<p>Hey guys, I will be taking the January SAT. This is my first time and I was just wondering whether Direct Hits Core Vocabulary or Direct Hits Toughest Vocabulary would be more useful to learn the vocabulary on the SAT. (more hits)</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>You'd be better off learning ALL the words from these two lists b/c they are equally important. While one helps you decide quickly on the easy, and medium questions, the other enables you to conquer harder, even the hardest question. Isn't that a big deal? Def :D.
I think that several hundreds is not a very big number, given there are still round 20 days away to the Dec Test. But you must get prepared from now. I suggest learning 30 words a day.</p>
<p>DK'S best combo: PR, RR AND DH!</p>
<p>Flibb, couldn't agree with you more ^^</p>
<p>anyone else with tips on best lists for the SAT vocab and which DH is better?</p>
<p>Just buy both; I don't think any which one is better than the other.</p>
<p>i ordered both DH books last week and i will receive them this Friday,(15 days before I take the December SAT)
my vocab is not too bright
will I have ample time to get all the amount of words stuck in my head?</p>
<p>I just got DH (vol 1) today and have memorized every word. And my memory sucks. I think you'll have time, skillsmr.</p>
<p>iight iight</p>
<p>by the way how many words does vol 1 have??
and how many words in the other book?</p>
<p>Direct Hits is divided into two volumes
Volume 1 has 190 words. contains the core words, prefix words, and some other
Volume 2 has 176 words. (Passage words, multi-definition words, words pertaining to subject areas like science social studies etc, and two "toughest" word sections)</p>
<p>I don't have my books on me, but if you were to only buy one, I'd go for the second book.</p>
<p>you can also try using [url=<a href="http://www.FreeRice.com%5DFreeRice%5B/url">http://www.FreeRice.com]FreeRice[/url</a>]. It tests you on vocabulary and every time you identify the correct definition; they donate 20 grains of rice to the world food bank. It's a great cause and it helped me a lot on the CR section!</p>
<p>lol you memorized every word in one night? Hopefully you keep reviewing every day or you're gonna forget most of those.</p>
<p>Personally I suppose that LEARNING new vocabulary is not one of memorization only; you have to master the words as well. I LEARNT about 1500 words in about 2.5 months, using Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary and some word lists. I didn't have to memorise/cram that much though, just letting the words "flow" into my head.
Just want to share my OWN experience. Well, I picked up 10 random words from a list at a time, looked up the definitions and EXAMPLES in both the list and the dictionary (sometimes there are sharp differences between their explanations) and then tried to adopt it to my writing/ speaking, whatever. When going through about 100 words, I moved on to revising the 100 words preceding these words, not these words themshelves. If there were any word that I was not sure of, or completely unfamiliar with, I used flashcards (my hand-made one, of course :) ) Repeated this process until I could tell the meaning of a random word with confidence.</p>
<p>Hope this helps :D</p>
<p>Lol, "learnt" is british.
you'll rarely find it in american text.</p>
<p>I use DH because i enjoy reading the little anecdotes in there :]</p>
<p>I found them easy to memorize because I knew 95% of them already :P</p>
<p>PR was enough for me.
I wouldn't cram, just study consistently and not so much that it makes you stressed. If you can't remember the exact meaning of a word, don't freak out. Just try to remember if you've ever heard or seen the word used in context. Try and remember if the word has positive connotations or negative connotations.</p>
<p>@anhtimmy:
Ooops, I haven't noticed that before.
Thanks thanks ^^</p>
<p>@ Flibb: What's RR?</p>
<p>I'm told that it stands for Rocket Review. Found a PDF word list online that some forum thread had.</p>