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In the next few RC posts, we continue to break down difficult, obscure passages and work through challenging questions accurately without necessarily being familiar with the content. The passage below deals with moral and prudential reasoning. As you read, try to follow the argument and annotate accordingly to keep track of the logic flow. Despite […]

A quick word about this list. It is not meant to be blindly memorized; instead, we encourage you to integrate it into your overall vocabulary preparation (refer to our previous post on tips to improve your vocabulary). We have divided this list, for ease of learning, into basic and intermediate. Have your vocabulary book ready […]

Before we tackle more hard-level questions, make sure you’ve already gone through the three key strategies for sentence equivalence (SE) questions that we covered in an earlier post. (Also, if you have unknowingly stumbled upon this post independently, we advise backtracking and going through part 1 and part 2 of this entire series on hard […]

The quantitative (math) section of the GRE can be an intimidating roadblock for those trying to get into grad school. For many in the humanities and arts taking the GRE, it may have been several years or more since their last true math class, and it can be frustrating to be tested on material that […]

It is often claimed that scientific decisions should not be influenced by scientists’ value-judgments. This claim is motivated by the fear that a substantial role for values in science would threaten the objectivity of scientific outcomes. Very simply put, the idea is that scientific representations should be based on evidence, and not on subjective judgments […]

Have you ever been reading and encountered a word that you didn’t know? This is so common! Especially when you begin to read more complex texts. There are many ways to define words on the fly (including using context clues), but one helpful skill to know is root words and definitions for common words.  A […]

1. Verbal Reasoning format 20 questions, 30 mins The GRE General Test consists of 6 sections: 2 Analytical Writing tasks, 2 Verbal Reasoning Sections, and 2 Quantitative Reasoning Sections. The Analytical Writing sections will always come first. The other 4 sections can appear in any order. The whole test takes about 3 hrs 45 mins, […]

Before we tackle more hard-level questions, make sure you’ve already gone through the three key strategies for sentence equivalence (SE) questions that we covered in an earlier post. (Also, if you have unknowingly stumbled upon this post independently, we advise backtracking and going through part 1 of this entire series on hard SE questions.) In […]

As part of our series on tricky word pairs, this post will introduce 4 word groups/pairs that can be confusing and misleading. We will first go through each pair thoroughly to clarify their specific definitions and usage. At the end of the post, we will have a revision practice for you to test your knowledge. […]

In this post, we will analyze a medium-level Sentence Equivalence question and point out 3 key strategies that will help you tackle SE questions in general. Here it goes: His message was unpopular and _______________, but its bluntness proved to be much vindicated. unwise sensational cryptic sardonic impolitic perfunctory 1. Understand the sentence structure • […]