<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](<a href=“http://www.sparknotes.com/satfiction/]SparkNotes:”>http://www.sparknotes.com/satfiction/)</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>