<p>Does anyone have a list of all the vocabulary words in the CB Blue Book? If so, can you post it here? I would really appreciate it and I think it would help tons of other CC'ers. If you have them written and can scan them, send me a PM and I'll host them on my servers.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>That's like... a LOT of words...</p>
<p>uhm ya. you'd be better off buying the book</p>
<p>Buying the book is strongly suggested, since it's one of the closest things to the real test. Not only will the vocabulary help you, but all three sections may assist you in some way as well.</p>
<p>im sorry, but where is the vocabulary in the College Board Official SAT Guide, i can't find it!</p>
<p>I have the book, but I just want to study the vocabulary words. Yet, I don't want to take a preview of the tests before I actually take them.</p>
<p>I making it and I'm right now up to practice test 4. I neglected really easy words but included most of them. Should I post it anyways?</p>
<p>Awesome. Post as many words as you can. What do you consider easy words?</p>
<p>Also, another question: How many points do you think I can improve my CR score by learning vocabulary? I'm at a 560 right now and am hoping for a 700+ in CR. (I'm scoring in the 700s for M + W).</p>
<p>lazybutsmart: The vocab words used in the Blue Boook are the ones I am talking about. Many of these words are found on the real SATs and many suggest to learn those words.</p>
<p>I have the vocabs up to test two.. but it's on paper and I dont have a scanner. But sometime or the other, I will type it up. :)</p>
<p>I think there was this one poster on CC who said s/he learnt all the vocab words in the blue book and there weren't any words that he didn't know (on the real test). So I think they're pretty useful.</p>
<p>Yeah... there really aren't THAT many words you need to know to ace the sentence completions... but the blue book isn't the only source. I just look up SAT word lists and stuff from random places and put 'em on flashcards, and you definitely notice progress after learning only a few dozen :)</p>
<p>But to seriously improve your CR score, you unfortunately also need to work on the passages... the HARD part! haha... my nemesis as well.</p>
<p>To do well on CR, practice is the most important thing, you can study any vocal list from any studyguide; they all use the same way to list the words-frequency of appearing in REAL SAT test, but know or learn the words is not enough, practice is the essential key for improving score on CR</p>
<p>Yeah. I'm def going to work on the reading passages, but I want to learn a reasonable amount of words for the sent completions. I think the CB book is the best book for vocab words. Also, I only have till April 1st to do all of this.</p>
<p>WordSmart is also a good book.</p>
<p>The Barrons' SAT Book has several word lists. If you know the words in this book, you can pretty much eliminate all wrong answers and get most SC questions right.</p>
<p>Yeah, but aren't all those word lists you guys mention like a 1000 + words long? I dont know whether I can do a 1000 words in a month.</p>
<p>I'm taking the practice test from the blue book every two days, so I'll post what I have and keep adding new words. I forgot to do practice test 1, I think I'll do that during the weekends. Anyways, here is my list. I made some mnomics if those are of any help. </p>
<ol>
<li>Divisive: Creating disunity
ex) divide -> disunity</li>
<li>Erratic: Having no fixed course, inconsistent</li>
<li>Preventive: Helpful in preventing</li>
<li>Regressive: Involves a return to the past</li>
<li>Devoid: Being without
ex) devoid of supplies</li>
<li>Disparaging: Lowering, degrading</li>
<li>Procrastinator: Someone who puts off doing something that has to be done</li>
<li>Temporize: To delay, to delay inorder to gain time
ex) tiempo -> time -> delay</li>
<li>Prolong: To make it last longer</li>
<li>Dalliance: Brief involvement with, play for a while
ex) brief alliance -> dalliance</li>
<li>Infelicity: Not appropriate in application or expression
ex) Felicity (a girl I know) often use incorrect words</li>
<li>Rhetoric: Art of oratory</li>
<li>Boorishness: Rude, insensitive
ex) if you are rude in a theator, people go, "boo!"</li>
<li>Fastiduous: Overly difficult to please, extremely meticulous</li>
<li>Sedulous: Diligent, hardworking
ex) I am working hard to get a BMW Sedan</li>
<li>Vindictive: Disposed to revenge
ex) vendetta (revengeful) -> vindictive</li>
<li>Petulant: Unreasonably angry or upset
ex) rohan petul (a Indian guy from my school who gets mad every time) was sometimes very petulant. He screamed for no reason.</li>
<li>Mercenary: Serving merely for money or gain
