Ugh.. memorizing Vocab, Paragraphs,and Essay?

<p>I seem to always get lowest on the vocab parts when I do the practice tests. I tried memorizing all SAT words possible during the summer. Got to letter e when I realized I couldn't take that route. SAT is in march so don't think it's going to work for me now. Are there any tricks for the sentence completion? I don't have any logic problems, is just I can't decide between seemingly gibberish words like "bucolic" and "chicanery." I know the trick for the Writing section is pick the shortest answer, and it works and saves time most of the time. Are there any tricks for this?</p>

<p>What about the "fixing the paragraph" part? Do you guys think it's better to read the entire paragraph before doing to fixing problems or doing the problems w/o reading the entire paragraph first. I seem to get mediocre grades either way.</p>

<p>Any Tips for the SAT essay? I get 6s and 7s on my AP Lang class essays, so I can't be that bad.. Any differences for the SAT essay?</p>