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The old saying goes, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” I prefer: “when life gives you lemons, make batteries.” About two-thirds of people who hear that joke stare at me blankly, so don’t feel bad if … Read More

Originally, I was only planning to do one question from the Meteor Stream passage. But this one is so much fun, I figured why not? Yes, I’m being sarcastic. I don’t think anybody finds this passage “fun.” In … Read More

By Ilana Goldberg, (Phd), Master Verbal instructor. Human beings are originally predators, and this is why our eyes are in front. While our peripheral vision is fuzzy, binocular vision allows us to focus more easily on … Read More

Last time, we took a look at the Meteor Stream passage from the free set of questions that comes with GMATPrep® (not from the practice CATs). Click the link in the previous sentence and open up that passage in a … Read More

Today’s article comes from Veritas Prep GMAT instructor, Ron Awad. On the GMAT, an exam about reasoning and logic, there are few things more frustrating than long sentences punctuated by a host of modifiers, … Read More

Basketball  is in the air these days, and it offers a great opportunity for you to look at what good GMAT strategy looks like. You can see it particularly in kids or other pickup players – the NBA guys are all too … Read More

In the past, we’ve done some “one-off” review of parts of RC passages, but this time I’ve got a full one for you. In this article, we’ll look at how to get through this thing (and what to avoid). Next week, … Read More

Oscar Wilde said, “The truth is rarely pure and never simple,” and something similar could be said for words on the GMAT. I think most would agree that the GMAT Verbal section is anything but simple. Admittedly, … Read More

A multiple choice question is only as good as its best distractor. High quality distractors are incorrect answer choices that allow the test to discriminate between students who are reasonably competent to those who are … Read More

I totally understand why the test writers want to test meaning on SC – after all, business communication hinges more on meaning than anything else. Nobody’s going to care if you mess up which preposition you use in … Read More

I love a good mystery. It’s always fun to try to puzzle out the solution to contradictory clues, or to watch a genius detective like Hercule Poirot or Nero Wolfe crack a case wide open. So it should come as little … Read More

Last week was the first week of the Major League Baseball season, a sure sign of springtime and a massive celebration in most MLB cities as fans begin the season with new hope and a spirit of outdoor community. And if … Read More

On the GMAT, the information provided to you will be factual, but it will not necessarily be helpful. Once you have made peace with this unfortunate reality, the goal soon becomes to transform factual information into … Read More

You’ve probably seen a GMAT question that looked like this: The author’s tone in the passage can best be described as: Questions that ask about tone and style may not be as common as Detail or Inference questions, … Read More