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Meltzer  \nThe Critical Reader | New York  \nCopyright © 2016 The Critical Reader  \nAll rights reserved.  \nNo part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the author. For information,  \nplease send correspondence to [thecriticalreader1@gmail.com](thecriticalreader1@gmail.com).  \nGRE® is a recognized trademark of ETS, which is unaffiliated with and does not endorse this product.  \nISBN-13: 978-0-9975178-3-5  \nISBN-10: 0997517832  \nALSO BY ERICA MELTZER  \nThe Ultimate Guide to SAT® Grammar & Workbook The Critical Reader: The Complete Guide to SAT® Reading The Complete Guide to ACT® English The Complete Guide to Reading® English The Complete GMAT® Sentence Correction Guide  \n4  \nTable of Contents  \nIntroduction to GRE Vocabulary Questions 7  \nPrefixes and Roots 50  \nWords By Category 55  \nAdditional Words to Know 59  \nCommon Second Meanings 62  \nText Completions: Easy 67  \nExplanations: Easy Text Completions 76  \nSentence Equivalences: Easy 87  \nExplanations: Easy Sentence Equivalences 94  \nText Completions: Medium 101  \nExplanations: Medium Text Completions 109  \nSentence Equivalences: Medium 120  \nExplanations: Medium Sentence Equivalences 127  \nText Completions: Hard 134  \nExplanations: Hard Text Completions 142  \nSentence Equivalences: Hard 155  \nExplanations: Hard Sentence Equivalences 162  \nMixed Drills 171  \n6  \nIntroduction to GRE Vocabulary Questions  \nGRE vocabulary questions come in two major forms: text completions and sentence equivalences.  \n1) Text completions  \nText completions range from single sentences to short paragraphs and can contain one, two, or three blanks, and can be filled in with either a word or a short phrase.  \nWhen a sentence contains only one blank, you will be given five answer choices. When a sentence contains two or three blanks, you will be given six or nine answer choices respectively – three options for each blank, divided into columns.  \nWhile all of the answers must work together to produce a logical sentence or paragraph, each individual answer can be selected independently.  \nThe city of Genoa (i)   rapidly after its defeat at the battle of Chioggia in 1380, eventually losing its (ii)   and falling under foreign rule.  \nBlank (i) Blank (ii)  \n(A) thrived (D) autonomy  \n(B) declined (E) uniqueness  \n(C) persevered (F) urbanity  \nIn the sentence, above the word defeat indicates that the first blank requires a negative word, making (B) the only logical answer for Blank (i). The selection of (B) does not, however, influence the letter of the correct answer for Blank (ii) . (D), (E), and (F) must be considered on the their own terms.  \nFor Blank (ii), the phrase falling underforeign rule indicates that Genoa was no longer independent, so the correct answer must mean independence. That is the definition of autonomy, so (D) is correct.  \n2) Sentence Equivalences  \nSentence equivalences present you with six answer choices and ask you to identify two words that logically complete the blank and that produce the same meaning. Although the correct words are usually synonyms, that is not always the case.  \nAlthough the cheetah’s extinction no longer seems imminent, the number of cheetahs living in the wild has   from roughly 100,000 in 1900 to barely 10,000 today.  \n(A) migrated (B) declined  \n(C) capitulated (D) dwindled (E) proliferated (F) expounded  \nIn this sentence, the phrase from roughly 100,000 in 1900 to barely 10,000 today indicates that the number of cheetahs has gone down. The synonyms declined and dwindled both convey that idea, so (B) and (D) are correct.  \nUsing Transition Words to Predict Meanings  \nWhenever you read a sentence, one of the first things you should look for is the presence of transition words – words that indicate logical relationships between parts of the sentence.  \nTra","cbCaibCXOkBvYwnh","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibCXOkBvYwnh","pdf",3490719,27,"English","# Introduction to GRE Vocabulary Questions\n## Text Completions\n## Sentence Equivalences\n## Using Transition Words to Predict Meanings","[{\"question\":\"What are the two main forms of GRE vocabulary questions in this workbook?\",\"answer\":\"The workbook presents two major forms: text completions and sentence equivalences. 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