<p>I can never get over 600 on my CR, which is VERY annoying. I have trouble with sentence completions because to be frank, I have no idea what half of those words mean. I try to eliminate ones that don't seem to fit, but it never works (I end up leaving them blank).</p>
<p>So how do you guys memorize your vocabulary? Which books do you recommend? Word Smart? Barron's? Please give me advice on how to memorize SAT vocabulary and which books I should use!</p>
<p>I would suggest writing down word-defintion combinations and viewing them periodically until you have them learned. Individually, I used an electronic dictionary to learn vocabulary. It is fairly passive but I had easy access to a thesaurus and the synonym associations were greatly beneficial. As for common materials, the Direct Hits books are the most popular choice for many successful test-takers.</p>