best advice for SAT Vocabulary?

Question

I need your advice on SAT vocabulary? How could i study besiding reading? I like reading and all but is there any other ideas?

Answer 1

There are a few ways to improve your vocabulary other than reading.
You can buy a book specifically for the SAT vocabulary, and go through it. Memorize words and make flashcards.
What also helps, though. is studying Latin. Most of the words that SAT likes have direct Latin roots, and the more Latin you know, the more you can figure out words that you don't know from the roots. So find a simple Latin vocabulary builder to study while you study English vocab. I was in Latin 4 my junior year, and I got an 800 on the critical reading part. Granted, you don't have time to get as much Latin as I did, lol, but you only need the vocab, no the grammar. Memorize Latin and Greek prefixes and suffixes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefix_%28linguistics%29 ). You'll be surprised how much it helps. Any foreign language helps, really, and part of it is just a matter of thinking about the words in terms of roots and similar words.
Both www.webster.com and www.dictionary.com will email you a Word of the Day, for an added bit of vocab.
SAT has a Question of the Day you can get emailed to you too, so even if you don't want to study intensively every day (and who does?) you can still spend a few minutes each day thinking about test questions. About every third day is a vocabulary question. http://apps.collegeboard.com/qotd/question.do
Good luck!

Answer 2

The best ways in my opinion is the buy a book with a list of most commonly used vocab words. I've bought a book called 5000 Vocabulary Words on the SAT, but you don't need to study that many words. You can also by some SAT Vocab help books that give little hints that will help you remember hard Vocab words.

Answer 3

doesn't matter- I tried but you can't remember all the words you try to memorize. Every new word will push an old one out. And there's no guarantee that ones you memorize will show up on the test. Just do well with the readings and cover your vocab up. Furthermore, do well on the writing and math for a high overall score. Should be fine- good luck.

Answer 4

I believe there is a comic book that uses SAT Vocab words in it.
I heard that theres a CD out there also that you can listen to when you are just laying down/driving around/bored that says all the words and definitions.

basically the best way is reading it and memorizing it. I KNOW IT SUCKS but thats life.

Answer 5

I realize this is fairly unhelpful, but a good chunk of the test is luck, at least as it pertains to if you know what is asked.

I took the test twice in high school: once as a junior and once as a senior. My verbal score jumped 120 points between junior and senior year with 0 preperation and studying before both tests.

I essentially just got hit almost entirely with stuff I knew on the second one.

Answer 6

Buy some note cards, or make your own. Those note cards do help alot, I saw my reading score jump from a 610 to a 750 after i did 2 weeks of hardcore vocab patchup (i used Princeton Review notecards)

Answer 7

complicated matter. seek on search engines like google. just that could actually help!