Princeton Review GRE Prep, 2024: 5 Practice Tests + Review and Techniques (2023)

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Contents
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Part I: Orientation
1 Introduction
2 General Strategy
Part II: Practice Test 1
Practice Test 1
Practice Test 1: Diagnostic Answer Key
Practice Test 1: Answers and Explanations
Study Guides
Part III: How to Crack the Verbal Section
3 The Geography of the Verbal Section
4 Text Completions
5 Sentence Equivalence
6 Reading Comprehension
7 Critical Reasoning
8 Vocabulary for the GRE
Part IV: How to Crack the Math Section
9 The Geography of the Math Section
10 What Are Math Fundamentals
11 Math Fundamentals on the GRE

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Dear Test Taker,
There is a lot of content that could be tested on the GRE.
Virtually all that content is covered in this book.
Therefore, this book is very long.
We set out to create a book with a simple goal in mind: we want you to
achieve the GRE score of your dreams. We’ve loaded this book with enough
practice questions, tests, and discussion about the GRE, so that nothing you
see on test day is going to surprise you. Before you even see a single
question, you are going to be provided with information details to give you
confidence that the GRE is the right test for you to take to help achieve your
career goals.
Over the years, The Princeton Review has learned a lot of important lessons
about preparing to take standardized tests. Those lessons that pertain to the
GRE are in the pages of this book.
We’ve also learned lessons about students such as yourself. And central to
those lessons is that no two students follow the same path to success. Some of
you are going to thoroughly comb through every page, take every practice
test, send questions to our editorial team, and consider nearly nothing else
until test day. If this sounds like you, then you are in luck. This book is
crammed full of practice questions, advice, and strategies for how to best
approach problems. You are going to love this book. You might even give it
a permanent spot on your mantle.
But others of you only have so many hours a day or week to devote to your
studies. You’re going to see a book that is this big, that feels this heavy, and
know you are unlikely to see every page and work through every question. If
this sounds like you, then we have good news. You are also going to love this
book. The opening practice test is a diagnostic, which is going to give you a

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good sense of where you are with each section. The customized 2-, 4- and 6-
week study guides are going to help you evaluate that first diagnostic test and
give you a plan for how to move through this book. The closing practice test
here in the book is going to let you know just how far you’ve come, and what
you still may need to review to maximize your score. You can further
monitor your progress with even more practice tests online in your Student
Tools.
In short, we created a book that you can use to maximize your time in order
to maximize your score. We think you’ll love it. But don’t take our word for
it. See for yourself.
Happy studying,
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CRACKING THE GRE
For a lot of people, taking a standardized test such as the GRE usually brings
up a number of emotions—none of them positive. But here’s the good news:
The Princeton Review is going to make this whole ordeal a lot easier for you.
We’ll give you the information you will need to do well on the GRE,
including our time-tested strategies and techniques.
Strategies Galore
In this book, you’ll find The Princeton Review’s
trusted test-taking strategies to help you crack the
GRE.
The GRE supposedly allows graduate schools to get a better sense of an
applicant’s ability to work in a post-graduate setting—a goal that is
unrealistic indeed, considering that the people who take the GRE are
applying to programs as diverse as physics and anthropology.
It’s safe to say that the GRE is not a realistic measure of how well you’ll do
in grad school, or even how intelligent you are. In fact, the GRE provides a
valid assessment of only one thing:
The GRE assesses how well you take the GRE.
Got it? Even so, you still want to do well on the GRE, because you want grad
schools to take you seriously when they consider your application. With this
in mind, you should cultivate several very important skills when you’re
preparing for the test; each of them is attainable with the right guidance

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(which we’ll give you), a strong work ethic (which you must provide), and a
healthy dose of optimism. Who knows? Maybe after working through this
book and learning how to crack the test, you’ll actually look forward to
taking the GRE.
So what exactly is this test you’ve heard so much about?
Fun fact: It’s possible your GRE score could come
in handy if you are interested in law school. Check a
school’s admissions page for more info, as some
schools are (or are considering) accepting GRE
scores in lieu of LSAT scores. Your grad school
options may have opened up even further!
WHAT IS THE GRE?
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is a 3-hour, 45-minute exam that’s
used to rank applicants for graduate schools. The scored portion of the GRE
consists of the following sections:
One 30-minute Analysis of an Issue Essay
One 30-minute Analysis of an Argument Essay
Two 30-minute Verbal Reasoning sections
Two 35-minute Quantitative Reasoning sections
According to the official scoring for the GRE, the Verbal Reasoning sections
test your skills on three different types of questions:
Text Completion
Sentence Equivalence
Reading Comprehension

