<p>i know some people say that studying vocabulary lists is not helpful ... well the primary reason i only got a 600 on crit reading is my lack of vocab ... does anyone here have a recommendation for which vocab list to use ... i was going to use sparknotes.com ... but are there any better ones that represent the actualy sat vocabulary better</p>
<p>If you want to be crazy do Barrons 3500 words. It is crazy but you'll learn all the words you need for SAT.
If you're moderate do some wordsmart.</p>
<p>You know, from experience . . . I think if you read some high level reading books that have a lot of vocab., that will be more beneficial.</p>
<p>if i do that ... can i just read it and enjoy the book or do i have to look up words as i go along</p>
<p>Well, a lot of the times (if you're a pretty good reader anyways) you should be able to pick up the meaning of the word from context clues. However, if you can't figure out a word then look it up. But usually, I can just figure out the meaning of the word from the context, so I can enjoy the book and learn vocab.</p>
<p>Also, vocab.'s my worst part too for CR, but I got well over 700 and I didn't memorize lists. btw, learning a foreign language (as weird as it sounds) sometimes helps too. In my school it's mandatory to have 2 years of a foreign language. Well, I finished my third year of spanish and some of those words actually are cognates of English words that are hardly used (and thus show up on the SAT). Taking high level classes at school help too.</p>
<p>It's extremely difficult to get the correct definition from context clues, since there are so many subtle variances in the language. I recommend looking up all words you come accross that you don't know.</p>
<p>read kaplan's SAT stories. their novels that have incorporated (big word learned for the day :) ) SAT words. glossary in teh back. its quite useful</p>