Aug 10, 2023 | GRE, Verbal
By now you know that GRE preparation, for almost everyone, involves studying vocabulary words. Half of the questions on the GRE verbal reasoning sections are vocabulary-based. You will have to select from an answer choice set of vocabulary words to appropriately fill...
Aug 2, 2023 | GRE, Sentence Equivalence, Text Completion, Verbal
Vocabulary-based questions on the GRE verbal reasoning sections are of two kinds: text completion and sentence equivalence. Both types are about filling in blanks in sentences with the right words based on context, but the answer choice formats are different. In this...
Jul 26, 2023 | GRE, Reading Comprehension, Verbal
Reading comprehension accounts for half of the questions on the GRE verbal reasoning sections. To do well on these questions, you need a framework for understanding the purpose and structure of the passages. Some passages are very short – really more accurately termed...
Jul 19, 2023 | GRE, Verbal
There are only three types of questions on a GRE verbal reasoning section: text completion, sentence equivalence, and reading comprehension. (Text completion and sentence equivalence are quite similar, as discussed in our last article.) Feel at home on the verbal...