<p>After finding out my critical reading score, I realized that I need to study more vocabulary. What SAT Vocabulary book is the best? Right now, I am deciding between Direct Hits and Princeton Review's Word Smart. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.</p>
<p>I’ve heard good things about Direct Hits, but have never used it. Princeton Review’s flashcards are also very nice, as are the Sparknotes 250 and 1000 words lists.</p>
<p>Yesss Direct Hits is great
The author studied past SATs, found the most frequent words, and compiled a huge list and incorporated the words into various pop culture references. Like, he used megatron and voldemort to help the reader memorize the word covet.</p>
<p>oh and barrons hot words have some good ones too</p>
<p>Did you find a lot of the words in Direct Hits on the test?</p>
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<p>Definitely. I owe my 2400 to DH. Best $30 I ever spent on books.</p>
<p>Yeah direct hits is the best, I guess. With those vocabs, I mostly do 15-17 out of 19. So should be great.</p>
<p>Thanks for your recommendation! I just ordered Direct Hit from amazon. I gonna retake SAT in January. Hope that 2 months is enough for me to study vocabulary and improve my score in Reading.</p>
<p>I am an international student. I got 490 in November test and wonder why it was that bad. I think that I am in the middle 500 or high 500, but finally it turned out that low. I will try to get to low 600 or middle 600 for the next test.</p>
<p>Okay thanks!</p>
<p>But if you want to go for a long list to secure your >700 for CR, I would say go for Gruber’s 3400 list. The meanings of words are concise but very close to the Oxford dictionary. The best list I’ve seen, really.</p>