<p>I was just wondering... How do you memorize thousands of words without forgetting them?
And how extent is the number of vocabulary words used in the SAT? Should I know more than a thousand? Even a hundred is a challenge for me. Words especially scare me since I'm not native to US.</p>
<p>PS - Please give me any list of SAT words that is helpful and WILL be on the SAT.</p>
<p>Google rocket review vocab
Google direct hits vocab</p>
<p>Study the ~500 words instead of 1000s</p>
<p>Rocketreview.com/vocab_list.pdf</p>
<p>For direct hits, use quizlet.com or just buy the book</p>
<p>I think the best way to memorize vocab is to read a book, look up every word you don’t know, and read the book again.</p>
<p>I agree with Bigb14. I highlighted all the words I didn’t know in Catch-22 and am still in the process of learning them all, and since all the words repeat quite frequently throughout the book you get to see the words in different contexts.</p>
<p>Off topic but, Catch 22 is a great book</p>
<p>I guess my method is for people who need it quick.
But reading is the best way I guess</p>
<p>jubilant - Catch 22 is such an awesome book, I’m so glad I read it!</p>
<p>I used SparkNotes’ 1000 most common SAT words ( <a href=“http://eaop.ucr.edu/NR/rdonlyres/CC917BD7-32B3-4E98-B7CB-A77328A13848/5516/satvocab.pdf[/url]”>http://eaop.ucr.edu/NR/rdonlyres/CC917BD7-32B3-4E98-B7CB-A77328A13848/5516/satvocab.pdf</a> ) and managed to get an 800. They’re pretty easy to memorize. The sample sentences SparkNotes uses are very helpful because they are interesting. I basically carried their vocab list around everywhere for a month and read it at bus stops or when I finished my work early in class. It helped to cover up the definitions and just look at the words (in random order, since you don’t want to memorize their order, just their meanings) and try to guess their meanings.</p>
<p>After a while I noticed that a lot of the words, while not synonyms, were pretty darn close. I sorted the words by meaning, putting those with common meanings together, and reread that list for a while as well. I found this especially helpful since the SAT will never ask you for an exact definition. All you need to know is the approximate meaning, or that some word has a negative connotation while another is associated with smelly things.</p>
<p>If you start studying early, the words aren’t that tough to learn. Even better is if you start studying real early–read. Read lots of good books and look up the words you don’t know. Don’t just look them up though, keep a journal in which you record the definition, the context, and a paragraph-long rant about it. Really try to enhance your vocabulary, and try to actually use the words you learn in your writing and speech.</p>
<p>actually I like that categorizing idea there lidusha, I might have to give that a try</p>
<p>Once a week or so, go back over all the words you’ve learned.</p>