I will be taking the GRE for a fourth time this Saturday. I will be taking the at-home online proctored version, and I have been studying for a month now. The first time I wrote the GRE was during my senior year of college in Spring 2018. I scored a a 314 on my first attempt: 156V, 158Q. I retook the GRE a month after my first attempt and scored a 157V: 141Q (I had to use the restroom really badly). Since most schools super-score, I was content with that score for a while even though my target was a 320+ with a 160+ on each section. I took a break from my studies an focused on my classes instead. Now, I recently retook the GRE last month, early April, and scored a 316: 157V, 159Q. I was okay with my quant score, but I was sorely disappointed with my verbal. I understand that 316 is generally a good score, though, I plan to apply to top-10 MBA programs. Most schools have median scores in the 160's and I was hoping to really score a 160+ on each section. What frustrates me the most about my GRE experience is that I am generally told I have a good vocabulary. I see a lot of non-native speakers on YouTube who are able to score in the 160's on verbal, and it just makes me feel lousy. This past month, I have gone really heavy on the verbal prep and have spent at least 2 hours everyday studying vocabulary. Here is a list of the materials I have used:

GRE Verbal Material
- PrepScholar's 357 GRE Word List
- All 3 ETS Powerprep Plus Tests
- ETS Official Verbal Guide
- ETS Official Quant Guide
- Barron's 800 words
- Magoosh vocab app
- Manhattan 5lbs

I don't understand what else there is to study at this point, and I have picked up so many new words that I will seriously go crazy if I see a word on test day that I don't know. One of the things that I did was use a thesaurus as a cheat tool on three recent preptests. I scored a 164,164 and 165 so I am really hoping I can crack 160+ this time. My understanding is that if you don't even understand the sentence in text completion and sentence equivalence, then it doesn't matter how big your vocabulary is. I used a thesaurus because I wanted to see if I could get all the text completion and sentence equivalence questions right if I knew the meaning of the words.