GRE VOCABULARY

STRATEDGY FOR TEXT COMPLETION

TECHNIQUE 1
1. TREAT IT LIKE A MATH PROBLEM
2. FIND KEY WORDS LIKE – HOWEVER, BUT, AND, OR – DEPENDING ON THE NATUREOF THE
WORDS GIVE IT A +1 OR A -1
3. FIND WHETHER THE BLANK IS IN THE FIRST OR THE SECOND PART OF THE SENTENCE
4. FIND DESCRIBING WORDS IN THE PART OF THE SENTENCE, THE BLANK IS NOT A PART OF.
DEPENDING ON THE NATURE – GIVE IT A +1 OR A -1.
5. FIGURE OUT BASED ON THE INTEGERS, WHETHER THE BLANK IS POSITIVE OR A NEGATIVE.