Workbooks, vocab flashcards, whatever.


Show me what you've got!

5/26/2010 3:40:32 PM

show me yours and i will show you mine

5/26/2010 3:43:42 PM

^SUSPEND!!

5/26/2010 3:53:36 PM

http://www.freerice.com/

is a good free source for vocab. Other than that, get you a library card and get some reading material and do the practice exams.

5/26/2010 6:50:39 PM

Thanks for the link and the advice. I'm looking more for items that are directly targeted for GRE preparation such as the flashcards that feature the vocab most commonly seen in the verbal section, etc. I appreciate you directing me towards the library but I would prefer to get books I can write in myself. I don't mind if they've been used before and written in by others but I definitely don't want to deface library property

5/26/2010 7:27:00 PM

I like to get used items as well to save money, but in this case, I would just go ahead and buy myself a book to save time and start preparing. I mean, it is just $20... everybody has $20!

Also, how do you know that some book you find used will be suitable for you? Go to amazon.com and check the popular GRE prep books, read customer comments, etc. Best of all, go to a bookstore and flip through the popular ones to get a feel for the layout and decide for yourself which one suits you best. Test prep books vary widely in style and layout. So much so that for a lot of people, they like some and hate some.

And you can even get used ones from amazon, even this minute, again, to save time. But as I said, the best thing is to flip through them first to see which one you prefer. Check Barron's, Kaplan, Princeton Review, Arco, and the official ETS book.

From the GRE site:

Quant topics (very brief)
http://www.ets.org/gre/general/prepare/tips/quantitative_reasoning_concepts/index.html

69 page thorough math review
http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/GRE/pdf/GREmathPractice.pdf

80 page prep booklet (all sections)
http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/GRE/pdf/gre_0809_practice_book.pdf

Check out the GRE study guide thread in Study Lounge for advice.

More free material here, including the free software:

http://www.ets.org/gre/general/prepare/


[Edited on May 26, 2010 at 7:37 PM. Reason : ]

5/26/2010 7:32:39 PM

^Thanks, dear! That is all very great and very useful.

5/26/2010 8:50:12 PM

i have nothing to add except

5/26/2010 10:49:08 PM