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Chapter Overview
Your performance on the Verbal Reasoning section depends heavily on the breadth of your vocabulary and your ability to
critically analyze written text. It is essential to have a solid vocabulary and a good understanding of root words, suffixes,
and prefixes. You must also be able to draw inferences and use critical analysis to examine passages. 

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It is important to note that vocabulary alone, however, will likely not be enough to achieve a high score on this section. 
You must understand how to use and analyze information in context to identify the correct word or words missing from
the Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence questions and to understand the content of the Reading Comprehension
passages. 
The subsequent chapters and the vocabulary resources in the appendices will provide you with tools to bolster your
vocabulary, strengthen your reasoning skills, and develop a strategic approach to optimize your test performance.
FAST FACTS: Section Breakdown
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Two scored Verbal Reasoning sections per exam
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Can occur in any order after the Analytical Writing section
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30 minutes per section
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20 questions per section, appearing in a randomized order
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Depending on your exam, you may have an additional unscored section of Verbal
Reasoning. Remember to approach all sections as if they are scored. 
Question Breakdown
Question Type
Question Task 
Approx. # of 
Questions
Reading Comprehension questions require you to read the given
passages and select the answer choice that best completes or
Reading Comprehension
answers the question. Content of the passages can come from a
9−10 questions
wide range of subject matters, and there is often more than one
question that corresponds to each passage. 
Text Completion questions require you to identify the appropriate

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term (or terms) that best completes a given sentence. Text Completion
Text Completion
questions can have anywhere from one to three terms that need
5−6 questions
to be identified. A strong vocabulary and the ability to understand
context clues are essential.