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GMAT Official Guide Verbal Review 2025-2026: Includes Book + Online Question Bank + Digital Flashcards + Mobile App The GMAT(TM) Official Guide Verbal Review provides focused practice to master the verbal reasoning section of the exam with over 275 practice questions that are not included in the main Official Guide 2025-2026.
Designed by the makers of the GMAT exam, the GMAT Official Guide series is the only study guide that features real exam questions.
Use this guide to:
- Master the verbal section of the exam
- Familiarize yourself with essential concepts through the verbal review chapter
- Grow your confidence with the reading comprehension and critical reasoning questions
- Review detailed explanations to understand correct and incorrect answers
- Get exclusive exam preparation tips from the creators of the GMAT and Test Prep Organizations
- BONUS with your purchase! Focus your studying with the Online Question Bank. Tailor your practice by building practice sets targeting question type and difficulty
- Discover your strengths and weaknesses with diagnostic quizzes
- Track your focus areas and progress with key metrics
- Reinforce concepts with engaging games
- Challenge yourself with timed practice
- Use digital flashcards to master key concepts, also accessible on the mobile app
The Online Question Bank is accessible through your mba.com account.
List of contents
Table of Contents Letter from the President and CEO, GMAC(TM) xi 1.0 What Is the GMAT(TM) Exam? 2 1.1 What Is the GMAT(TM) Exam?
3 1.2 Why Take the GMAT(TM) Exam?
3 1.3 GMAT(TM) Exam Format
4 1.4 What Is the Testing Experience Like?
6 1.5 What Is the Exam Content Like?
6 1.6 Verbal Reasoning Section
6 1.7 How Are Scores Calculated?
7 2.0 How to Prepare 10 2.1 How Should I Prepare for the GMAT(TM) Exam?
11 2.2 Getting Ready for Exam Day
12 2.3 How to Use the
GMAT(TM) Official Guide Verbal Review 2025-2026 12 2.4 How to Use Other GMAT(TM) Official Prep Products
14 2.5 Tips for Taking the Exam
14 2.6 Verbal Reasoning Section Strategies
16 3.0 Verbal Review 18 3.0 Verbal Review
19 3.1 Analyzing Passages
19 3.2 Inductive Reasoning
26 3.3 Deductive Reasoning
32 4.0 Verbal Reasoning 42 4.0 Verbal Reasoning
43 4.1 What Is Measured
43 4.2 Question Types
44 4.3 Tips for Answering Verbal Reasoning Questions
50 4.4 Practice Questions: Reading Comprehension
52 4.5 Answer Key: Reading Comprehension
109 4.6 Answer Explanations: Reading Comprehension
110 4.7 Practice Questions: Critical Reasoning
196 4.8 Answer Key: Critical Reasoning
263 4.9 Answer Explanations: Critical Reasoning
264 5.0 GMAT(TM) Official Guide Verbal Review Question Index 416 5.0 GMAT(TM) Official Guide Verbal Review Question Index
417 Appendix A Answer Sheets 428 Reading Comprehension Answer Sheet
429 Critical Reasoning Answer Sheet
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