Introduction | p. xxi |
Start with the Basics | p. 1 |
Get to Know the GRE | p. 3 |
Three Acronyms You Should Know for this Hour | p. 3 |
The GRE at a Glance | p. 4 |
The Quantitative Section | p. 5 |
The Verbal Section | p. 6 |
The Analytical Section | p. 7 |
The Unscored Section | p. 7 |
The 10-Minute Break | p. 8 |
How the Computer-Based GRE Works | p. 8 |
What You Should Know About the CBT System | p. 8 |
The GRE Computer Interface | p. 9 |
The Title Bar | p. 9 |
The Tool Bar | p. 10 |
What You'll See on the Screen During the Exam | p. 12 |
Do's and Don'ts During the Exam | p. 13 |
The GRE Test-Taking Experience | p. 15 |
When You Arrive at the Test Center | p. 15 |
Testing Procedures and Rules | p. 16 |
What You Should Know About the Testing Environment | p. 17 |
Before You Begin the Test--The Computer Tutorial | p. 18 |
Post-Test Procedures | p. 19 |
Before You Leave the Testing Center | p. 20 |
Scoring, Evaluation, and Reporting | p. 21 |
Do's and Don'ts for GRE Preparation | p. 22 |
Registering to Take the GRE | p. 24 |
Learn to Answer GRE Quantitative Questions | p. 27 |
Teach Yourself Quantitative Skills I | p. 29 |
The Quantitative Section--At a Glance | p. 30 |
The Problem Solving Format | p. 33 |
What Problem Solving Questions Look Like | p. 33 |
What You Should Know About the Problem Solving Format | p. 34 |
How to Approach a Problem Solving Question | p. 35 |
Let's Apply the 5-Step Action Plan | p. 35 |
Do's and Don'ts for Problem Solving | p. 38 |
Teach Yourself Quantitative Skills II | p. 47 |
The Quantitative Comparison Format | p. 48 |
What Quantitative Comparison Questions Look Like | p. 49 |
What You Should Know About the Quantitative Comparison Format | p. 50 |
How to Approach a Quantitative Comparison Question | p. 51 |
Let's Apply the 6-Step Action Plan | p. 51 |
Do's and Don'ts for Quantitative Comparisons | p. 55 |
Data Interpretation (Statistical Graphs and Charts) | p. 55 |
What Data Interpretation Sets Look Like | p. 56 |
What You Should Know About Data Interpretation | p. 58 |
How to Approach Data Interpretation Questions | p. 59 |
Let's Apply the 5-Step Action Plan | p. 59 |
Do's and Don'ts for Data Interpretation Questions | p. 62 |
Teach Yourself Arithmetic I | p. 69 |
Problems Involving Descriptive Statistics | p. 70 |
Arithmetic Mean (Simple Average) | p. 71 |
Median | p. 71 |
Percent, Fraction, and Decimal Conversions | p. 72 |
Problems Involving Fractions | p. 73 |
Operations with Decimal Points | p. 75 |
Problems Involving Percent | p. 76 |
Problems Involving Ratio and Proportion | p. 77 |
Setting Up Proportions (Equal Ratios) | p. 78 |
Altering a Ratio | p. 79 |
Teach Yourself Arithmetic II | p. 85 |
Absolute Value | p. 86 |
Shortcuts for Finding Factors | p. 86 |
Prime Numbers | p. 87 |
Patterns to Look for When Combining Integers | p. 88 |
Exponents (Powers) and Roots (Radicals) | p. 89 |
Exponents and the Real Number Line | p. 89 |
Combining Base Numbers and Exponents | p. 90 |
Additional Exponent Rules | p. 91 |
Roots and the Real Number Line | p. 92 |
Combining Radicals | p. 94 |
Simplifying Radicals | p. 94 |
Problems Involving Sets | p. 96 |
Progressions | p. 96 |
Comparisons | p. 97 |
Probability | p. 97 |
Teach Yourself Basic Algebra | p. 103 |
Linear Equations with One Variable | p. 104 |
Linear Equations with Two Variables | p. 107 |
The Substitution Method | p. 109 |
The Addition-Subtraction Method | p. 110 |
Factorable Quadratic Equations | p. 112 |
Non-Linear Equations with Two Variables | p. 114 |
Equations That Can't Be Solved | p. 115 |
Identities | p. 116 |
Quadratic Equations in Disguise | p. 116 |
Equivalent Equations | p. 117 |
Solving Algebraic Inequalities | p. 118 |
Teach Yourself Algebra Word Problems | p. 123 |
Weighted Average Problems | p. 124 |
Currency (Coin and Bill) Problems | p. 125 |
Motion Problems | p. 126 |
Work Problems | p. 129 |
Mixture Problems | p. 131 |
Age Problems | p. 133 |
