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Dewey Decimal Number: 428.1076 EAN: 9780375763366 ISBN: 0375763368 Label: Princeton Review Manufacturer: Princeton Review Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: August 05, 2003 Publisher: Princeton Review Release Date: August 05, 2003 Studio: Princeton Review Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Improving your vocabulary is the single most important thing you can do to improve your GRE* Verbal score. Building on the success of our acclaimed Word Smart Series, this guide will help you do just that. Inside this book you will find: • Successful strategies for learning new words • The GRE Hit Parade: the words most frequently tested on the exam • Quick Quizzes every five to fifteen words and a final exam • A list of roots with examples of words that contain each of them, and tips for incorporating roots into your vocabulary regimen • Secondary definitions to help you avoid tricks and traps on the GRE Nobody knows the GRE* like The Princeton Review, and we have brought our knowledge of standardized tests, and the GRE* specifically, to bear along with thoroughly researched vocabulary words. This book will not only help you score higher on the GRE*, but it will also help you continue expanding your vocabulary even after the test. *GRE is a registered trademark of the Educational Testing Service, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this book. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not so greatI cannot give this book a super high recommendation. I actually got 670 on my verbal for my GRE, but this book didn't give me much help. Let me put it this way, in order to get really high grades in GRE verbal, you need a decent amount of advanced vocabulary. The list of words here is insufficient to give you a good score. I believe that the only people who will benefit from this book are people who already has very good vocabulary and are looking for a quick ... Read More Rating:  - Best Book to build GRE Vocab!I bought countless books to build my Vocab for the GRE and this was the one I found most useful. It is comprehensive and helped be significantly raise my score. If you are to buy one book to study vocab for the GRE, this should be it. Rating: - Good HelpI must say that my first try at GRE was awful, after that I got this book and studied it like crazy and I improved my verbal score by 200 points. If you are serious about nailing this exam give this book I try. Rating: - Worked for me.I used this and the ultimate math refresher to prep for the GRE and scored in the 90th Percentile on the verbal section. I'd say that speaks volumes. Considering I'm the guy who just doesn't do well on standardized tests I'd say it worked pretty well. Rating:  - Concise GRE DictionaryI imagine a lot of people will find this book dull. It is essentially a dictionary of words that are purported to appear frequently on the GRE. After about every 9 words (which are listed alphabetically), there are some quiz-games to test the reader's memory. The book's size is just right for a purse, backpack or laptop-pack, but not a pocket. Personally, I find it much easier to deal with than a bunch of frigging flash cards. Although I've yet to take the GRE, I would recommend the book since it does ... Read More 
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