Category: GRE Verbal Tips
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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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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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Top 10 Tips for GRE Verbal: Strategies to Boost Your Verbal Reasoning Skills
Feeling anxious about the Verbal Reasoning section of the GRE? Don’t worry, we’ve got your back! As you prepare for this important exam, it’s crucial to master your verbal reasoning skills. In this article, we will share top strategies to enhance your GRE Verbal performance and boost your confidence on test day. Tip 1: Develop…
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Turn Words and Phrases on the GRE
Doing well on the GRE verbal means being able to notice the flow of logic in a paragraph. The text is dense and the ideas expressed are complex and nuanced, so it is easy to miss what the passage is trying to communicate. By paying attention to several key words, which I call “turn words”,…
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GRE Academic Structures
In both the GRE Reading Comprehension passages and the Text Completions, certain phrases may show up that can give a sentence a spin. If you are not familiar with these phrases, your head is likely to spin. Take a look at the following two sentences. He was ________ , always giving to those in need.…
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What to Do When You Don’t Know a Word on the GRE
Chances are pretty good that a word may pop up on the exam that you’ve never seen before — no matter how many GRE vocabulary lists you’ve reviewed. If English is not your first language, this is even more true. I had a student learn over 5,000 words to be prepared. But it’s hard to…
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GRE Verbal Reasoning: Five Tips for Doing Well
Below are five straightforward GRE verbal reasoning tips to help boost your score to the top of the GRE score range. 1. Know your vocabulary There is no way around it. To do well on the GRE you have to know your vocabulary. There are plenty of word lists that can help you get started. Flashcards…
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Should I Take Notes on GRE Reading Passages?
To answer this question, I am going to employ two metaphors: Training Wheels As children many of us pedaled about on a bicycle equipped with training wheels. Were it not for the training wheels, we would have taken an unfortunate spill. That day would finally come when, after our legs had become stronger and our…