ex) merchant of venice is mercenary</li>
<li>Treacly: Overly sweet sentiment
ex) treats (candys, or chocolate, etc) are treacly </li>
<li>Prosaic: Dull, boring
ex) if you are watching porn and the cute girl's body is mosaiced, the porn gets dull (I'm sorry but I had to make extreme examples to make the word more memorable)</li>
<li>Indignation: Anger aroused by something unjust
ex) i'm gonna keep my dignity for God's sake!!!</li>
<li>Myriad: Very large number</li>
<li>Remiss in: Negligent or careless in the performance of work or duty
ex) miss alot of stuff -> negligent</li>
<li>Contemptuous: Feeling or expressing contempt, act of despising</li>
<li>Interrogation: To question
ex) the interrogation of the police was hardcore</li>
<li>Conflagration: A large disastrous fire</li>
<li>Ineffable: Incapable of being expressed in words
ex) I got a ff, eff, a F in my Precal test! I was so shocked that the fact that I got a F was ineffable</li>
<li>Consummate: Perfect, complete</li>
<li>Presumptive: Presume, assume</li>
<li>Deleterious: Harmful</li>
<li>Vacillated: Sway, fluctuate</li>
<li>Fidelity: The quality of state of being faithful</li>
<li>Waver: Fluctuate</li>
<li>Steadfastness: Firm, firmly fixed in place</li>
<li>Vindication (don't get confused with vindictive): Justification of denial or censure
ex) your theory gets vindicated if you discover a compelling evidence</li>
<li>Discernment: To recognize or determine with the eye</li>
<li>Holistic: Whole
ex) Holistic rhymes with Wholistic</li>
<li>Complimentary: Related to compliments</li>
<li>Equitable: Just, fair</li>
<li>Heed: Attention, notice</li>
<li>Propensity: An often intense natural inclination or preference
ex) pensity -> <strong><em>ty -> </em></strong> -> girls have a certain propensity for big dicks (ok, sorry again, but I really needed a dramatic example)</li>
<li>Impersonal: Not involving any human emotion, often very cold</li>
<li>Momentous: Very important
ex) don't bother me! I'm watching a very important moment is the movie</li>
<li>Formidable: Exciting fear, dread or awe</li>
<li>Shroud: Something that covers or screens
ex) The cloud shrouded the mountain</li>
<li>Opportune: Related to opportunity</li>
<li>Intermittent: Coming and going at intervals
ex) the term goes and goes, stops, and goes</li>
<li>Smugness: Overconfident or proud
ex) the **ing muggles are too proud (imagine Malphoy saying this to Hermoine)</li>
<li>Console: to soothe</li>
<li>Fortuitous: Favorable, favoring success</li>
<li>Auspicious: Good fortune, indicating success</li>
<li>Underscore: Emphasize
ex) when something is important, you underline it to emphasize</li>
<li>Erosion: Break down
ex) erosion of rocks</li>
<li>Nonchalant: Not to worry or care
ex) a nonchalant person does not live a challenging life</li>
<li>Equivocal: Difficult to understand, vague</li>
<li>Inane: Empty, insubstantial
ex) nah~~you good</li>
<li>Retrieved: To search about for and bring in
ex) St. Hughs is going to repay the trivia bowl we lost!</li>
<li>Multifarious: With alot of faces, aspects</li>
<li>Extrapolated: Draw inferences, projection, conjecture</li>
<li>Anachronistic: Out of time</li>
<li>Byzantine: Complicated
ex) the Byzantine empire's capitol, Constantinople, is surrounded by complicated walls</li>
<li>Nefarious: Evil, wicked
ex) Nero was nefarious</li>
<li>Lackadaisical: Lacking life and spirit</li>
<li>Devious: Tricky, cunning
ex) the devil was devious</li>
<li>Onerous: Troublesome, burdensome
ex) the erotic feeling that arouses me is burdensom when I study</li>
<li>Slipshod: Careless
ex) you are so careless that you just let it slip</li>
<li>Compulsive: An act of compelling, a force that compells
ex) a compulsive force leads me to turn on the computer</li>
<li>Longevity: A long duration of individual life</li>
<li>Whimsical: Capricious, erratic
ex) the whimsical musical was a big hit</li>
<li>Patronage: The support or influence of a patron</li>
<li>Barter: Trade by exchanging goods
ex) barter -> barrels -> you put goods in a barrel and trade</li>
<li>Sophistry: Subtly deveptive reasoning or argument
ex) Sophia was showed sophistry when she debated</li>
<li>Receptivity: Able or inclined to recieve, open to ideas</li>
<li>Substantiate: To give substance or body to</li>
<li>Foster: To encourage
ex) milk fosters growth</li>
<li>Curtail: To cut off the end of, to shorten
ex) to cut the tail off</li>
<li>Epitome: Abstract, summary, embodiment</li>
<li>Debunker: A person who exposes the shame or falsehood of, critic</li>
<li>Partisanship: Following some idea</li>
<li>Intemperance: Lack of moderation
ex) opposite of temperance movement</li>
<li>Lucid: Shining, easily understood</li>
<li>Arcane: Secretive, mysterious</li>
