Doriss

Hi I'm currently preparing to take my first GRE test, on Jan 25th. It has been 2 months of 3-4hrs/ a day of studying. But I still don't get an even satisfactory score in the Verbal practice tests. I can perfectly answer any argument/sentence correction/equivalency without much effort. Also, my AWA is excellent, I took GMAT before and AWA Score were 5.0, 6.0, 6.0 respectively [AWA in both GMAT/GRE is the same]. However, my main weakness is in building enough vocabulary for GRE. I do not know many. Since I begin studying, I can roughly say that I leaned 150-180 new unusual words to me. It's worth noting that I am a non-English speaker, I have been exposed to English for almost 6 years since 2009. For studying, I'm using: - Magoosh GRE online prep. that comes with 2 practice tests - Kaplan GRE Premier 2016 book, comes with 6 practice tests. My questions.. 1 - Which one single studying material would you recommend to improve/increase specifically my vocabulary for GRE? I find relying in too many resources confuses me. I'm kind of extremely organized to an extend that I strictly relied on only two sources. 2 - Compared to actual test, how similar is the vocabulary you learned from the studying material? For example, have you had many "surprising" new words during the actual test? 3 - Which practice test (i.e Manhattan, EST official, Magoosh) was more accurate indicator of your actual GRE score? Any input is very much appreciated!