Kaplan GRE Exam Verbal Workbook (Kaplan Gre Verbal Workbook) [Illustrated] [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: Kaplan Gre Verbal Workbook | Publication Date: July 27, 2004

Are you ready for the GRE Verbal Section? You will be.

Kaplan's GRE Exam Verbal Workbook, Third Edition comes complete with a targeted review of all the tested material on the Verbal section of the GRE, plus Kaplan's renowned test-taking strategies. This powerful combination makes Kaplan's GRE Exam Verbal Workbook the most effective way for you to score higher on what is often described as the most challenging section of the GRE.

In-Depth Review of Analogies, Reading Comprehension, Sentence Completion, and Antonyms -- with practice drills in every chapter.

Special Chapter on Analytical Writing to help you score well on this section of the GRE, including tips for writing clearly, concisely, and effectively.

Exclusive Strategies to manage time, master all the question types, and succeed on the computer-adaptive GRE exam.

A Mini-Dictionary for the Verbal Section of over 1,000 words -- including special tips for the "Top 200" words most often found on the test.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing; 3rd edition (July 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743241304
• ISBN-13: 978-0743241304
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,076,822 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book!, November 30, 2005

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This review is from: Kaplan GRE Exam Verbal Workbook (Kaplan Gre Verbal Workbook) (Paperback)

I took my GRE in October and got 96% for Verbal. I think I owe it to this book (AND to Barron's Pass Key to the GRE). This book has a very helpful vocab list -- I especially like how they break down into which sets of words are most common, then next most common etc... I also found their analogies section and sentence completion section very helpful -- the 4 types of bridges idea for an analogy was next to revolutionary for me. Also learning that the answer choices for an analogy have to match the same order as the words in the analogy. I lived 27 years and NEVER knew that, I don't know how many times I've gotten questions wrong from having the correct relationship there but the answer words in the wrong order.

The other sections I didn't find too helpful, the reading comp. And their section on building your vocab starts with something like "read your whole life" haha, that was meaningless.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kaplan's GRE Verbal Workbook, August 20, 2006

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Frances A. Bono "Reading Gallary" (Tujunga, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Although I'm only half-way through this workbook, I 've found it indespensable for any one wishing to increase their English vocabulary and especially for those akin to improve their verbal scores in the GRE. I've already managed to improve my own unofficial scores with the help of this book and I'm very confident that these improved scores will be reflected in the actual GRE. This is a highly recommended source!

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not bad, i liked the exercises, August 16, 2005

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Kelsi Singer (Boulder, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This book was useful if you need a broad overview, and I like their layout better than Barrons. But basically they contain mostly the same info at least on the verbal part. If you have lots of time and want to work through everything in this book, you could certainly learn alot of vocab. And they have some good tips as well.