<p>What are your thoughts on the best way gain a good vocabulary?</p>
<p>Reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaddddddddddddd</p>
<p>Whenever I'm reading a book, I always keep a dictionary nearby so that I can look up words that I don't know/am fuzzy on. It has helped me a LOT on the CR sections of the SAT.</p>
<p>i used <a href="http://www.satwords.com%5B/url%5D">www.satwords.com</a> , was effective for me. established a good base.</p>
<p>The vocab is actually much harder on the PSAT than on the SAT, so I wouldn't worry about studying lists or anything unless you really don't have a broad vocabulary.</p>
<p>^^^^^^^^^^^^
Is this proven? Can anyone confirm?</p>
<p>That was just my observation of two PSATs (my soph and junior year) which had really hard vocab, and my experience with SATs (8 CB practice tests in the Blue book + one online + the actual SAT in October). From that experience (which isn't a TON but is enough), I have concluded that the PSAT vocab is harder and passages are easier, wheras in the SAT the opposite is true. Granted, this is all subjective, but I have noticed this distinct difference between the two tests.</p>
<p>This is exactly why I don't advise PSAT as one's only prep for the SATs. It leaves you with an overwhelmed feeling that you know no vocab (which is not conducive to studying) and an overconfidence about how easy SAT I passages are. Taking the CB Blue Book practice tests are the BEST way to practice for the CR section, hands down, other than doing a lot of extensive reading.</p>