<li>Insolence: Contemptuous, rudeness
ex) Lancelot was insolent, so Arthur hated him</li>
<li>Openhanded: Generous</li>
<li>Magnanimity: Courageous, generous, benevolent
ex) Magnanimous Jesus</li>
<li>Solicitousness: Worried, concerned
ex) I'm worried that Mr. Cito would get fired</li>
<li>Pettiness: Trifling, focusing on insignificant stuff</li>
<li>Musing: Ponder, to become absorbed in thought</li>
<li>Foreboding: Sense of apprehension or fear
ex) I'm afraid that the bell will ring ding dong dang</li>
<li>Molasses: Thick brown syrup that is separated from sugar</li>
<li>Pretension: Falsehood, showoff
ex) pretend to be king and show off</li>
<li>Indictment: To charge with an offense
ex) Lets accuse the Indians</li>
<li>Temperamental: Moody, gets mad easily
ex) A temperamental person cannot bear his temper</li>
<li>Congenial: Agreeable, pleasant
ex ) A genital is pleasant to look (sorry again)</li>
<li>Reclusive: Tendency to be isolated, to live alone</li>
<li>Amass: Stock, pile, collect many of</li>
<li>Knack: To get the idea, basic sense</li>
<li>Pencahnt: Special liking, tendency to do
ex) I like to read PentHouse everyday</li>
<li>Pilfer: To steal
ex) pillage</li>
<li>Predilection: Strong liking for, preferance</li>
<li>Raid: Attack</li>
<li>Detachment: Having no interest in
ex) opposite of attachment</li>
<li>Profundity: Intellectual depth, deep understanding</li>
<li>Perquisites: Special benefits, privilege
ex) A noble requested some favors to the tax collector</li>
<li>Tribulation: Hardship, difficulty of a situation</li>
<li>Irreproachable: Above blame, blameless</li>
<li>Reprehensible: Deserving blame, culpable</li>
<li>Nostalgia: Affectionate feeling you have for the past</li>
<li>Infatuated: Strong attraction</li>
<li>Agnostic: It is not possible to know whether God exits or not</li>
<li>Eclectic: Wide ranging, comes form many sources
ex) Collectic -> collect wide range of things</li>
<li>Empiric: Relies on practical experience, concrete evidence
ex) empirical date</li>
<li>Quixotic: Imaginative, unrealistic
ex) Don Qui Hote</li>
<li>Infectious: Contagious</li>
<li>Conspicousness: Attracting litle attention
ex) a spy should not be conspicuousness</li>
<li>Subdue: To bring under control by force, to bring into subjection</li>
<li>Arboreal: Related to trees
ex) arbol (tree in Spanish) -> arboreal</li>
<li>Indigenous: Native to a certain region
ex) Indigo is indigenous to America</li>
<li>Transitory: Lasts only for a short time
ex) transitory transition</li>
<li>Recessive: Tend to move back, bodily trait that is hidden</li>
<li>Pliant: Flexible</li>
<li>Unwitting: Not knowing, unaware
ex) when you are not witty, you are being quite genuine, and you are unaware </li>
<li>Unswerving: Strong, firm
ex) unswerving rhymes with unanswering. I am unanswering the phone because I am determined to study for the SAT. I have an unswerving determination. </li>
<li>Inhibiting: To prevent, to slowdown
ex) rhymes with prohibit</li>
<li>Elusive: Evasive, tending to run away</li>
<li>Extolled: To praise highly</li>
<li>Gubernatorial: Relating to a governor</li>
<li>Naivete: Naice, unaware, innocent</li>
<li>Furtiveness: Sly
ex) fur traders can be very furtive</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Venality: Mercenary, corrup
ex) merchant of venice -> mercenary -> corrupt</li>
<li>Banal: Typical, boring</li>
<li>Rendered: Illustration, to cause</li>
<li>Obsolete: No longer having any use or value</li>
<li>Disinclined: To not want to do, not inclined to do</li>
<li>Condone: To forgive, pardon</li>
<li>Belabor: To assail continuously
ex) the labot party of Tony Blair attacked the terrorists continuously</li>
<li>Supple: Bend or changes easily</li>
<li>Elucidate: To make clear and easy to understand</li>
<li>Repertoire: Plays or pieces of music that he or she has learned and can perform</li>
<li>Disseminate: To distribute
ex) To dissect and spread widely</li>
<li>Repertory: Small theator, type of things you can do</li>
<li>Confound: To confuse</li>
<li>Expendable: Acceptable to be used, can be used and wasted</li>
<li>Preculde: To prevent from happening
145: Libelous: An unjustly unfavorable
146: Paucity: Not enough
ex) the city does not have enough people</li>
<li>Rehash: To prsent again without real change
ex) Ashly rehasted her old dull beliefs</li>
</ol>
<p>Well, good luck, and I'll post the following lists for test 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 pretty soon</p>
<p>Words like vulnerable, include, suspicious, agony, etc</p>
<p>I didn't include words I know in the list. However, I put most of the important words that I felt like I should review, so I hope this helps.</p>
<p>Thanks A Lot!!</p>