<p>Hello, I was wondering if anyone could share some strategies on tackling the more complex vocabulary in the SAT. (The sentence completion questions.)
I've heard about some people who used a word list (such as Baron's wordlist) and used that as a study reference, but I want to know if there are any techniques that I could use to quickly and efficiently learn the words.</p>
<p>If there is any vocabulary booster books that anyone could reccomend, that would be great too! Thank you! (:</p>
<p>I skimmed Direct Hits Toughest Vocabulary of the SAT. It’s everybody’s favourite and I would certainly recommend it.</p>
<p>On the October SAT (2010), there weren’t many difficult words. I think there were maybe 2 that I wasn’t sure about, but that’s all! Don’t worry, the test isn’t filled with heavy vocab.</p>
<p>A few words I always see on practice tests:
-capricious
-indolent
-vapid
-equanimity
-furtive
-plethora
-instransigent
-stoic
-expounded
-impetuous
-inane
-perverse</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>The dictionary.</p>
<p>^Um, no. That’s completely unrealistic. Nobody, not even the people who score 2400 have to read the entire dictionary. There really isn’t a lot of difficult vocab so don’t worry about it. Just skim Direct Hits and study the list I gave you up there^.</p>
<p>I had a box of 2,000 flash cards that I used that had most, if not all, of the October SAT Vocab words. With vocab, there’s no easy way. You have to find lists of commonly used words and see which words appear frequently on these lists. Also, as cheesy as it may sound, attempting to use a few of these words in everyday writing could help you memorize them better.</p>
<p>I would suggest also learning word roots to help get a clearer picture of what a word may mean. In ~50% of vocab questions, I find that I use POE to find the answer.</p>