<p>For vocabulary?</p>
<p>yeah, it helps a lot. ESPECIALLY your prefixs and suffixs, since if you know what the sentence that you're trying to complete has a negative or positive attitude. You can just use the suffix and prefixs to see which fits in. And you will usually narrow down your choices to 2 different vocab words. After that, then just see which one sounds cool and pick it.</p>
<p>Which book is good for prefix/sffix roots?</p>
<p>I heard Gruber's Workshop or something is perfect?</p>
<p>It's better to learn the words than the suffixes. Chances are, if you memorized a myriad of words, the words for which you'd be using your knowledge of suffixes and prefixes would be words so complex that that knowledge will not prove useful. For example: winnow, dilettante, gambrel, cicerone. (All of these have appeared in the CB QOD.) </p>
<p>Nevertheless, your knowledge won't stop you from pondering over it for just long enough to screw you up for the passage questions, which account for far more of the test than the vocabulary. Vocab questions should be the quickest ones you answer: read one sentence, (know all the words), select the answer (25 seconds). If you don't know enough of the words to select an answer, for Pete's sake just guess and move on. Whereas thinking about the word "gambrel" for a minute will not help you get the question right, thinking about an author's intent question for that same minute will most likely ensure a correct answer.</p>
<p>^^^agree'd</p>
<p>I also agree with Godfatherbob. Sometimes you can't figure a word out just by its prefix or suffix.</p>
<p>Or you can just memorize the words themselves... for every practice exam you do, circle all the words you don't know as you complete the test (it won't take you that much longer^^) and then make flashcards. After a few practice exams, you'll probably start noticing the same words popping up again and again.</p>
<p>Yeah definitely memorize words. Sparknotes 1000 is great if you do'nt have any books to look at.</p>
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<p>SUPER-agree. Whereas Barron's infamously deleterious' 3500 word list consists primarily of words that Mr. Barron thinks <em>could</em> show up on a future SAT, but have never before shown up on anything SAT-related, (Yes, Mr. Barron is quite clairvoyant') lists that you make yourself from official practice tests will actually contain SAT words, since the words you write down are words from SAT's. Plus, looking up the words yourself, creating your own definition, and then typing them up (which i recommend) will help you memorize them a lot better.</p>
<p>'SAT word</p>
<p>i think if you have a poor vocabulary to begin with, then memorizing suffix/roots would be very helpful.</p>
<p>however, if you already have a decent vocabulary...i don't think suffix/roots will make much difference...just memorize more words as you practice...</p>
<p>as always; don't know if applies to everyone.</p>