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    BARRON’S LARARWAVNAARAA AAA GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATION 2008 17TH EDITION TENSURO NS) RE is a repsere rademer of Education! Testing Sovice, which was not moive the production of and oes fot endorse this book a a BR BAB BB BAB SB BW —a 4 1 © Copyright 2007, 2005, 2003, 2000, 1999, 1997, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1988, 1985, 1982, 1981, 1979, 197, 1973 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc. Al rights reserved. No patt ofthis book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microfilm, xerography, or any other means, Or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical, without the written permission of the copyright owner. All inquiries should be addressed to: Barron's Educational Series, Inc. 250 Wireless Boulevard Hauppauge, New York 11788 www.barronseduc.com Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 2007011558 ISBN-13: 978-0-7641-3541-5 ISBN-10: 0-7641-9541-4 ISBN-13: 978-0-7641-7948-5 (with CD-ROM) ISBN-10: 0-7641-7949-7 (with CO-ROM) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Green, Sharon, 1939- GRE : graduate record examination / Sharon Weiner Green, tra K, Wolt—17th ed Pp. om, ev, ed. of: How to prepare for the GRE. 16th ed. 2005 Includes index. ISBN-13: 978-0-7641-3541-5 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-7641-3541-4 (alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-7641-7949-5 ISBN-10: 0-7641-7949-7 1. Graduate Record Examination—Study guides. |. Wolt, lak. ‘if, Green, Sharon, 1939- How to prepare for the GRE, ll, Title. IV. Title: Graduate record examinaiton. \B2367.4.6747 2007 978.1'662—dc22 2007011558 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 987654321 Contents ‘Acknowledgments v Preface v Timetable for a Typical Computer-Based Graduate Record Examination vi PART QNE Introduction/Diagnostic Test 1 What You Need to Know About the GRE 3 ‘An Overview of the Computer-Based GRE Genera Test 3 Commonly Asked Questions About the Computer-Based GRE ‘ GRE Test Format 7 Verbal Ability 7 {Wantitative Abty ® Analytical Writing " 2 Test-Taking Tactics for the Computer-Based GRE 13 ‘Starting Right How 8 Betore the Test 6 {nthe Day ofthe Test 6 Once the Test Has Started 7 3 A Diagnostic Test 19 Test 2 Answer Key u“ ‘Answer Explanations. 35 VT Verbal Ability: Tactics, Review, and Practice 4° Antonym Questions a3 Testing Tactics ry Practice Exercises a ‘Answer Key 82 5 Analogy Questions 53 Testing Tactios s Practice Exercises 39 Answer Koy 4 6 Sentence Completion Questions 65. Testing Tactics 6 Practice Exercises 7 ‘Answer Key Reading Comprehension Questions 79 ‘esting Tactics 7 Practice Exercises a9 ‘Answer Key 106 8 Reviewing Vocabulary 107 ‘Tho GRE High-Frequency Word List 107 ‘The 3,500-Word Master Word List 109 ‘Answer Key 249 Basic Word Parts 251 PART THR Analytical Writing: Tactics, Strategies, and Practice 9 Analytical Writing mn mm The 5-Step Approach me Tactics 26 Practice Exercises 283 et i Quantitative Ability: Tactics, Strategies, Practice, and Review 10 General Math Strategies 289 Testing Tactics 231 Practice Exercises 237 ‘Answer Key 208 ‘Answer Explanations 29 11 Discrete Quantitative Questions 301 Testing Tactics sot Practice Exercises 307 Answer Key 308 ‘Answer Explanations 308 12 Quantitative Comparison Questions 310 Testing Tactics an actice Exercises 320 ‘Answer Key aa ‘Answer Explanations, a2 13 Data Interpretation Questions 323 Testing Tactics 323 Practice Exercises 327 ‘Answer Key 30 ‘Answer Explanations 30 14 Mathematics Review 332 Arithmetic 332 312 389 LiL Model Tests 15 Model Tests 437 Motil Test 1 an ‘Answer Key 44 ‘Answer Explanations, 454 Model Test 2 461 ‘Ancwer Key 4 ‘Answer Explanations, ry Model Test 3 483 ‘Answer Key 495 ‘Answer Explanations 495 ‘Model Test 4 503 ‘Answer Key 515 ‘Answer Explanations, 515 Modol Test 5 823 ‘Answer Key 535 ‘Answer Explanations 535 Index 541 Acknowledgments The authors gratefully acknowledge the following for permis sion to reprint reading passages. Page 27: Wilcomb E, Washbur, The Indian in America. Copynght © 1975, Reprinted with permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc Page 91: Ladislas Segy, “Aftican Sculpture Speaks,” Dover Publications, New York 1988. By permission of Helena Segy. age 93: From The Uses of Enchantment, by Bruno Bettelieim. Copyright © 1975, 1976 by Bruno Bettelheim, Reprinted with the permission of his heirs and their agents, Raines & Raines, Page 94: Excerpt from Geoffrey Chawcer by John Livingston Lowes. Copyright © 1934, renewed 1955, by John Wilbur Lowes. With permission of Houghton Miflin Co. Page 98: From Black Americans in the Roosevelt Era by John B. Kirby. Copytight 1980, University of Tennessee Press. Page 104: From The Madwwoman in the Attic by Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar, © 1979 by Yale University Press, publisher. age 443: Elaine Showalter, A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Bronté to Lessing, Copytight Preface ‘As prospective graduate students concerned with pro- fessional advancement, you know the importance of using good tools and drawing on solid research. In this ‘Seventeenth Edition of Barron's GRE, we offer you both Tris revision contains the fruits of our close study of the major changes in the GRE General Tests made public by the Graduate Record Examinations Board. We have scrutinized hundreds of actual GRE questions, traced dozens of GRE reading passages to their sources, analyzed subsets of questions by order of difficulty and ‘Question type. We have gone through all the topics in the new analytical writing section, categorizing the ‘actual issues you will encounter on your test and ‘analyzing the argument passages, pinpointing their logical fiaws. In the process, we have come up with the folowing features, which should make this Seventeenth Ezition particularly helpful to you: ‘Typical GRE Questions Analyzed ‘The Seventeenth Edition takes you step by step through dozens of verbal and mathematical questions that simulate actual GRE questions, showing you how to solve them and how to avoid going wrong. Testing Tactics ‘The Seventeenth Edition provides you with dozens of proven, highlighted testing tactics ‘rat will help you attack the different types of questions on the GRE. ‘© 1977 by Princeton University Press. Excerpt, pp. 10-12 reprinted vith permission of Princeton University Press Page 462: From “W.E.B. Du Bois: Protagonist ofthe Afio- ‘American Protest" by Elliot Ruwick, in Black Leaders of the Twentieth Century, edited by John Hope Franklin and August Meier. Copyright 1982, University of Mlimats Press, Page 504: From Literary Women: The Great Writers by Ellen Moers. Copyright © 1976, 1977 by Ellen Moers, Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Ine. Page 506: From Eves on the Prize: Civil Rights Years, edited by Clayborne Carson etal. Copyright © 1987 by Penguin Books. Blackside, Inc. 1991, with permission. Page 524: From The English Novel: Form and Function ‘by Dorothy Van Ghent. Copyright © 1953. Reprinted with permission of Heinle, a division of Thomson Learning Page 525: From Black History and the Historical Profession, 1915-1980 by August Meier and Elliot Rudwick. Copyright 1986, University of llinois Press. Used with permission of the University of Illinois Press. High-Frequency Word List The Seventeenth Eultion continues to give you an up-to- date 833-word High-Frequency Word List—333 words ‘rom abate to zealot that have been shown by computer analysis to oceur and recur on actual published GRES— plus Barron's 3,500-word Master Word List, the college- level vocabulary list for over 40 years, Comprehensive Mathematics Review The Seventeenth Edition presents you with extensive mathematical review materials that provide a refresher ‘course for students primarily involved in nonscientiic disciptines, GRE-Modeled Tests The Seventeenth Edition offers you a full-length Diagnostic Test geared to the current GRE, a diagnostic test that will enable you ta pinpoint your areas of weak- ness right away and concentrate your review on subjects in which You need the most work, plus five additional Model Tests, all with answers completely explained, that in format, ificulty, and content echo today's GRE. Computer GRE Update ‘The Seventeenth Edition introduces you to the computer- based GRE—and, along with the accompanying CD-ROM (optional), explains everything you need to know about the computer-adaptive GRE. Analytical Writing Update ‘The Seventeenth Edition also provides you with an intro- ution to the GRE analytical writing section, familiariz~ ing you with the range of topics covered and giving you helpful hints on how to write clear, cogent essays inno time at all. ‘This Seventeenth Ecition once more upgrades what has long been a standard text. I rellects the contributions, ‘of numerous teachers, editors, and coaches, and the

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