Improving Verbal Ability + Reading Comprehension Scores

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onionman

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This was how I did on my June PCAT:

Verbal Ability 378 19%
Biology 442 94%
Reading Comprehension 413 70%
Quantitative Ability 438 93%
Chemistry 409 67%
Composite 416 79%

Writing Score 3.0 / 3.0

I'm not happy with the results.

I will retake the PCAT soon (probably in Oct/Jan), but I need some advice on how to better prepare myself for the verbal ability and reading sections. I must admit that my vocabulary is very limited and I do not read books unless it's required. And as for the Chemistry section, I just need to focus my studies on o-chem material.

So how did you pre-pharmacy students study for these sections? Is there a particular study guide that is really helpful? At the moment, I'm using the Kaplan PCAT book.