Edifier
February 23, 2012, 6:37am
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<p>I'll be appearing for the SAT this year in June. I have alot of time. I'll be preparing from the collegeboards blue book, although it is an old edition but i don't think it matters alot. </p>
<p>I need help in buying a book to increase my vocabulary. I came across two books in a book store near my house. </p>
<p>One was this: Amazon.com:</a> Word Power Made Easy (9780671741907): Norman Lewis: Books </p>
<p>This one has really good reviews. </p>
<p>The other one was McGraw Hills Word Power with 3500 words inside. I found it quite appealing as it was more like a novel with difficult words underlined inside and their meaning given at the bottom of each page. I tried searching it online to read its review but couldn't find it anywhere. </p>
<p>So please guys suggest me which one should i get? If there is any other better than these, please let me know. </p>
<p>I found Word Smart Volume 1 and 2 aswell, but i didn't find it that appealing since it had only words with definitions and that too not more then 1700.</p>
<p>Buy Direct Hits 1 and Direct Hits 2 . The best!</p>
Edifier
February 23, 2012, 7:47am
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<p>^You sure? </p>
<p>How many words does it have in total? I have alot of time on my hands, almost 3 months. </p>
<p>Is the direct Hits 1 and 2 good enough for this time period because i may be wrong but i heard that it is useful if someone doesn’t have much time on his hands.</p>
<p>In a previous post, I listed the words on the January SAT and then compared results from Direct Hits, Barron’s, Sparknotes, and Powerscore.</p>
<p>Barron’s was the best, but it has 3500 words, so you have to decide if that’s a good investment of your time. DH, Sparknotes, and PS have about the same number of words (500 or so), and Sparknotes and Powerscore had more hits than DH. And they are free online.</p>
Edifier
February 24, 2012, 6:56am
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<p>I found this list while searching online for High frequency SAT words</p>
<p>Do you think its helpful to memorize all these? I’ll post the list here so other guys can benefit from it aswell.</p>
<p>FWIW, here is a word list of BB2 vocabulary, sorted by number of appearances (first number).</p>
<p>3 idiosyncratic - quirky; unique to an individual
xyp1999
February 24, 2012, 9:52am
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<p>Have anybody compared the Gruber’s negative and positive word-list with the real test ? </p>
<p>somebody told me that is the best …</p>
<p>I would also suggest looking through a list of prefixes and suffixes. </p>
<p>You can often guess the meaning of a word if familiar with prefix and suffix. For example, check out the following words:</p>
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<p>And so forth.</p>
Edifier
February 27, 2012, 3:52pm
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<p>^Thank you for that though i already started preparing from here. </p>
<p>[Barron’s/Kaplan’s</a> High Frequency Words](<a href=“http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/list/546766]Barron’s/Kaplan’s ”>Barron's/Kaplan's High Frequency Words Flashcards - Cram.com )</p>
<p>If anyone can give a quick look on the words and tell me if these are good to go. =)</p>
aahs12
February 27, 2012, 4:07pm
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<p>The best way to prepare for SAT vocab would’ve been to read a lot over the last 16-17 years of your life… Just saying.</p>
<p>I don’t think “memorizing” definitions is the way to go… But that’s just my personal opinion.</p>
Edifier
February 29, 2012, 4:06pm
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<p>^ I totally agree with you on that. </p>
<p>But the thing is now that time is the gone and this is the only temporary way of increasing your vocabulary.</p>
<p>Im using DH right now. Its worth it. First you gotta decide if you want to devote your time on studying vocab mainly. Because that means, you can study probably 20-30words a day, and in 3 months thats like 2000 words. But if you don’t wanna study that much, maybe like 5-10 words a day, then you should use DH.</p>
<p>^ Well i have started learning 10 words a day, increased to 15 now. I’m learning from the link i posted above, i hope those are the right frequency words. </p>
<p>I really would like to learn from DH but its not available in my city or any near by place and i can’t even find an online torrent or link for it. =/ </p>
<p>Btw how many words in total does it have? Can someone copy and post all the words here? :p</p>
<p>you should get the cat in the hat</p>
<p>How many words are there in Direct Hits vol 1 and vol 2? Can someone post it here if available electronically?</p>
<p>Also, draw from your foreign language experience when divining the meaning of a word.</p>