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However, in this book we break Verbal Reasoning into four sections by
splitting Reading Comprehension into two categories: Reading
Comprehension and Critical Reasoning. This distinction will become clearer
later on. The Quantitative Reasoning sections measure your prowess in four
areas:
Arithmetic and Number Properties
Algebra
Geometry
Data Analysis
WHY DO SCHOOLS REQUIRE IT?
Even though you will pay ETS $220 to take the GRE, it is important to note
that you are not their primary customer. Their primary customers are the
admissions offices at graduate programs across the United States. ETS
provides admissions professionals with two important services. The first is a
number, your GRE score. Everyone who takes the test gets a number. It is
difficult for admissions committees to make a decision between a candidate
with a 3.0 and a 3.2 GPA from drastically different schools and in two
different majors. A GRE score, on the other hand, provides a quick and easy
way for busy admissions offices to whittle a large applicant pool down to
size.
A few countries outside of the United States, such
as Australia and China, charge slightly more than
$220 for the administration of the GRE. You can find
the most recent pricing at
https://www.ets.org/gre/test-takers/general-
test/register/fees.

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Applicants could come from all over the world and will certainly have an
enormous range in academic and professional experience. How does one
compare a senior in college with a 32-year-old professional who has been out
of college working in a different industry for the past 10 years? A GRE score
is the only part of the application that allows for an apples-to-apples
comparison among all applicants.
The second service that ETS provides is mailing lists. That’s right; they will
sell your name. You can opt out, but when you sit down to take the test, ETS
will ask you a whole bunch of questions about your educational experience,
family background, race, and gender, as well as other biographical data. All
of this information goes into their database. In fact, ETS is one of the most
important sources of potential applicants that many graduate programs have.
Another reason schools require the GRE is that it ensures that most graduate
school applicants are qualified. It helps to weed out the people who might be
considering grad school, but who can’t get their act together enough to fill
out applications. When you ask a program how important the GRE score is to
the application, they may say, “it depends” or “not very,” and that may be
true, as long as your score is in the top half. If your score is in the bottom
half, however, it may mean that your application never gets seen.
So the GRE may have little relevance to any particular field of study you
might be pursuing, but as long as it helps graduate programs uncover
potential candidates, and as long as it is the only tool available to compare a
diverse candidate pool, the GRE is here to stay.
WHO IS ETS?
Like most standardized tests in this country, the GRE is created and
administered by Educational Testing Service (ETS), a private company
located in New Jersey. ETS publishes the GRE under the sponsorship of the
Graduate Record Examinations Board, which is an organization affiliated

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with the Association of Graduate Schools and the Council of Graduate
Schools in the United States.
ETS is also the organization that brings you the SAT, the Test of English as a
Foreign Language (TOEFL), the Praxis, and licensing and certification exams
in dozens of fields, including hair styling, plumbing, and golf.
TEST DAY
You may take the test at a testing center or, now, at home! The GRE General
Test at home is a safe and convenient option for test-takers who prefer to test
at home and not a test center. There is a lot to know about what your setup at
home should look like (as far as what computer setup is approved, what
tabletop and seating setup is approved). Learn more at www.ets.org/gre.
For that testing center version of the GRE, which is what the vast majority of
test-takers use, the GRE is administered at Prometric testing centers. This
company specializes in administering tests on computer. They administer
citizenship exams, professional health certifications, dental exams,
accounting exams, and hundreds of other exams on computer. When you
arrive at the center, they will check your ID, give you a clipboard with a form
to fill out, and hand you a locker key. Despite the fact that they already have
your information, you will be asked to fill out a long form on paper. This
form includes an entire paragraph that you have to copy over—in cursive
(they specify this)—that states that you are who you say you are and that you
are taking the test for admissions purposes. This process will take you about
10 minutes, and you can complete it while you wait for them to call you into
the testing room. The locker is for all of your personal belongings, including
books, bags, phones, bulky sweaters, and even watches. You are not allowed
to take anything with you into the testing room.
When they call you into the testing room, they will first take a photo of you
and, in some cases, fingerprint you before you go in. They will give you six
sheets of scratch paper, stapled together to form a booklet, and two sharpened

