Nova's GRE Verbal Prep Course

Name: Nova's GRE Verbal Prep Course
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Comprehensive, Rigorous Prep for the GRE Verbal and Writing Sections

Created byJeff Kolby

Last updated 5/2019

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What you'll learn

The GRE Verbal Section is not easy–nor is this course. To improve your Verbal score, you must be willing to work. If you study hard and master the techniques in this course, your score will improve–significantly!

Course content

12 sections • 237 lectures • 6h 15m total length

ABOUT THIS COURSE0:56
WHAT DOES THE GRE MEASURE?0:58
FORMAT OF THE GRE0:29
EXPERIMENTAL SECTION1:17
RESEARCH SECTION0:10
THE COMPUTER BASED TEST & THE PAPER-&-PENCIL TEST0:31
PACING1:06
SCORING THE GRE0:18
SKIPPING AND GUESSING0:30
THE “2 OUT OF 5” RULE0:20
COMPUTER SCREEN OPTIONS0:42
TEST DAY0:26
HOW TO USE THIS COURSE0:34
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS1:03

The Six Questions1:22
Main Idea Questions0:57
Main Idea Questions Example 11:32
Main Idea Questions Example 2 Application2:08
Description Questions1:12
Description Questions Example 31:42
Description Questions Example 4 Application2:01
Description Questions - Words in Context1:10
Description Questions - Words in Context Example 5 Application1:42
Writing Technique Questions0:27
Writing Technique Questions - Compare and Contrast0:39
Writing Technique Questions - Compare and Contrast Example 61:45
Writing Technique Questions - Cause and Effect0:31
Writing Technique Questions - Cause and Effect Example 71:21
Writing Technique Questions - Position and Evidence0:52
Extension Questions0:43
Extension Questions Example 81:43
Extension Questions Example 9 Application1:09
Application Questions0:57
Application Questions Example 101:33
Application Questions Example 11 Application1:57
Tone Questions0:37
Tone Questions Example 121:08
Tone Questions Example 13 Application2:47
Tone Questions - Extreme Emotions1:46
Points to Remember1:49
The Six Questions - Mentor Exercise
The Six Questions - Exercise

Text Completions - Introduction1:00
Think of a Word That “Fits” The Sentence0:19
Think of a Word That “Fits” The Sentence Example0:40
Be Alert to Transitional Words0:11
Be Alert to Transitional Words - Contrast Indicators0:17
Be Alert to Transitional Words - Contrast Indicators Example 21:06
Be alert to contrast indicators in a GRE verbal item, identifying reticent as the synonym for reluctant and evaluating ambivalent, scornful, and overjoyed options to gauge optimism about talks.
Be Alert to Transitional Words - Contrast Indicators Example 30:42
Be Alert to Transitional Words - Support Indicators0:10
Be Alert to Transitional Words - Support Indicators Example 40:40
Be Alert to Transitional Words - Support Indicators Example 50:47
Be Alert to Transitional Words - Cause And Effect Indicators0:09
Be Alert to Transitional Words - Cause And Effect Indicators Example 60:35
Apposition0:28
Apposition Example 70:42
Apposition Example 80:23
A Note on Multiple Blank Questions0:36
A Note on Multiple Blank Questions Example 92:06
A Note on Multiple Blank Questions Example 101:09
Identify how multiple blank questions use opposition and contrast, guided by signal words like however and despite and by semicolons linking rapid spread, democracy, and political stability.
Text Completions Problem 10:43
Text Completions Problem 20:34
Analyze text completions by interpreting 'all but' in a debate context to determine tone and identify that 'nullifies' best fits the candidate's failed performance.
Text Completions Problem 30:41
Analyze a GRE verbal text completions problem, identifying the word defined by 'an endless reserve of energy,' compare options like lively, solicitous, and impudent, and select the best fit.
Text Completions Problem 40:44
Text Completions Problem 50:41
Explore how the word yet contrasts an atheist's actions, distinguishing renounce faith in God from maintain faith, and why scorn is too strong, noting admiration for grace in belief.
Text Completions Problem 60:57
Text Completions Problem 70:39
Text Completions Problem 80:12
Analyze how the sentence suggests that even when Erikson knows he is on the wrong path, he cannot stop or exert free will.
Text Completions Problem 90:26
Text Completions Problem 100:11
Text Completions Problem 110:23
Explore text completions problem 11, analyzing a scenario where a state allegedly selling children for food is described as impoverished, and why it is second best answer for Blink 2.
Text Completions Problem 120:32
Text Completions Problem 130:14
Text Completions Problem 140:13
Text Completions Problem 150:11
Analyze a text completions problem from Nova's GRE verbal prep course, evaluating whether the claim that the business is sound is contradicted or supported.
Text Completions Problem 160:08
Text Completions Problem 170:11
Explore how the legal profession pursues truth through a rough and tumble path, illustrating practical reasoning in text completions for GRE verbal prep.
Text Completions Problem 180:39
Text Completions Problem 190:14
Analyze how a financial scandal represents an indiscretion and why it may not hit the front page because the public is jaded by an excess of scandals.
Text Completions Problem 200:10
Text Completions Problem 210:13
Text Completions Problem 220:14
explores how love balances with an austere, severe, or strict attitude, challenging assumptions about what love can entail in text completions.
Text Completions Problem 230:13
Text Completions Problem 240:09
Text Completions Problem 250:22
Text Completions Problem 260:24
Text Completions Problem 270:18
Text Completions Problem 280:12
Text Completions Problem 290:14
Text Completions Problem 300:07
Text Completions Problem 310:26
Explore a text completions problem 31 that questions why no one could have foreseen collapse of the Soviet Union, and examines how experts interpret unforeseen events in the intelligence community.
Text Completions Problem 320:13
Text Completions Problem 330:19
Text Completions Problem 340:13
Text Completions Problem 350:15
Text Completions Problem 360:35
Text Completions Problem 370:15
Solve text completions by choosing a word that reflects age, such as 'youthful,' and see how 'advanced age' contrasts with a 'youthful sense of humor'.
Text Completions Problem 380:22
Text Completions Problem 390:14
Text Completions Problem 400:10
Text Completions Problem 410:27
Explore the distinctions between internal and external types of sunscreen and topical versus internal treatments, emphasizing how body-surface applications contrast with internal options.
Text Completions Problem 420:22
Text Completions Problem 430:18

