<p>Which general GRE prep book do you like better?</p>
<p>Besides official material from ETS, what was your best prep tool? Anything you couldn't do without?</p>
<p>Those two, along with Kaplan, pretty much monopolize the test-prep field. The more practice, the better -- even if you only want to buy one, you can always check out the others from your public or university library. </p>
<p>I didn't actually use any professional test-prep books (or study, for that matter) but I think reviewing greek and latin roots for vocabulary words is a good bet, as well as reading GOOD literature to bring your writing skills up to snuff. I took it twice and even though I had a different prompt the second time, I was still able to use the same ideas between the two essays.</p>
<p>Princeton Review had good vocab. Instead of buying it, I just made a list of words to study in the bookstore cafe, then typed up the definitions back home. >:D You can get essay prompts (and sample graded essays) from the ETS website.</p>
<p>I preferred the Barron's book. </p>
<p>Use ETS's PowerPrep as your diagnostic; it is virtually identical to the real test. Then study to your weaknesses and take the 2nd PowerPrep test as a warm up a week or so before your test date. That will give you time to fix any continuing weaknesses.</p>
<p>If you are weak on vocab, snowcapk's suggestion of writing out the words and then looking them up on your own is an excellent one.</p>
<p>Remember too that the first 5-10 questions are more heavily weighted on the adaptive test so allocate your time wisely.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>I think Kaplan is better than both of those that you mentioned. Definitely worked for me.</p>
<p>I liked Barron's for the vocab.</p>