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pencils with erasers. Then they will lead you into the room where someone
will start your test for you. The room itself will hold three or four rows of
standard corporate cubicles, each with a monitor and keyboard. There will be
other people in the room taking tests other than the GRE. Because people will
be entering and exiting the room at different times, you will be provided with
optional headphones.
What to Take to the Test Center:
1. Your registration ticket
2. A photo ID and one other form of ID
3. A snack
Test Day Tips
Dress in layers so you’ll be comfortable, regardless of whether the room
is cool or warm.
Don’t bother to take a calculator; you’re not allowed to use your own—
just the one on the screen.
Be sure to have breakfast, or lunch, depending on when your test is
scheduled (but don’t eat anything you haven’t tried before). Take it easy
on the liquids and the caffeine.
Do a few GRE practice problems beforehand to warm up your brain.
Don’t try to tackle difficult new questions, but go through a few
questions that you’ve done before to help you review the problem-
solving strategies for each section of the GRE. This will also help you
put on your “game face” and get you into test mode.
Make sure to take photo identification to the test center. Acceptable
forms of identification include your driver’s license, photo-bearing
employee ID cards, and valid passports.

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If you registered by mail, you must also take the authorization voucher
sent to you by ETS.
Stretch, drink some water, go to the bathroom, and do whatever you need
to do in order to be prepared to sit for this four-hour test.
TEST STRUCTURE
While your test structure may vary, you should expect to see something like
this when you sit down to take the exam:
The first section of the test collects all of your biographical information. If
you fill this out, you will start getting mail from programs that have bought
your name from ETS. In general, this is not a bad thing. If you don’t want
them to sell your name, or you don’t want to spend the time answering their
questions, you can click on a box that tells ETS not to share your
information.
More Online
For tons of information about the GRE, check out
PrincetonReview.com/grad/gre-information
Once all of that is done, you will begin your first scored section, the essays.
The two essays will be back-to-back. You have 30 minutes for each essay.
Immediately after your second essay, you will get your first multiple-choice
section. It may be math or verbal. You will have a 1-minute break between
sections. Here is the structure of the test:
Section Time # of Questions
Biographical Information +/– 10 minutes –
Issue Essay 30 minutes 1

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Argument Essay 30 minutes 1
Section 1 30 or 35 minutes 20
Section 2 30 or 35 minutes 20
Break 10 minutes –
Section 3 30 or 35 minutes 20
Section 4 30 or 35 minutes 20
Section 5 30 or 35 minutes 20
Possible Research Section Optional Depends
Select Schools/Programs 5 minutes Up to 4
Accept Scores 1 minute –
Receive Scores 1 minute –
Here are some things to keep in mind:
You will see five multiple-choice sections, but only four will count. The
fifth will either be mixed in with the other sections as an unidentified
“experimental” section or as a final, identified “research” section.
Math sections are 35 minutes. There are 20 math questions in each
section. If your experimental section is math, your test will be five
minutes longer than someone whose experimental section is verbal.
Verbal sections are 30 minutes. There are 20 verbal questions in each
section.
For the computer-delivered test, the optional 10-minute break comes
after the second multiple-choice section. For the paper-based test, the 10-
minute break comes after the second Analytical Writing section.
You may or may not get a research section. If you do, it will come last; it
does not count toward your score, and it is optional.
You must accept your scores and, if you choose, send your scores to
selected programs prior to seeing your results.

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If you choose not to accept your scores, neither you nor any program will
ever see them.
You may choose to send your scores to up to four graduate programs on
the day of the test. This service is included in your testing fee.
A Note on the Paper-Based GRE
The computer-delivered GRE is the standard format
for test takers. The paper-based GRE is far more
rare and offered up to only three times a year. But if
you want to learn more about the paper-and-pencil
test, visit ETS.org.
The Experimental Section
ETS administers the experimental section to gather data on questions before
they appear on real GREs. Because there are only two scored Math sections
and two scored Verbal sections, you’ll know by that last section whether the
experimental section is math or verbal. However, you will have no way of
knowing in advance which multiple-choice section is experimental, so you
need to do your best on all of them. Don’t waste time worrying about which
sections count and which section does not.
Research Section
Instead of an experimental section, you may find that the last section of your
test is marked as an unscored research section. This section is used only to
help develop and test questions for the GRE and you have the option to skip
it if you want. You may be offered some sort of prize to persuade you to take
it, but by that point in the test you will probably be exhausted. If you’re
offered a research section, you must choose your own ending: decline, get
your scores, and go home, or forge ahead with the research section in the
name of science, or something.

