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The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review | 
| Publisher: Graduate Management Admission
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 513
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 328
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0976570912
Dewey Decimal Number: 650
EAN: 9780976570912
Publication Date: September 2005
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Excellent Supplement to the Official Guide August 16, 2006
43 out of 43 found this review helpful
There isn't much in this book to distinguish it from the verbal portion of The Official Guide for GMAT Review, but that's ok: if there's one thing GMAT students need, it's practice questions that look and feel just like the ones on the test. While the questions in the Quantitative Review book are somewhat easier than in the Official Guide, that isn't the case (to the same degree, anyway) with the verbal, so I can recommend this to just about anybody.
Further, the difference between authentic questions and inauthentic ones (i.e., those generated by writers at test-prep companies) is much greater in verbal material than in math. I should know: I've written hundreds of practice verbal questions, and matching the voice, structure, and objectives of the original is a daunting task. Some inauthentic practice materials are better than others, but you should take advantage of all the "real" questions that the testmaker has made available.
Not All New, But Not Bad Either November 2, 2005
33 out of 35 found this review helpful
Contrary to the information at some MBA chat sites, the questions in the two supplements, The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review and The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review, and the main volume, The Official Guide for GMAT Review, are largely carried over from the 10th edition and the PDFs of retired exams sold by MBA.com. So if you have the 10th, you won't get as much as you might hope from spending for the new main volume, or $17 a pop for the supplements. You will get what GMAT calls "improved" explanations. Improved? Maybe. They're still pretty circular at times (eg, D is correct because it's uh....correct), but they do seem more detailed and better organized. These books are good study tools, just not as new as the GMAT folks would like us to believe.
 Helpful material but it duplicates the verbal section of the complete guide.. January 4, 2007
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
This book contains exactly the same material contained in the verbal section of the complete version of the Official Guide for GMAT Review (by the way I've checked only the reading comp section). So don't buy this book if you already have the Official Guide and you are looking for additional verbal questions.
A Good Source of Additional Questions April 25, 2007
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
The difficulty level of the questions in this book is about the same as that of the Official Guide for GMAT Review. I recommend this book to people who wish to have more practice. I think two of the questions in this book can be found in the official guide as well. But it's only 2 out of 300 questions. It shouldn't be a big deal.
 More of what is in the General Review Guide - but useful May 31, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
While I did not compare this with other guide books, like some reviewers have, I did use it to prepare for the GMAT. There are tons of questions, their answers and explanations for the answers. There is also a good section on how to approach the analytical writing section of the GMAT.
If - again for some insane reason - I were to have to take the GMAT again, I would buy this book again.
PS: I scored 90% on the verbal and 6 on the writing (hazaa!)
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