GRE - Verbal Reasoning

• Publisher: QuickStudy Reference Guides
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781423240648
• Topic: Studienhilfen
• Subtopic: Studienführer

Increase your score on the GRE with a tool that is easy to review and less expensive than any other study aid. Whether taking the exam while in college, after your undergrad, or with some time in-between, a 6-page laminated guide can go anywhere for review of techniques you will learn in exam prep courses or through test-taking books. Using one example per question type, a thorough breakdown of the thought process for the answer(s) reinforces the strategy for conquering each type of question on the test for a review you can do anywhere in record time.
6-page laminated guide includes:

• Exam Overview
• Text Completion Questions
  • Sample Questions
  • Explanation – How to Process & Answer
  • One Blank & Two and Three Blank Passages
• Sentence Equivalence
  • Sample Questions
  • Explanation – How to Process & Answer
• Reading Comprehension
  • Improve Your Reading Comprehension
  • Author's Purpose
  • Question Type
  • Multiple Choice Questions
  • Explanation – How to Process & Answer
• Sample Reading Comprehension Questions
  • Multiple Choice – One Answer
  • Multiple Choice – One or More Answers
  • Explanation – How to Process & Answer
• Improving Your Vocabulary
• Scoring on the GRE

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• Review Anywhere – exam prep books are huge, with much space used for sample questions, this guide focuses on how to answer – keep in your bag or car to review any place, any time
• The Whole Picture – with 6 pages, it is easy to jump to one section or another to go straight to the core of the thought processes you need for answering questions
• Last Review – many people use our guides as a last review before they enter an exam

Text Completion

• This question type tests your ability to read critically, determining the overall meaning of the passage and finding the best word to complete the sentence.
• Crucial words are omitted. The test taker must use the remaining information to fill the blank in a coherent and meaningful way.
• Select one entry for each blank from the corresponding choices.
• Passages are one to five sentences.
• Each passage includes as many as three blanks.
  • One-blank passages include five answer choices.
  • Two- and three-blank passages include three answer choices.
• Look for direct implications; the correct answer will be the one most directly implied.
• Pay attention to the meaning of words, rather than to associations or feelings from those words.
• When working on long or complex passages, first paraphrase the passage. If this seems like a difficult task, work on one phrase at a time, building up to the bigger passage as you finish paraphrasing.
• Use root words to help you get a better grasp of a word you don’t know the meaning of.
• There is only one correct answer. For two- and three-blank passages, you must get all of the blanks correct to earn points. There is no partial credit given.

SAMPLE

One-Blank Passages

1. In parts of the Arctic, the land grades into the landfast ice so _______ that you can walk off the coast and not know you are over the hidden sea.
(A) Permanently
(B) Imperceptibly
(C) Irregularly
(D) Precariously
(E) Slightly

Explanation

• The word that fills the blank needs to show that you can walk from the coast onto the sea without any knowledge of having done so.
• While the ice could be permanent (enduring without change, stable), irregular (not acting in accord with laws, rules, or customs; not belonging; not following a prescribed procedure), or precarious (depending on the will or pleasure or another, dependent on chance circumstances, dubious), those words do not convey being unaware that you had walked from coast onto ice. If the land grade were slight, it could be noticeable.
• Only “imperceptibly” shows this relationship. Therefore, the answer is B.

2. All Jon cared about was getting an A, so because the team project did not count toward his grade in the course, he felt _______ the work and did not do his share.
(A) Apathy toward
(B) Zeal for
(C) Loathing for
(D) Cheerful about
(E) Antagonism toward

Explanation

• The word that fills the blank needs to show that Jon is not interested in working with his team on the project. He has no desire to put in effort on anything not directly related to his grade. Because the sentence has the key words “so because,” we know that the blank needs to be filled with a word that is consistent with Jon caring only about getting an A. This is further reinforced by the “and” that closely follows the blank, which shows that the blank will relate to Jon not doing his share of the work.
• “Apathy” is the lack of emotion, interest, or concern. Is Jon lacking interest in working on the team project? “Zeal” is eagerness and strong interest in something. Is Jon eager to work on the team project? “Loathe” is to dislike greatly with intolerance or disgust. Does Jon dislike working on the team project? “Cheerful” is positive, good spirits. Is Jon feeling good about working on the team project? “Antagonism” is expressing opposition or hostility. Is Jon feeling conflict or anger toward working on the team project?
• The second part of the sentence says that Jon did not do his share, so he is not eager or excited to work on the project; therefore, the answer is not B or D. The sentence does not say whether Jon has a hatred for the project; he simply has no interest in the project; therefore, the answer is not C or E.
• The correct answer is A. “Apathy” is composed of a prefix (“a”), which means “not,” and a root word (“path”), which means (“emotion”). Other words with the same root word include “antipathy,” “empathy,” and “sympathy.”

SAMPLE

Two-Blank Passages

3. Vain and prone to violence, Caravaggio could not handle success: the more his (i)_________ as an artist increased, the more (ii)________ his life became.

Blank (i)	Blank (ii)
(A) Temperance	(D) Tumultuous
(B) Notoriety	(E) Providential
(C) Eminence	(F) Dispassionate

Explanation

• In this sentence, what comes after the colon must define or clarify what is before the colon.
• In looking at the second blank and the three word choices, “tumultuous” means something that is marked by violent or overwhelming turbulence or something that is loud, excited, or emotional; “providential” means occurring by or as if by Providence; and “dispassionate” means not being influenced by strong feelings. Only one word shows Caravaggio’s life getting out of control: tumultuous. Therefore, the answer is D.
• Going back to the first blank and the three word choices, “temperance” means moderation in action, thought, or feeling by showing restraint; “notoriety” means generally known or talked about unfavorably; and “eminence” means a position of prominence or superiority, high rank. The clearest choice is C, “eminence,” because it is a consequence of becoming successful. While Caravaggio could increase in notoriety, the relationship is not as clear.

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