<p>the major problems with these lists are that (1)the college board doesn't limit itself to any discernible inventory of words, and (2) only a certain number of words can appear on a given test anyhow.</p>
<p>the result is that you'll spend a lot of your time memorizing words that never appear on the test, and you'll almost certainly encounter words you haven't seen before when you take the test. this is why i recommend not memorizing vocabulary.</p>
<p>i realize that you guys aren't all native speakers, and you want to memorize some english vocabulary to improve your chances. i can see how that makes sense to you. but if that's what you want to do, memorizing a bunch of (probably) useless words like "bayou" is just going to be a part of the process, unfortunately.</p>