Problems Involving Overlapping Sets | p. 135 |
Investment Problems | p. 137 |
Teach Yourself Geometry I | p. 143 |
Lines and Angles | p. 144 |
Triangles | p. 146 |
Angles and Sides | p. 146 |
Area of a Triangle | p. 147 |
Right Triangles | p. 147 |
Pythagorean Triplets | p. 149 |
Other Special Right Triangles | p. 150 |
Isosceles Triangles | p. 152 |
Equilateral Triangles | p. 153 |
Quadrilaterals | p. 154 |
The Square | p. 154 |
Rectangles | p. 155 |
Parallelograms | p. 157 |
The Rhombus | p. 159 |
Trapezoids | p. 160 |
Teach Yourself Geometry II | p. 167 |
Polygons | p. 168 |
Circles | p. 169 |
Properties of a Circle | p. 169 |
Circles with Triangles Inside of Them | p. 170 |
Squares Inside Circles (and Vice Versa) | p. 172 |
Comparing Circles | p. 173 |
Solids | p. 174 |
Rectangular Solids | p. 175 |
Cubes | p. 176 |
Cylinders | p. 177 |
Coordinate Geometry | p. 178 |
Coordinate Signs and the Four Quadrants | p. 178 |
Coordinate Triangle Problems | p. 179 |
Coordinate Circle Problems | p. 180 |
Defining a Line on the Coordinate Plane | p. 182 |
Learn to Answer GRE Verbal Questions | p. 189 |
Teach Yourself Analogies | p. 191 |
GRE Analogies--At a Glance | p. 191 |
What GRE Analogies Look Like | p. 192 |
What You Should Know About GRE Analogies | p. 193 |
How to Approach GRE Analogies | p. 193 |
Let's Apply the 5-Step Action Plan | p. 194 |
DO's and DON'Ts for Tackling GRE Analogies | p. 197 |
Nine Analogy Categories You Should Know | p. 197 |
"Key Characteristic of" Analogies | p. 198 |
"Function or Use of" Analogies | p. 199 |
"Contrary Meaning" Analogies | p. 199 |
"Operates Against" Analogies | p. 200 |
"Type, Form, or Example of" Analogies | p. 201 |
"Place or Environment for" Analogies | p. 202 |
"Condition for or Ingredient of" Analogies | p. 203 |
"Part, Element, or Aspect of" Analogies | p. 204 |
"Evidence or Result of" Analogies | p. 205 |
Teach Yourself Sentence Completions and Antonyms | p. 211 |
Sentence Completion--At a Glance | p. 212 |
What GRE Sentence Completions Look Like | p. 212 |
What You Should Know about Sentence Completions | p. 213 |
How to Approach GRE Sentence Completions | p. 214 |
Let's Apply the 5-Step Action Plan | p. 214 |
DO's and DON'Ts for Handling Sentence Completions | p. 217 |
GRE Antonyms--At a Glance | p. 218 |
What GRE Antonyms Look Like | p. 218 |
What You Should Know about Antonyms | p. 219 |
How to Approach GRE Antonyms | p. 222 |
Let's Apply the 5-Step Action Plan | p. 222 |
DO's and DON'Ts for Handling GRE Antonyms | p. 225 |
Teach Yourself Reading Comprehension | p. 231 |
GRE Reading Comprehension at a Glance | p. 232 |
What Reading Comprehension Sets Look Like | p. 233 |
What You Should Know About GRE Reading Comprehension | p. 235 |
How to Approach a Reading Comprehension Set | p. 236 |
Let's Apply the 6-Step Action Plan | p. 236 |
DO's and DON'Ts to Help You Read More Effectively | p. 238 |
Six Question Types, and How to Handle Them | p. 239 |
"Main Idea" and "Primary Purpose" Questions | p. 239 |
"Explicit Detail" Questions | p. 241 |
Inference Questions | p. 242 |
"Purpose of Detail" Questions | p. 244 |
"Author Attitude" Questions | p. 245 |
Application and Extrapolation Questions | p. 246 |
Learn to Answer GRE Analytical Questions | p. 255 |
Teach Yourself Analytical Reasoning I | p. 257 |
Analytical Reasoning at a Glance | p. 258 |
What GRE Logic Games Look Like | p. 258 |
What You Should Know About GRE Logic Games | p. 260 |
How to Approach a GRE Logic Game | p. 262 |
Let's Apply the 5-Step Action Plan to a Logic Game | p. 262 |
DO's and DON'Ts (Before You Answer the Questions) | p. 266 |
DO's and DON'Ts (Answering the Questions) | p. 267 |
Formal Logic--Everything You Need to Know for Logic Games | p. 267 |
Selection Games | p. 268 |
The Simple Selection Game | p. 269 |
The Complex Selection Game | p. 270 |
Teach Yourself Analytical Reasoning II | p. 275 |
Linear Sequence Games | p. 276 |
