Rating: 
Summary: Great Book!!!
Review: Recomended if you want to get high scores but less time to study!!!
Rating: 
Summary: Lots to study, little to show
Review: Though I have to admit my score was probably better on the verbal section having studied this book than if I hadn't, I must say it's a lot of work for such a pittance toward your score. For those who aren't applying to English related programs (or others that specifically require higher verbal scores) I'd highly recommend buying a more general book and understanding the methods for eliminating wrong answer choices. This, along with practicing the test format on the ETS software and other Kaplan software helped me much more than the HOURS and HOURS I spent memorizing a 2,500 word vocab list, only to get in the testing center and discover plenty of words I had never heard. Though the book does include a list of root words and the top 200 words in context (used in sentences, synonyms, etc.) beyond that it simply ranks the remaining 2,300 as equally important. The lists included which group the words into synonymous categories such as "criticize" or "praise" are also too general to be effective if you're working on the harder questions the book is intended to get you to, simply because those questions invariably include multiple antonyms or analogies that could apply and that require you to know the exact nuances of the word. Probably a better idea is to buy flashcards, which are grouped into high, medium, and low frequency words, so you can buy how many ever sets you will have time to study.
Rating: 
Summary: almost complete
Review: Trust me, if you've never taken a GRE before, you really want to buy a guide book -- whether it's this one or another -- to help you through. It's a GRE suicide to just walk in without preparation!! When I took my exam, I was under tremendous presure and had to get ready within one week and so I bought two workbooks, Kaplan GRE Verbal Workbook as well as Gre Verbal Workout (ISBN: 067977890X) to get as much as I could out of the short time I had.
I found out that I needed both to get a complete understanding, exercise, and overview. Kapalan is great, but it's NOT complete and neither is the Princeton series so my suggestion is to get both and have all the angles covered. There will be a large amount of overlapping and redundant data, but when it comes to exam and preparation, you will need all the practice you can get.
Rating:
Summary: almost complete
Review: Trust me, if you've never taken a GRE before, you really want to buy a guide book -- whether it's this one or another -- to help you through. It's a GRE suicide to just walk in without preparation!! When I took my exam, I was under tremendous presure and had to get ready within one week and so I bought two workbooks, Kaplan GRE Verbal Workbook as well as Gre Verbal Workout (ISBN: 067977890X) to get as much as I could out of the short time I had.
I found out that I needed both to get a complete understanding, exercise, and overview. Kapalan is great, but it's NOT complete and neither is the Princeton series so my suggestion is to get both and have all the angles covered. There will be a large amount of overlapping and redundant data, but when it comes to exam and preparation, you will need all the practice you can get.
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