<p>Did you know the definitions of the words? Or did you know the roots and use a process of elimination?</p>
<p>Im wondernig if I should study the Barrons list before I study the roots? Or will studying roots help me understand which word works best</p>
<p>I knew the definitions, but I also knew enough roots to use POE.
I only got 16/19 for the SC's on the June SAT, though. x[</p>
<p>Just do whatever works for you best.</p>
<p>Peferably, in the best case scenario, you know both.</p>
<p>I would probably study the roots first. It will help you remember the vague definitions of words...</p>
<p>Im going to study the roots in the Barrons book</p>
<p>I got 640 and didnt study any words. Im not proud of the score though. I dont plan on studying too many words for October, I'll just try to ace passages and know the +/- stuff in princeton review.</p>
<p>I knew the definitions, but process of elimination can do everything you don't know if you know some Latin roots. Have you taken a Romance language at school?</p>
<p>The +/- stuff that's in almost every test prep book helps a lot. I got a 710 my first time without studying (but only 14/19 on SC). I bought the book Up Your Score! (which is SO funny by the way) and skimmed their words and sentences and that helped me bring my CR up to a 760 this June. I also take Latin so I think knowing roots helps.</p>
<p>I knew the gist of most of the words, but I couldn't define them for you, I knew them either by root of my context.
Being a Latin II definitely helped.</p>
<p>what is this +/-?</p>
<p>Determining whether the word is positive or negative?</p>
<p>Yeah, having already taken one AP Latin course definitely helped. I got a 740 with no prep.</p>
<p>Hmm.. most of the words I just already knew, because I read a lot of books that have great vocabularies, but the Latin roots helped a TON. :]</p>
<p>Yeah. Many books claim that you can get the right answer quite often if you know if the blank should be positive or negative and if you can find a word in choices that is as well.</p>
<p>I mainly studied just words. It really depends on the person though; I absolutely hate studying roots, and they never seem to stick in my head.
I knew a few from my ap lit class, but they didn't help much. I got an 800 the second time- i think sat vocab flashcards helped a lot.</p>
<p>It helps a lot to actually read books. I don't know about you, but reading a long list of words doesn't help me remember them, seeing them in context helps me understand. I got a 620 taking the SAT w/o studying, so I'm probably not the best advice giver, but reading books really helps.</p>
<p>I'm planning on reading these books over the summer to help me:
SparkNotes:</a> SAT Novels</p>
<p>Remember that the vocab section isn't all there is to the critical reading score. I got a 720 and I skipped 3 or 4 of the more difficult vocab and probably missed a few as well.</p>
<p>However, reading books and even listening to the right music can increase your vocabulary enough to get a few more of the vocab questions.</p>
<p>It's great to know roots, but there are a lot of factors involved, and two words can have the same root and mean the exact opposite. I think it's more helpful to just know the word. If your vocabulary isn't particularly strong, don't worry about it too much--worry about the actual critical reading, because it constitutes the majority of your score anyway. That's not to say completely forget vocab, but remember that it's a small portion of the Critical Reading section.</p>