The Fill-in-the-Blank Sequence Game | p. 276 |
The Double-Decker Sequence Game | p. 278 |
The Cluster Sequence Game | p. 279 |
The Sequence Formula Game | p. 281 |
Attribute Games | p. 283 |
The Dual Attribute Game | p. 283 |
The Multiple Attribute Game | p. 284 |
The Matrix Game | p. 286 |
The Hybrid Attribute-Sequence Game | p. 287 |
Teach Yourself Analytical Reasoning III | p. 295 |
Grouping Games | p. 296 |
The Simple Grouping Game | p. 296 |
The Complex Grouping Game | p. 297 |
Spatial Games | p. 299 |
The Line-and-Node Game | p. 299 |
The Multiple Row Game | p. 301 |
The Logic Tree Game | p. 303 |
Teach Yourself Logical Reasoning I | p. 311 |
Logical Reasoning--At a Glance | p. 312 |
What Logical Reasoning Questions Look Like | p. 312 |
What You Should Know About GRE Logical Reasoning Questions | p. 313 |
How to Tackle a Logical Reasoning Question | p. 314 |
Let's Apply the 5-Step Action Plan | p. 315 |
"Main Point" and "Conclusion" Questions | p. 316 |
Using Indicator Words to Identify Premises and Conclusions | p. 317 |
Using a Rhetorical Question to Signal a Conclusion | p. 318 |
"Inference" Questions | p. 319 |
Types of Inference Questions | p. 319 |
Degrees of Support | p. 320 |
"Must Be True" Inference Questions | p. 321 |
"Most Strongly Supported" Inference Questions | p. 322 |
"Unstated Assumption" Questions | p. 324 |
Starting with the Answer Choices | p. 324 |
Starting with the Argument | p. 325 |
DO's and DON'ts for Handling Logical Reasoning Questions | p. 328 |
Teach Yourself Logical Reasoning II | p. 333 |
"Additional Information" Questions | p. 334 |
Weakening an Argument | p. 335 |
Strengthening an Argument | p. 336 |
"Reasoning Error" Questions | p. 338 |
Statistical Reasoning Errors | p. 339 |
Causal Reasoning Errors | p. 340 |
Unwarranted Assumption Errors | p. 340 |
Irrelevant Appeals Fallacies | p. 341 |
Reasoning Errors Involving the Use of Language | p. 343 |
Common Fallacies of Refutation | p. 343 |
"Method of Argument" Questions | p. 345 |
Reasoning by Analogy | p. 345 |
Statistical Reasoning | p. 346 |
Reasoning from Experience | p. 346 |
Causal Reasoning | p. 346 |
"Parallel Argument" Questions | p. 347 |
Learn to Answer GRE Writing Assessment Questions | p. 355 |
Teach Yourself How to Write GRE Essays | p. 357 |
The GRE Writing Assessment Test--At a Glance | p. 358 |
The "Issue" Writing Task | p. 359 |
What "Issue" Topics Look Like | p. 360 |
What You Should Know about the "Issue" Writing Task | p. 360 |
How to Approach the "Issue" Writing Task | p. 362 |
Let's Apply the 6-Step Action Plan to a Simulated Topic | p. 364 |
DO's and DON'Ts for the "Issue" Writing Task | p. 367 |
The "Argument" Writing Task | p. 368 |
What "Argument" Passages Look Like | p. 368 |
What You Should Know about the "Argument" Writing Task | p. 368 |
How to Approach the "Argument" Writing Task | p. 370 |
Let's Apply the 4-Step Action Plan to a Simulated Topic | p. 371 |
DO's and DON'Ts for the "Argument" Writing Task | p. 373 |
DO's and DON'Ts for Writing Style | p. 374 |
The Writing Assessment Computer Interface | p. 375 |
The Writing Assessment Computer Tutorial | p. 376 |
Features and Limitations of the Word Processor | p. 376 |
Scoring, Score Reporting, and Score Evaluation | p. 378 |
How Your Two GRE Essays are Scored | p. 378 |
Scorecards for Evaluating Your Practice Essays | p. 379 |
Reporting of Scores to Test-Takers and to the Schools | p. 380 |
How the Schools Use GRE Writing Assessment Scores | p. 380 |
Practice with Sample Exams | p. 385 |
Sample Test 1 (Quantitative Ability) | p. 387 |
Sample Test 1 (Verbal Ability) | p. 395 |
Sample Test 1 (Analytical Ability) | p. 405 |
Sample Test 2 (Quantitative Ability) | p. 417 |
Sample Test 2 (Verbal Ability) | p. 427 |
Sample Test 2 (Analytical Ability) | p. 437 |
Explanations and Solutions to Sample Tests 1 and 2 | p. 449 |
Score Conversion Table | p. 485 |
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