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M.  \nMaster our 800 high-frequency GRE words and ace the GRE Verbal Reasoning Test!  \n®Graduate Record Exam and GRE are registered trademarks of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) . This publication is not endorsed or approved by the ETS.  \nBARRON’S  \n®Graduate Record Exam and GRE are registered trademarks of Educational Testing Service (ETS) .  \nThis publication is not endorsed or approved by ETS.  \nAbout the Author  \nPhilip Geer (Ed.M.) has been teaching English and preparing students for the GRE and SAT for over thirty years in high schools and colleges in the United States and abroad. He is the author of a number of test preparation books, including Barron’s GRE Verbal Workbook and Barron’s 6 Practice Tests for the New SAT.  \nThe excerpts and sample sentences included in this book are for educational purposes only. They should not be taken to reflect the views of either the author or Barron’s Educational Series, Inc.  \n© Copyright 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007 by Barron’s Educational Series, Inc. All rights reserved.  \nNo part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means without the written permission of the copyright owner.  \nAll inquiries should be addressed to:  \nBarron’s Educational Series, Inc.  \n250 Wireless Boulevard Hauppauge, NY 11788 [www.barronseduc.com](www.barronseduc.com)  \n[ISBN: 978-1-4380-0749-6](ISBN: 978-1-4380-0749-6)  \nLibrary of Congress Catalog Card No.: 2016930771  \nPRINTED IN CANADA 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nContents  \nINTRODUCTION:  \nMASTERING ADVANCED VOCABULARY FOR THE GRE  \n1–9  \nPRETEST  \n10–19  \nSUGGESTED STUDY PLANS  \n20–23  \n300 HIGH-FREQUENCY GRE WORDS  \n24–26  \nESSENTIAL WORDS FOR THE GRE  \n27–283  \nREVIEW: 300 HIGH-FREQUENCY GRE WORDS  \n284–288  \nREVIEW: ESSENTIAL WORDS FOR THE GRE  \n289–296  \n300 HIGH-FREQUENCY WORD ROOTS  \n297–384  \nCOMMON SUFFIXES  \n385–387  \nPOSTTEST  \n388–397  \nANSWER KEYS  \nESSENTIAL WORDS FOR THE GRE  \n398–411  \nROOT ROUNDUP  \n411–414  \nROOT ROUNDUP REVIEW  \n415–416  \nINDEX  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nI would like to thank Susan Geer for her invaluable assistance in the preparation of this book.  \nI am grateful to the following for permission to reproduce copyright material:  \nSingapore Press Holdings for the article “Delving into the Mind of a Great Thinker, Chomsky” from The Straits Times Guide to Good English and Greater Knowledge, © copyright 2005.  \nHarper San Francisco for an extract from The Historical Jesus, The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant, John Dominic Crossan,© copyright 1992 by John Dominic Crossan. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins publishers.  \nIntroduction: Mastering Advanced Vocabulary for the GRE  \nThis is how the makers of the GRE General Test, the Educational Testing Service, describe the verbal reasoning section of the test:  \nThe Verbal Reasoning section measures your ability to:  \n• analyze and draw conclusions from discourse; reason from incomplete data; identify author’s assumptions and/or perspective; understand multiple levels of meaning, such as literal, figurative, and author’s intent  \n• select important points; distinguish major from minor or relevant points; summarize text; understand the structure of a text  \n• understand the meanings of words, sentences, and entire texts; understand relationships among words and among concepts  \nWhat does this mean for you as a student preparing for the verbal reasoning section of the GRE? It means you must make sure you have highly developed skills in all these areas. To make sure you have such skills, you should work through the skills section and practice tests ina reputable GRE General Test guidebook, such as Barron’s GRE Verbal Workbook. You also need to read widely, thinking critically about what you read. Read high quality books, both fiction and nonfiction, on a wide range of subjects and in a variety of genres. 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