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The GRE® General Test

One test for graduate, business and law school

 

Overview of the Verbal Reasoning Measure

The Verbal Reasoning measure of the GRE General Test assesses your ability to:

  • analyze and evaluate written material and synthesize information obtained from it
  • analyze relationships among component parts of sentences
  • recognize relationships among words and concepts

Verbal Reasoning questions appear in several formats, each of which is discussed in detail in the corresponding sections linked to below. About half of the measure requires you to read passages and answer questions on those passages. The other half requires you to read, interpret and complete existing sentences, groups of sentences or paragraphs.

The Verbal Reasoning measure contains three types of questions: Reading Comprehension, Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence.

 

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Become more familiar with the Verbal Reasoning measure of the GRE General Test. Review sample questions, answers and explanations.