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Practice Like You Play
When tackling practice tests during your test
preparation, be sure to mimic the real GRE and give
yourself these timed breaks.
The 10-Minute Break
You are given 1 minute between sections except for the second multiple-
choice section, when you get a 10-minute break. Go to the bathroom, splash
water on your face, wave your arms around. You want to re-oxygenate your
brain. The goal, as much as it is possible, is to hit your brain’s reset button.
When you sit back down for the third multiple-choice section, you want to
feel as if you are just sitting down at that computer for the first time that day.
Your GRE test day is going to be a long and intense day, so be sure to take
full advantage of break time.
Accepting Your Scores
Before you see your scores, you will be given the opportunity to cancel them.
There are very few reasons to do so. First, if you cancel your scores, you will
never see them and you will have to go through the whole experience again,
including paying an additional $220 to take the test again. Second, GRE
scores are curved. Most people believe that they are doing worse while taking
the test than they actually are. Third, you can make use of the GRE
ScoreSelect® service.
ScoreSelect®
ScoreSelect® allows you to select which scores get sent to which schools.
Options for sending scores depend on whether you are sending scores on the
day of your test or after your test day. On test day, you have the following
options for sending scores:

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Most recent. This option sends the results of the test you just took.
All. This option sends all your scores from the last five years.
If you send your scores to schools after test day, you have even more options.
After test day, your options are:
Most recent. This option sends the scores from the test you took most
recently.
All. As above, this option sends all your GRE scores from the last five
years.
Any. Send just the scores you want to send. You can send one score or
multiple scores. For example, if you have taken the GRE three times and
your second score is your best, you can send just that score.
When you use ScoreSelect® after your test day, the score report that is sent to
schools shows only the scores that you choose to send. The report does not
indicate how many times you have taken the GRE, nor does it indicate that
you have sent, for example, your scores from the second time you took the
test and also the fact that you took the test a total of three times.
ScoreSelect® is another reason to think twice before canceling your scores.
Provided that you send your scores after your test date, your schools will
never know that you didn’t do as well as you would have liked or even that
you took the test more than once if you don’t want them to know.
Sending Additional Score Reports
If you wish to send reports to additional schools, you’ll need to request that
these additional reports be sent after your test day. Each additional report
costs $27. The fastest way to send additional score reports is to order them
online using the My GRE® account that you create when you register to take
the test.
WHAT DOES A GRE SCORE LOOK LIKE?

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Every GRE score has two components: a scaled score and a percentile rank.
GRE scores fall on a 130–170-point scale. However, your percentile rank is
more important than your scaled score. Your percentile rank indicates how
your GRE scores compare to those of other test takers. For example, a scaled
score of 150 on the GRE translates to roughly the 43rd percentile, meaning
that you scored better than 43 out of every 100 test takers—and worse than
the other 57 percent of test takers. A score of 152 is about average, while
scores of 163 and above are very competitive. Get the latest reported scores
and percentiles at PrincetonReview.com and at www.ets.org/gre, the official
ETS website for the GRE.
Plenty o’ Practice Tests
Head over to your Student Tools to gain access to
online practice tests that include detailed score
reports. These score reports can help guide and
focus your test preparation time.
The Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning sections are each reported
on a scale of 130–170 in 1-point increments. For each section, a raw score is
computed; this raw score is the number of questions you answered correctly.
Each raw score is then converted to a scaled score through a process known
as equating, which accounts for minor variations in difficulty between
different test administrations as well as for differences in difficulty that occur
as a result of the adaptivity of the test. These scaled scores are what are listed
on your score report and lead to the percentile ranks referred to above.
The essays are scored a little differently from the Verbal and Quantitative
sections. Each essay receives a scaled score of 0–6, in half-point increments,
which is the average of two scores for that essay. The scores of the two
essays are then averaged to produce a single score that is reported for the

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