{"id":23560,"date":"2021-06-19T16:31:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T16:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/blog\/prep\/?p=23560"},"modified":"2021-06-20T03:16:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T03:16:44","slug":"how-can-i-improve-my-gre-verbal-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/gre\/how-can-i-improve-my-gre-verbal-score\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Improve My GRE Verbal Score?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s cut to the chase: the <a title=\"gre verbal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/gre\">GRE verbal section<\/a> can be tough. Many students&#8211;even English majors!&#8211;struggle to prepare effectively for this section of the test. The GRE verbal section is broken down into three different components:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Text Completion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Fill in the blanks of a sentence with the right word so that the sentence makes sense. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Sentence Equivalence. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Figure out which two words from a list of six fit a provided sentence. <\/span><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>Reading Comprehension. <\/b><\/strong>Answer comprehensive questions about short passages.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This might sound easy enough, but the verbal GRE score takes time to improve. Here are some tips to help you boost your verbal score.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h4    avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  '><h4 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >1. Memorize a lot of vocabulary. <\/h4><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\nA robust, thorough vocabulary is the best way to tackle the Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence portions of the exam. If you build a library of words in your mind, the verbal test will automatically grow easier.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Get a list of <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/study\/gre\/top-52-gre-vocabulary-words\/\"><b>common GRE vocab words<\/b><\/a><b> from Kaplan.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This is a great guide to direct your studies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Make a comprehensive list of words you don\u2019t recognize.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Refer back to this periodically to see if you\u2019ve mastered these words.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Use flashcards.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaptest.com\/kaplan-study-app\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">smartphone apps<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that let you flip through GRE words while waiting in line for coffee, or while sitting in the back of an Uber. Any downtime you have can go towards incremental studying. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Set steady, consistent memorization goals.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> For example: hold yourself accountable for memorizing 10 words a day&#8211;5 in the morning, and 5 at night. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Incorporate the words into your thoughts, or even into conversations.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This simple integration brings the words to life. It\u2019s less egregious than you think. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These words are the cornerstones of your Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence questions. Yet a simple knowledge of the word isn\u2019t enough; the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tone <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the word is critical to answering the questions on the GRE.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think, for example, of the difference between screaming and shouting. In both, you\u2019re using words to communicate loudly, but screaming indicates rage. Shouting indicates loudness. These words would be used differently in a GRE sentence. For intense sentences, a sense of rage is critical. You\u2019ll want to select screaming for those. For milder sentence tones, shouting is adequate. Pay attention to these distinctions while studying for the GRE verbal section.<\/span><br \/>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h4    avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_sidebar  '><h4 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >2. Start reading articles from The New Yorker, Scientific American, The Atlantic, and the Economist.<\/h4><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best way to prepare well for the reading comprehension is to get familiar with the content. Reading <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">strategically <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is critical to mastering reading comprehension. These magazines, among others, have prose that is similar to that on the GRE. Think about the following questions while reading through the passages: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Topic:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> what is this article really about? Figure out one or two words that would describe the topic succinctly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Scope: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what elements of the topic are being described? <\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Purpose<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: why is this author writing this piece? Some writers have an informal discussion about an engaging topics. Others seek to convince the reader of something. What does the author want you&#8211;the reader&#8211;to take away from the passage?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><div  class='avia-builder-widget-area clearfix  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last '><div id=\"text-70\" class=\"widget clearfix widget_text\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><span data-sumome-listbuilder-embed-id=\"a78fe19e226d385662749ccaadcdccd7ecdcab651c77e3b874bfcb76a80605a7\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div id=\"text-71\" class=\"widget clearfix widget_text\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><span data-sumome-listbuilder-embed-id=\"185e834399a9fdd414ded52f3f51a4735f464b8c612f006f44ffba835a649b4f\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s cut to the chase: the GRE verbal section can be tough. Many students&#8211;even English majors!&#8211;struggle to prepare effectively for this section of the test. The GRE verbal section is broken down into three different components: Text Completion. Fill in the blanks of a sentence with the right word so that the sentence makes sense. 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