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<p>I said that in the bluntest way possible. These lists only provide words from past tests, they don’t predict ones that will appear in the future. The College Board always uses new ones. It would also be stupid for someone to study and memorize, according to you, 4000 words when, even if the stars align, only a couple will appear on the real SAT. You don’t even have to know all the vocab to get a sentence completion question right sometimes anyways. </p>
<p>Either way, knowing words doesn’t guarantee getting the right answer. Remember, the SAT can’t and doesn’t standardize vocabulary. But again, these are just generalizations. Studying and memorizing vocab words is still important if you want to score high on Critical Reading, it’s just not likely at all that you’ll know every single word you come across when you face the real SAT.</p>