice, and Review

10 General Math Strategies

 Testing Tactics

  Practice Exercises

 Answer Key

 Answer Explanations

11 Discrete Quantitative Questions

 Testing Tactics

  Practice Exercises

 Answer Key

 Answer Explanations

！2 Quantitative Comparison Questions

 Testing Tactis

 Practice Exercises

 Answer Key

 Answer Explanations

13 Data Interpretation Questions

 Testing Tactics

 Practice Exercises

 Answer Key

 Answer Explanations

14 Mathematics Review

 Arithmetic

 Algebra

 Geometry

PART FIVE

Model Tests

15 Model Tests

 Model Test 1

   Answer Key

   Answer Explanations

 Model Test 2

   Answer Key

   Answer Explanations

 Model Test 3

   Answer Key

   Answer Explanations

 Model Test 4

   Answer Key

   Answer Explanations

 Model Test 5

   Answer Key

   Answer Explanations

Index