<p>What material should I use to study vocabulary to do well vocabulary part in SSAT ?</p>
<p>I recommend the book 1000 Words you Should Know, or something like that. We used it in 7th grade English. Any of those books. </p>
<p>Also, just read a lot and maybe even look at the SAT word of the day or the SSAT word, as I remember them having on the website. </p>
<p>Look at practice tests.... some of those words might reappear.</p>
<p>you mean the book: Words You Should Know In High School: 1000 Essential Words To Build Vocabulary, Improve Standardized Test Scores, And Write Successful Papers</p>
<p>Sure. Though I didn't exactly memorize the title. :) But I thought I remembered it being shorter. Im assuming thats it though. It's like purple and has little boxes.</p>
<p>The vocab section on the Princeton Review Book worked well for me. I got five or six words right that I wouldn't have otherwise by making flash cards of the list of words.</p>
<p>I always cringe in fear when I write this, but I crammed a little. I know cramming isn't advisable, but I got really nervous the day before, and I didn't have school, so just made flashcards with all of the vocabulary words in the back of the Kaplan book and memorized them. It wasn't that hard, and it helped me a bit.</p>
<p>is sparknotes 1000 wordlist useful?</p>
<p>I just found a website that's decent for SSAT vocabulary, though it is a bit limited. I'm assuming it's fairly new, since I haven't seen it mentioned much before. Here's the link:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.studystack.com/matching-1506%5B/url%5D">http://www.studystack.com/matching-1506</a></p>
<p>EDIT: Actually, the word choice is not as restricted as it seemed. If you start over and refresh the page, some fresh word choices will appear. Some words are meaningless to the SSAT though, I warn you.</p>
<p>word smart by princeton review, helped me ace the vocab</p>
<p>Which version of the word smart ? </p>
<p>What is your strategy of studying vocabulary ?</p>
<p>Make flash cards. Go through all of them once. The ones you know for sure, set aside. The rest put in another stack. Study the second stack until you know each word, then put them all back together and review all of them before the test.</p>
<p>So How long did you take you to study SSAT vocabulary ? How long did you study per day ? per week ?</p>
<p>A few weeks with no regular studying schedule.</p>
<p>Same. Pretty minor studying.</p>
<p>hmm, lets see it says... " Word Smart 3rd edition/823 words you need to know" </p>
<p>I started a few weeks before the test and studied 3 chapters a day. The next day I would go through the quizes for those chapters and make flash cards for any words i didnt know.</p>
<p>hope that helps</p>
<p>Hi, I was wondering, is it helpful to studya SAT words for the ssat? Do they share many words?
This is a novel that a lot of people said was helpful on the ssat (I hvent tried it yet)
Defining Twilight: Vocabulary Workbook for Unlocking the SAT, ACT, GED, and SSAT
Here’s the link
[Defining</a> Twilight: Vocabulary Workbook for Unlocking the SAT, ACT, GED, and SSAT (Defining Series):Amazon:Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0470507438]Defining”>http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0470507438)</p>
<p>The best way to prepare for the SSAT verbal section is to READ and read and read a a wide variety of books magazines etc its the best way to expand your working vocabulary! IMO</p>
<p>Pre-prep schools spend a lot of time on vocab, and some of it seemed pretty particular to the SSAT and you may not have encountered it in public school or general reading. </p>
<p>Recommend taking an SSAT practice test now, and seeing how you do, then if needed princeton review and/or Kaplan SSAT books have good lists to work on over the summer.</p>
<p>More important than Vocab is making sure you understand analogies, princeton review has a good section on how to approach them:</p>
<p>i.e. round is to orange as flat is to pancake</p>
<p>My son used multiple review books to study vocab. He took all the words and put them into quizlet. quizlet is basically online flash cards. But the program will also quiz you back on those words. He broke them up into 25-30 word sets and used the multiple choice option to test. (As he would see on the real SSAT)</p>
<p>[Flash</a> cards, vocabulary memorization, and study games | Quizlet](<a href=“http://quizlet.com/]Flash”>http://quizlet.com/) </p>
<p>There is also an app for quizlet, so he put it on his iPod and studied even when he was not at home. He studied for 6 months, literally. He had about 1000 words in his quizlet. He ended up with 98% on verbal.</p>
<p>I might add that 2prepMom does have a point. There is more to the verbal section than just vocab. The analogies can be very tricky. Sometimes it seems that they don’t make much sense. Sometimes also, the most obvious answer is not the correct one. They expect that kids will pick what seems like the most obvious to trick you, but it is not necessarily the BEST answer. Learn the tricks, expose yourself to multiple analogies with explanations why certain answers are the best.</p>
<p>Some examples of trick analogies are:</p>
<p>Car:Bar:
a.) Rat:Cat
b.)Char:Star
c.)Crawl:Bawl
in this case a is correct because not only does is rhyme, but the # of letters are the same.</p>
<p>Here is another:</p>
<p>lemon:melon:
a.) rats:star
b.)fruit:cantalope
you may want to answer b because what do rats and stars have to do with fruits, but the answer is actually a. Why? because if you rearrange the letters in lemon you get melon, and if you rearrange the letters in rats you get star.</p>
<p>They aren’t all tricks by any means, but if you are aware of these types of things, you can get more correct. Also as the test progresses, the harder it becomes. So vocabulary knowledge will help you later in the test even with the analogies. </p>
<p>One other point is as you get closer to taking the real test, start using a timer to test yourself. Remember, the actual test is timed so you want to make sure you finish within that time. Don’t forget about the writing sample either. Even though it is not scored, it will be sent to all the schools you apply to. Practice and time yourself on those as well.</p>
<p>My daughter worked hard on vocabulary too, because she was from a public school that did not emphasize it. She made flash cards from the lists in SAT, SSAT books, and also did about 30 words a day, for 5 months. Put the ones she got right aside for a week, repeated the others (the pile she was studying got pretty large). Every week I helped her with a big review. We were not organized enough to use an app, which sounds like a great idea.</p>
<p>She got high 90’s (can’t remember exact)</p>
<p>She ran out of time on the math section: Keep track of time. The last few problems are competitive math level and may take a long time to “see”. Know what an integer, a whole number, a prime number and a rational number are, inside and out.</p>