The GMAT Verbal Section - Verbal Pretest

... The Verbal section of the GMAT exam is the last part of the test, but it is the first section covered in this book because many of the concepts and skills you need to do well on the Verbal section ... exam. – VERBAL PRETEST – 62  Pretest The Verbal section pretest contains 20 multiple-choice questions — approximately half the number of questions you wi...

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... grammar check; the word- processing program on the GMAT exam will not include either of these features. 214 To practice the timing of the GMAT exam, spend 30 minutes on each essay. On the test, you ... fully. ■ Provides a wide range of relevant and specific evi- dence to support the thesis state- ment. ■ Maintains the focus of the the- sis statement. ■ Uses a logical and co...

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... slope of the line and b represents the y-intercept. 5 4 3 2 1 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 1 2 3 45 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 y-axis x-axis III III IV 12 5 ϭ 2.4 10 3 – ALGEBRA – 349 Slope The slope between two points (x 1 , ... Multiply the first terms in each set of parentheses. O Multiply the outer terms in the parentheses. I Multiply the inner terms in the parentheses...

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... for a commit- tee. Statistics Mean is the average of a set of numbers. To calculate the mean, add all the numbers in the set and divide by the number of numbers in the set. Find the mean of 2, ... and 15. The mean is 7. Median is the middle number in a set. To find the median, first arrange the numbers in order and then find the middle number. If two numbers share the m...

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... triangle, the two sides that form the right angle are called the legs of the triangle. The side oppo- site the right angle is called the hypotenuse and is always the longest side of the triangle. Pythagorean ... triangle. Pythagorean Theorem To find the length of a side of a right triangle, the Pythagorean theorem can be used. This theorem states that the sum of the s...

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... minutes to complete this portion of the test. CHAPTER What to Expect on the GMAT Verbal Section The GMAT ® Verbal section actually covers a rather varied and com- plex set of knowledge and skills. ... is not quite what the Verbal section is about. It is designed to measure three rather different groups of skills. The questions on the GMAT Verbal section can b...

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... characteristic, the correct choice is positive, B. 17 Introduction to The Verbal Section Team-LRN The prefix, root, and (sometimes) suffix of the original word may help you un- derstand the meaning of the ... maximum The prefix pro- has several meanings, and all of them have “positive” connota- tions; here, it means forward. Of the five choices, the prefix most opposite...

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... of these questions on the GRE. – THE GRE VERBAL SECTION – 92 Team-LRN At the beginning of the sentence completion portion of the Verbal section, you will find instructions along the lines of the ... within this valley. – THE GRE VERBAL SECTION – 89 Team-LRN  Introduction to the Verbal Section The Verbal section of the GRE presents you with questions ve...

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... define the position of a point on the sky with reference to the surrounding stars. No doubt we do not see the stars near the sun when the sun is shining, but they are there never- theless. The ingenuity ... termed the vernal equi- nox. There is similarly another point in which the sun is situated at the time of the autumnal equinox. In any investigation of the celestial...

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... The following section offers specific tips and strategies to use on the Verbal section during the exam. Prac- tice these strategies as you complete the practice exercises in the next ... or performs the action. For example, lie is intransitive; the subject of the sentence performs the action on itself: I will lie down. The transitive verb laid, on the other hand, is...

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