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GRE Verbal Precision

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2 Crucial Reminders and a Gentle Warning
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GRE Basics: Fun Facts, Scoring, and Difficulty Adaptation

GRE Basics Animated Intro (0:38)
Six Fun Facts About the GRE (2:13)
170/170/6.0: How GRE Scoring Works (2:02)
Understanding How the GRE Adapts to You (2:03)

Smart GRE Study Planning and Practice Tips

GRE Study Planning Animated Intro (0:53)
Baseline Scores and Goal Setting (2:25)
Choosing a Study Plan (1:53)
How To Do A Verbal Practice Set
Squeezing Every Last Drop of Value From Your Mistakes (2:41)
New: Practice Like You Want To Play (5:40)
5 Thoughts About Text Anxiety (7:04)
The Art of the Skip

Intro to Verbal Reasoning

Verbal Reasoning Animated Intro (1:02)
What Are The Verbal Question Types? (1:15)
Building a Strong Verbal Foundation (1:42)
Two Powerful Ways to Learn GRE Vocabulary (2:06)
It's About Tools, Not Rules

Sentence Equivalence Questions

Sentence Equivalence Animated Intro (0:56)
Sentence Equivalence Basics (4:04)
Watch Vince do a Sentence Equivalence Question (2:17)
The Two Most Helpful Questions to Ask (4:50)
Dealing with Unknown Vocabulary (3:57)
When the Answers Aren't Synonyms (2:47)
When the Sentence Makes No Sense (3:16)
Sentence Equivalence Challenge Question! (2:38)
One Final Sentence Equivalence Tip (0:28)

Text Completion Questions

Text Completion Animated Intro (0:54)
Single-Blank (3:10)
Double-Blank (2:31)
Triple-Blank (3:36)
Watch Vince do a Text Completion (4:40)
When There Aren't Clues (2:30)
Your Friend, the Topic Sentence (3:55)
Text Completion Challenge Question! (3:21)
One Last Text Completion Tip (1:02)

Reading Comprehension Questions

Reading Comprehension Animated Intro (0:57)
NEW Aug. 2023! Sentences Are Legos: Thinking About Purpose
Informational Passages (3:49)
How to Answer a Question: The Basics (7:33)
Wrong Answers Are Attractive (3:53)
Right Answers Aren't Attractive (1:51)
How to Read an Answer Choice Like a Pro (3:58)
Watch Vince do a Reading Comp Question (8:20)
They Say / I Say Passages (5:54)
Primary Purpose / Main Idea Questions (5:43)
Watch Vince Do a Primary Purpose Question (11:43)
Detail Questions (7:37)
Where's Waldo Questions (4:03)
Issue + Theories Passages (3:46)
New: Trap Answers Can Actually Help You! (11:31)
6 Additional Reading Comprehension Tips (3:37)
UPDATED Feb. 2022: 13 Tutoring Tidbits + a Quiz!

Critical Reasoning Questions

Critical Reasoning Animated Intro (1:00)
Function of a Sentence (5:27)
New: A Trickier Function Question (6:05)
Paradoxes (2:09)
Strengthen the Argument (6:09)
Weaken the Argument (4:56)
Evaluate the Conclusion (3:13)
Assumptions (3:10)

Essays (Analytical Writing Assessment)

Essays Animated Intro (0:50)
Overview of the 2 Essay Types (1:46)
Watch Vince Brainstorm an Issue Topic (6:10)
Issue Essay Structure Template (5:45)
Issue Essay Paragraph Template (8:40)
Watch Vince Brainstorm an Argument Topic (6:37)
Argument Essay Structure Template (6:00)
Argument Essay Paragraph Template (5:40)

GRE Test-Day and Time Management Tips

Test-Day Tips Animated Intro (0:59)
My Six Favorite Test-Day Tips (4:11)
6 Things You'll Experience On GRE Test Day (6:49)
New: Dealing with Time Pressure on the GRE (7:38)

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Vince's Complete Guide to Learning GRE Vocab
Written Explanations for Every Powerprep Online GRE question
Long Reading Passage Seminar (62:05)
Sentence Function and Some Tough RC and CR (61:38)
QC Simplification (65:21)

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Overview of the 2 Essay Types

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