GRE

Glossary & Topic Index

Every GRE topic covered on AnvayaPrep, A–Z — 409 topics.

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A

Absolute value Absolute value equations Absolute value inequalities Abstract nouns Abstract vocabulary Academic adjectives Academic sentence structure Academic vocabulary Adding fractions Addressing complexity Age problems Algebra trap answers Algebraic comparison Algebraic expressions Algebraic modeling Algebraic word problems Alternative explanations Alternative explanations Although and however clues Always greater Always smaller Ambiguous words Analogy reasoning Answer choice D strategy Answer choice elimination Antonyms Application questions Appositive clues Approximation Arc length Area of circle Area of quadrilaterals Area of triangles Argument essay scoring Argument essay structure Argument essay thesis Argument essay timing Argument gaps Argument prediction Argument scope Argument structure Argument task overview Arithmetic word problems Assumption questions Assumptions Author versus critic Author's attitude Author's purpose Author's tone Avoiding calculation overload Avoiding outside knowledge Avoiding repetition Avoiding unsupported claims Avoiding vague language

B

Bar graphs Because and therefore clues Blank prediction Blank prediction in sentence equivalence Body paragraph development Body paragraph structure Boundary values Box plots Brainstorming examples

C

Cannot be determined Causal assumptions Causal reasoning Cause and effect clues Cause-effect logic Checking reasonableness Choosing examples Choosing strategic numbers Circles Circumference Clear prose Clue words Colon clues Combinations Combining like terms Common fallacies Commonly confused words Comparing areas Comparing averages Comparing expressions Comparing probabilities Comparison word problems Complement rule Complementary angles Completing the square Composite numbers Compound inequalities Concession Concise writing Conclusion strategy Conclusion strength Conclusions Conditional probability Congruent triangles Connotation in sentence equivalence Constraint identification Context before vocabulary Contextual equivalence Contextual vocabulary Continuation clues Continuation logic Contrast clues Contrast logic Coordinate geometry Coordinate plane Correlation versus causation Counterargument Counting principle Counting word problems Critical reasoning elimination strategy

F

Factoring quadratics Factors Flaw questions Flawed comparisons Formal academic tone Formal register Fractions Fractions and decimals testing Frequency tables Function notation Function questions

G

Geometric comparison Geometry word problems Grammar in essays GRE critical reasoning pacing GRE data traps GRE geometry traps GRE QC pacing GRE reading pacing GRE reading review strategy GRE word problem traps Greatest common factor Greek roots

H

Half-right answer traps Hidden constraints High-frequency GRE vocabulary High-frequency GRE words Histograms Humanities passages

I

Identifying assumptions Independent blank strategy Independent events Inference questions Integers Intensity of words Interest problems Interior angles of polygons Interquartile range Introduction strategy Isosceles triangles Issue essay outline Issue essay scoring criteria Issue essay timing Issue task overview

L

Latin roots Least common multiple Line graphs Linear equations Linear functions Linear inequalities Lines and angles Literal equations Logical clue identification Logical flow Long passages

M

Main conclusion questions Main idea questions Mean Meaning in context questions Median Method of reasoning Midpoint formula Missing information Mixture problems Mode Multi-step equations Multi-step word problems Multiple-meaning words Multiples Multiplying fractions Mutually exclusive events

N

Near synonym pairs Near-synonym traps Necessary assumptions Negative connotation Negative tone words Neutral connotation Neutral tone words Non-equivalent synonym trap Normal distribution basics Nuanced argument Number line Number properties

O

One-word prediction Opposite answer choices Optimization basics Order of operations Outliers Overlapping events Overlapping sets

Q

Quadratic equations Quadratic formula Quadratic functions Quadrilaterals Qualified thesis Quantitative comparison algebra Quantitative comparison arithmetic Quantitative comparison data questions Quantitative comparison format Quantitative comparison traps Quantity A and Quantity B

T

Taking a position Testing numbers Text completion pacing Text completion review strategy Thesis identification Thesis statement Tone clues Tone prediction Topic sentences Transitions Translating words to equations Transversals Trap words Trapezoids Triangle angle sum Triangle inequality Triangles Triple-blank text completion

U

Understanding the prompt Unit rates Units in word problems Unsupported answer traps Using historical examples Using personal examples Using real-world examples

V

Variable constraints Variable definition Venn diagram word problems Venn diagrams Vertical angles Viewpoint tracking Vocabulary flashcard strategy Vocabulary from context Vocabulary grouping Vocabulary in reading comprehension Vocabulary in text completion Vocabulary retention strategy

W

Weak evidence Weaken questions Weighted average Weighted average problems When to estimate When to plug in When to simplify Word families Word roots Work problems Writing under time pressure