GRE prep

How should you approach the exam questions in each section?

Don’t use brain power to try and judge the level of difficulty of each question. Focus on doing the best you can on each question.

• Don’t get tied to any one question, mark it and come back!

Before submitting each section what should you do?

Always check the review screen to ensure you have answered all questions

What is the downfall of the Quantitative Reasoning sections?

they require more number sense than intense calculations. The math won’t be hard, but the problems are less straightforward.

What is the verbal reasoning section?

tests complex reasoning skills and your ability to analyze the relationships between words and sentences

The verbal reasoning section has two sections,

the first is 18 minutes with twelve questions and the second is 23 minutes with 15 questions

Each section of the verbal reasoning is composed of a consistent ad predictable selection of the following types of questions

• text completion

• reading comprehension

• sentence equivalence

What is the number of text completion questions you will see?

3-5 with 1-1.5 minutes to answer

What is the number of sentence equivalent questions you will see?

2-4 with 1 minute to answer each

What is the number of reading comprehension questions you will see?

6-8

• 1-3 minutes to read the passage and 1 minute to answer the question

The GRE prefers certain types of words such as words with

greek or latin roots or prefixes

gregarious

sociable

noisome

offensive

the root cadere is latin for (cad)

to fall

the past participle of cadere in latin is (cas)

enigma means

mystery

encrypt means

to put a message in a code

penury

extreme poverty

appraise

to determine the value of something

ascertain

to make certain of

assay

to evaluate, analyze, or test

perusing

reading thoroughly

descry

to detect by looking carefully

word group

• appraise

• ascertain

• assay

• descry

• peruse

What are homophones?

words that are pronounced the same way

The root word “hom/om” means

same

anomaly

derivation from a common rule

Homeostasis

a relatively stable state of equilibrium

Homogeneous

of the same or similar kind of nature

Homonym

one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but with different meaning

Homosexual

of or exhibiting sexual desire toward one’s own sex

The root word “gram/graph” means

to write, to draw

Diagram

figure made by drawing lines: an illustration

Epigram

a short poem

graph

diagram used to convey mathematical information

Graphite

mineral used for writing

Photograph

a picture

The root word “phon” means

sound

Euphony

the quality of good sound

megaphone

device that magnifies sound

Phonetics

the study of sounds used in speech

Polyphony

the use of simultaneous melodic lines to produce harmonies

telephone

a device for transmitting sound