AcknowledgmentsvPrefaceviiTimetablefor a Typical Computer-BasedGraduateRecord Examination ixPART1: Introduction/Diagnostic Test1What You Need to KnowAboutthe GRE 3AnOverview of the Computer-Based GREGeneralTest 3CommonlyAsked Questions About theComputer-BasedGRE 4GRETest Format 6VerbalReasoning 6QuantitativeAbility 9AnalyticalWriting 142Test-Taking Tactics for theComputer-BasedGRE 17HelpfulHints 20AGuided Tour of the Computer-Based GRE 213 ADiagnostic Test25SimulateTest Conditions 25Test29AnswerKey 44AnswerExplanations Essay-Writing:The 5-Step Approach 114PART2: Verbal Ability:Tactics,Review, and Practice4Sentence CompletionQuestions55TestingTactics 56PracticeExercises 67AnswerKey 805Reading ComprehensionQuestions81TestingTactics 82PracticeExercises 105AnswerKey 109PART3: Analytical Writing:Tactics,Strategies, and PracticeIntroductionto Part 3 1126Analytical Writing 113ScoringGuidelines 113Howto Handle the Argument-Analysis Task 118TestingTactics 122PracticeExercises 133PART4: Quantitative Ability: Tactics,Strategies,Practice, and ReviewIntroductionto Part 4 1437General Math Strategies 147TestingTactics 150PracticeExercises 163AnswerKey 165AnswerExplanations 165 8Discrete QuantitativeQuestions169TestingTactics 17PracticeExercises 18AnswerKey 18AnswerExplanations 189Quantitative ComparisonQuestions187TestingTactics 18PracticeExercises 20AnswerKey 20AnswerExplanations 2010Data InterpretationQuestions213TestingTactics 21PracticeExercises 21AnswerKey 22AnswerExplanations 22 11Mathematics Review 227Arithmetic227Algebra310Geometry347PART5: Model Tests12Model Tests 441ModelTest 1 445AnswerKey 469AnswerExplanations 470ModelTest 2 487AnswerKey 511Answer Explanations512