PART ONE:GRE Basics 3
1 Getting Started 3
Can You Prepare for the GRE? 3
What Is a GRE Study Plan? 3
What s the Best Study Plan for You? 3
How Can You Tell If Your Work Is Paying Off? 4
2 All About the GRE 5
What Is the GRE? 5
What Is the CAT? 5
How Do You Register for the GRE? 6
What Kinds of Questions Are on the Test? 7
How Is the Test Structured? 8
How Is the Test Scored? 8
What Smart Test-takers Know 9
3 GRE Questions:A First Look 13
What Can You Expect on the Test? 13
How Does the GRE Test Verbal Reasoning? 13
How Does the GRE Test Mathematical Reasoning? 17
How Does the GRE Test Analytical Reasoning? 22
Summing It Up:What You Must Know About the GRE 25
4 Diagnostic Examination 29
PART TWO:Diagnosing Strengths and Weaknesses 29
Answer Key 48
Explanatory Answers 49
PART THREE:GRE Verbal Questions 65
5 Sentence Completions 65
What Is Sentence Completion? 65
How Do You Answer Sentence Completion Questions? 67
What Smart Test-takers Know 69
6 Analogies 79
What Is an Analogy? 79
How Do You Answer Analogy Questions? 80
What Smart Test-takers Know 87
7 Reading Comprehension 95
What Is Reading Comprehension? 95
How Do You Answer Reading Comprehension Questions? 97
What Smart Test-takers Know 105
8 Antonyms 121
What Is an Antonym? 121
How Do You Answer Antonym Questions? 122
GRE Word List 124
What Smart Test-takers Know 132
Summing It Up:What You Must Know About GRE Verbal Questions 138
PART FOUR:GRE Math Questions 143
9 Problem Solving 143
What Is Problem Solving? 143
How Do You Answer Problem-solving Questions? 145
What Smart Test-takers Know 152
10 Quantitative Comparison 167
What Is Quantitative Comparison? 167
How Do You Solve Quantitative Comparison Questions? 169
What Smart Test-takers Know 171
What Is a Graph? 183
11 Graphs 183
How Do You Solve Graph Questions? 185
What Smart Test-takers Know 188
Summing It Up:What You Must Know About GRE Math Questions 194
PART FIVE:GRE Analytical Questions 199
12 Analytical Ressoning 199
What Is Analytical Reasoning? 199
How Do You Answer Analytical Reasoning Questions? 201
What Smart Test-takers Know 224
13 Logical Reasoning 235
What Does Logical Reasoning Test? 235
How Do You Answer Logical Reasoning Questions? 238
What Smart Test-takers Know 243
Summing It Up:What You Must Know About GRE Analytical Questions 260
PART SIX:Practice Examinations 265
Practice Examination 1 265
Answer Key 286
Explanatory Answers 287
Practice Examination 2 299
Answer Key 319
Explanatory Answers 320
Practice Examination 3 335
Answer Key 355
Explanatory Answers 356
Practice Examination 4 369
Answer Key 388
Explanatory Answers 389
Practice Examination 5 401
Answer Key 420
Explanatory Answers 421
PART EIGHT:Appendices 507
A GRE Writing Assessment 507
B Financing Your Graduate Education 525