How to Prepare for the GRE - Graduate Record Exam

by Samuel Brownstein; Mitchel Weiner; Stephen Hilbert

• ISBN13: 9780764107795
• ISBN10: 0764107798
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series

Summary

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).

Table of Contents

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