The GRE consists of three primary sections designed to assess various aspects of your cognitive abilities. The Verbal Reasoning section measures your ability to analyze written material, understand relationships between words, and infer meanings. It includes tasks like Reading Comprehension, Text Completion, and Sentence Equivalence. The Quantitative Reasoning section evaluates your skills in mathematics, focusing on basic arithmetic, algebra, and geometry, along with data interpretation and problem-solving. Finally, the Analytical Writing section tests your ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and logically through two tasks: the Issue Task, where you express your stance on a particular topic, and the Argument Task, where you critique a given argument. Additionally, there may be an unscored research section, which is used to test new questions for future exams, but it doesn’t contribute to your score. Together, these sections gauge your readiness for graduate-level work in a range of disciplines.