Category: GRE Verbal
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The Best and Worst GRE Word Lists (2025)
Wanting to increase your GRE vocabulary? Click here for all you need to know on GRE word lists, including the top 20 words on the GRE!
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GRE Verbal Review (2025)
GRE Verbal (also known as GRE Verbal Reasoning) is a challenging test of reading comprehension, passage analysis, and—perhaps most difficult of all—vocabulary. And though grammar isn’t directly tested, you’ll need to navigate your way through complex sentence structures. So, there’s quite a bit involved with GRE Verbal prep! In fact, getting started sooner rather than…
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Pacing on GRE Reading Comprehension (RC)
Pacing is essential for mastering GRE Reading Comprehension (RC) questions. By mastering pacing for both the passages and questions, you can enhance your overall score and ensure you have sufficient time for all the questions in each of the two GRE Verbal sections. Know the Passages GRE RC includes various types of passages that each…
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GRE Vocabulary Books: Recommended Fiction and Non-Fiction
For those of you regularly browse the shelves of bookstores, to simply walk in and pick up a book that is captivating and charged with GRE Verbal type of language is tantamount to finding the proverbial needle in a haystack. To save you the time of engaging in such a futile search, here are some recommended…
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Active Reading Strategies for the GRE
Here’s your mission: Read the following passage and then we’ll talk: Passage Once American men returned from the WWII battlefields, they quickly displaced the women who had temporarily filled jobs otherwise reserved for men. With most women reverting to their domestic roles, the dramatic increase in the number of infants born is perhaps not too…
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Verbal-Focused GRE Study Schedule
Preparing for the GRE can pose significant challenges, especially if you feel that verbal reasoning is your weak point. It’s no secret that verbal improvement can take a lot of time and often happens at a slower rate than improvement in Quant (math). It’s simply the nature of the Verbal beast. Thus, while many study…
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GRE Tips for Non-Native English Speakers
Preparing for the GRE as a non-native English speaker can feel overwhelming, especially when you realize that much of the test hinges on your mastery of the English language. However, with a positive mindset and a structured approach, you can overcome these challenges to achieve your target score. This guide is designed to provide you…
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22 GRE Verbal Practice Questions with Explanations
GRE verbal practice is an essential part of your GRE prep! Read on for 22 GRE verbal reasoning practice questions, covering the question formats, types, and difficulty levels you’ll see on test day. If you want to start right away, use the table below to jump to each practice question. If you’re returning to this…
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GRE Reading Comprehension Practice: The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and More!
Over the many years that I’ve been a tutor, I’ve declaimed on numerous occasions that the act of studying only from a deck of flashcards has limited efficacy. That’s why my answer to the common question, How do I improve my reading comprehension? is simply this—read voraciously from sources that challenge you to think critically…
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Critical Reasoning on the GRE: Practice Questions and Explanations
Of all GRE Verbal question types, GRE Critical Reasoning questions can be especially frustrating, particularly if you’re encountering them for the first time! If you’ve taken an exam like the SAT that doesn’t have this question type, the logical analysis these questions require can feel unfamiliar. Luckily, there’s an easy solution to that—working through plenty…