Sentence Equivalence Introduction0:48
Use Process of Elimination0:09
Use Process of Elimination Example 10:42
Use Process of Elimination Example 20:38
Look for Pairs0:49
Look for Pairs Example 30:33
Identify word pairs by synonyms, using confident with secure and anxious with apprehensive; use transitional words to determine the correct set.
Look for Pairs Example 41:26
Use Transitional Words and Apposition0:03
Use Transitional Words and Apposition Example 50:56
Use Transitional Words and Apposition Example 60:56
Use Transitional Words and Apposition Example 70:30
Use Transitional Words and Apposition Example 80:22
Points to Remember0:22
Sentence Equivalence Problem 10:30
Explore sentence equivalence problem 1 in Nova's GRE verbal prep course by identifying synonyms in context, using docile, corrigible, and irredeemable to determine correct answer choices.
Sentence Equivalence Problem 20:43
Explore sentence equivalence problems by spotting contradictions and selecting words with opposite meanings, such as obsolete or irrelevant, and use elimination to identify the correct option.
Sentence Equivalence Problem 30:14
Sentence Equivalence Problem 40:11
Sentence Equivalence Problem 50:18
Sentence Equivalence Problem 60:19
Explains how the words suspect and mere convey a negative opinion of the subject in a sentence equivalence problem, and identifies the correct answers as A and B.
Sentence Equivalence Problem 70:14
Sentence Equivalence Problem 80:16
Explore how scientific value rests on proven results from several experiments, clarifying synonyms such as validation and substantiation within a sentence equivalence context.
Sentence Equivalence Problem 90:14
Explore sentence equivalence problem 9 in Nova's GRE verbal prep course, analyzing how asceticism, abstinence, and self-restraint relate to worldly concerns to determine correct answers.
Sentence Equivalence Problem 100:17
Sentence Equivalence Problem 110:37
Identify synonyms that fit a blank based on connotation, since dulcet means gentle and soothing. Choose congenial and amiable as the correct set, while irascible and cantankerous cannot fit.
Sentence Equivalence Problem 120:29
Sentence Equivalence Problem 130:32
Explore sentence equivalence problem 13 in Nova's GRE verbal prep course, identifying opposite meanings to committed and recognizing acquitted and discharged as synonyms for release.
Sentence Equivalence Problem 140:32
Sentence Equivalence Problem 150:22
Practice sentence equivalence by identifying synonyms that fit the sentence. Progeny and posterity both mean offspring, so the correct choices are A and E.
Sentence Equivalence Problem 160:19
Sentence Equivalence Problem 170:23
Sentence Equivalence Problem 180:25
Sentence Equivalence Problem 190:18
Sentence Equivalence Problem 200:26
Sentence Equivalence Problem 210:21
Sentence Equivalence Problem 220:38
Master sentence equivalence in GRE verbal prep by using context clues to infer vocabulary like behemoth and that amalgamate means to consolidate, with demoted roles as a practice example.
Sentence Equivalence Problem 230:35
Sentence Equivalence Problem 240:25
Sentence Equivalence Problem 250:16
Sentence Equivalence Problem 260:16
Sentence Equivalence Problem 270:28
Sentence Equivalence Problem 280:14
Sentence Equivalence Problem 290:30
Sentence Equivalence Problem 300:17
Sentence Equivalence Problem 310:16
Sentence Equivalence Problem 320:21
Sentence Equivalence Problem 330:25
Sentence Equivalence Problem 340:22

Requirements

This is a comprehensive and rigorous course. It contains all the verbal content from the book GRE Prep Course, so it is fully self-contained. You will not need to get any outside materials for the course.

Description

Every year, students pay $1,000 and more to test prep companies to prepare for the verbal section of the GRE. Now you can get the same preparation in an online course. Nova's GRE Verbal Prep Course provides the equivalent of a 2-month, 50-hour course.

Although the GRE verbal section is difficult, it is very learnable. Nova's GRE Verbal Prep Course presents a thorough analysis of GRE verbal and introduces numerous analytic techniques that will help you immensely, not only on the GRE but in graduate school as well.

Features:

Videos! Hundreds of videos explaining the text, examples, and exercises in step-by-step detail.
Verbal: Develop the ability to spot places from which questions are likely to be drawn as you read a passage (pivotal words, counter-premises, etc.). Also, learn the 400 essential GRE words.
Writing: Comprehensive analysis of the writing task, including writing techniques, punctuation, grammar, rhetoric, and style.
Mentor Exercises: These exercises provide hints, insight, and partial solutions to ease your transition from seeing GRE problems solved to solving them on your own.

Who this course is for:

College students preparing for the GRE

Nova's GRE Verbal Prep Course

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Course content

Introduction to the GRE14 lectures • 9min

GRE Verbal Introduction4 lectures • 2min

READING COMPREHENSION3 lectures • 4min

The Six Questions26 lectures • 36min

Pivotal Words5 lectures • 14min

The Three-Step Method9 lectures • 23min

Text Completions61 lectures • 27min

Sentence Equivalence47 lectures • 21min

The Ubiquitous 4001 lecture • 5min

Etymology6 lectures • 24min

Requirements

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