GMAT Official Guide Verbal Review 2025-2026

Description

GMAT Official Guide Verbal Review 2025-2026: Includes Book + Online Question Bank + Digital Flashcards + Mobile App

The GMAT™ 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.

About the Author

The Graduate Management Admissions Council^TM (GMAC^TM) is a mission-driven association of leading graduate business schools worldwide. Founded in 1953, GMAC creates solutions and experiences that enable business schools and candidates to better discover, evaluate, and connect with each other. GMAC provides world-class research, industry conferences, recruiting tools, and assessments for the graduate management education industry, as well as tools, resources, events, and services that help guide candidates through their higher education journey. Owned and administered by GMAC, the Graduate Management Admission Test^TM (GMAT^TM) exam is the most widely used graduate business school assessment. Currently 7000+ programs worldwide trust the GMAT exam to build diverse classes.

Table of Contents

Book Review

Letter from the President and CEO, GMAC^TM

1.0 What Is the GMAT^TM Exam?

1.1 What Is the GMAT^TM Exam?

1.2 Why Take the GMAT^TM Exam?

1.3 GMAT^TM Exam Format

1.4 What Is the Testing Experience Like?

1.5 What Is the Exam Content Like?

1.6 Verbal Reasoning Section

1.7 How Are Scores Calculated?

2.0 How to Prepare

2.1 How Should I Prepare for the GMAT^TM Exam?

2.2 Getting Ready for Exam Day

2.3 How to Use the GMAT^TM Official Guide Verbal Review 2025--2026

2.4 How to Use Other GMAT^TM Official Prep Products

2.5 Tips for Taking the Exam

2.6 Verbal Reasoning Section Strategies

3.0 Verbal Review

3.1 Analyzing Passages

3.2 Inductive Reasoning

3.3 Deductive Reasoning

4.0 Verbal Reasoning

4.1 What Is Measured

4.2 Question Types

4.3 Tips for Answering Verbal Reasoning Questions

4.4 Practice Questions: Reading Comprehension

4.5 Answer Key: Reading Comprehension

4.6 Answer Explanations: Reading Comprehension

4.7 Practice Questions: Critical Reasoning

4.8 Answer Key: Critical Reasoning

4.9 Answer Explanations: Critical Reasoning

5.0 GMAT^TM Official Guide Verbal Review Question Index

Appendix A Answer Sheets

Reading Comprehension Answer Sheet

Critical Reasoning Answer Sheet