<p>What are the more efficient ways to strengthen your vocabulary and definitions for the analogies and definitions sections of the SSAT? Any specific books that are high in complex words that I should read?</p>
<p>Flashcards…</p>
<p>There are many, many iPhone / iPod apps designed to help strengthen your SAT vocabulary and a few specifically for SSAT. Some of the apps are quite good.</p>
<p>The Princeton SSAT guide has a good vocab list from which to make flashcards and–even more important I think–and extensive list of roots. I’d do those first–memorizing roots helps you pick apart words.</p>
<p>But nothing beats reading lots and lots of books for vocab. prep!</p>
<p>yeah, read a lot, especially the classics, not just teen novels like gossipgirl</p>
<p>what type of classics should we read? Not the dictionary, I hope.</p>
<p>LOL I read American short stories and they’re not considered classics. </p>
<p>Well, you’re supposed to read books like Pride And Prejudice, The Animal Farm, Great Expectations, The Great Gatsby, To Kill A Mocking Bird, etc. </p>
<p>On CollegeBoard they have a list. Also, look into some top prep schools’ summer reading lists.</p>
<p>Kaplan publishes classic literature with SAT words in bold on the left hand page and definitions on the right. It’s very handy. The Poe stories are great and filled with beautiful (and sometimes difficult) language. The books are trade paperback size and can be found at Borders, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, etc.</p>
<p>Here’s a link:</p>
<p>[Amazon.com:</a> kaplan sat score-raising classics](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=kaplan+sat+score-raising+classics&x=17&y=17]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=kaplan+sat+score-raising+classics&x=17&y=17)</p>
<p>this is basically like flashcards, but quizlet.com has been very helpful to me</p>
<p>I love my kindle. I got it so I could read some classical literature without having to buy all the books. I got pretty much all of my books for free on it. And if there is a word you don’t know, you can just move the cursor over the word and it gives you like a webster definition.</p>
<p>2010: How do you download free books to Kindle? I thought everything had to come through Amazon?</p>
<p>[Free</a> Kindle Books’ Most Famous Books from the Most Famous Authors PG E-Books](<a href=“http://freekindlebooks.org/mostfamousbooksmostfamousauthors.html]Free”>Free Kindle Books' Most Famous Books from the Most Famous Authors PG E-Books)</p>
<p>I just googled free kindle books and I found this list. Then I went onto the amazon website on my kindle and typed in the title of the book I wanted and most of them were $0.00 so then I downloaded it. Usually its the first choice.</p>
<p>I was going to mention the Kindle, but 2010 beat me to the chase. I have a Kindle as well and I loooove it! My vocabulary has really improved, and I’ve been reading a lot more classic literature, as well as contemporary novels and YA books. My dad is not happy when he sees my monthly Amazon charge, but he’d rather me read than watch television! The one click purchase is my weakness. :p</p>
<p>Lucky. I have a Sony e-reader. its okay, but an older model so I really want one with a touchscreen. My cousin has a Kindle though, and they aren’t that different.</p>
<p>I’m not comfortable about reading e-books. </p>
<p>I have an iPod touch. There’s free app called “classics” and has about 14 classics. No word definition, though. Stanza is a great app, too. </p>
<p>I like REAL books!!!</p>
<p>where can i get this princeton book everyone is talking about… borders?? also a price? just don’t wanna spend like $300 getting ready for a test haha:)</p>
<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Cracking the SSAT & ISEE, 2010 Edition (Private Test Preparation) (9780375429415): Princeton Review: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Cracking-SSAT-ISEE-Private-Preparation/dp/0375429417/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276774710&sr=8-5]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Cracking-SSAT-ISEE-Private-Preparation/dp/0375429417/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276774710&sr=8-5)</p>
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<p>wow thanks, thats cheap! I was expecting a $25 thing! :)</p>
<p>Try George Eliot’s Middlemarch from this free kindle list. My all time favorite when I was in college.</p>