GRE Verbal Workbook (Barron's Test Prep) - Softcover

Prospective graduate students preparing for the GRE will find intensive and carefully focused preparation for the exam's verbal reasoning section in this book. The author discusses the purposes and structure of the question types, providing more than 380 example questions with explanations that demonstrate how to arrive at correct answers. Test takers will also find: A diagnostic test that allows students to pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses Extensive practice and review chapters that cover all three general question types: sentence equivalence, text completion, and reading comprehension Two full-length verbal practice tests with answers and explanations A concise GRE Dictionary a vocabulary list with definitions that all successful GRE test takers must master

Table of Contents:
Preface
1 The GRE
2 The Verbal Reasoning Section
New to This Edition
Sentence Equivalence Skills
Text Completion Skills
Reading Comprehension Skills
3 Examining the Questions
The Sentence Equivalence Question
The Text Completion Question
The Reading Comprehension Question
4 Diagnostic Test
Key Word Alert!
Section 1
Section 2
Answer Key
Score
Answer Explanations
5 Sentence Equivalence Questions
Key Word Alert!
Strategy Alert!
Practice Set 1
Practice Set 2
Practice Set 3
Practice Set 4
Practice Set 5
6 Text Completion Questions: Single Blank
Key Word Alert!
Strategy Alert!
Practice Set 1
Practice Set 2
Practice Set 3
Practice Set 4
Practice Set 5
7 Text Completion Questions: Double Blank
Key Word Alert!
Strategy Alert!
Practice Set 1
Practice Set 2
Practice Set 3
Practice Set 4
Practice Set 5
8 Text Completion Questions: Triple Blank
Key Word Alert!
Strategy Alert!
Practice Set 1
Practice Set 2
Practice Set 3
Practice Set 4
Practice Set 5
9 Reading Comprehension Questions
Strategy Alert!
Practice Set 1
Practice Set 2
Practice Test 1
Key Word Alert!
Section 1
Section 2
Answer Key
Scoring Guide
Answer Explanations
Practice Test 2
Key Word Alert!
Section 1
Section 2
Answer Key
Scoring Guide
Answer Explanations
Key Word Alert! Quiz
Answers
GRE Dictionary
Acknowledgments