Vocab Mastery

<p>I want 100% of the Sentence Completions. Will Direct Hits alone suffice?</p>

<p>I did direct hits and RR words and missed one sentence completion (I think - based on reading the discussion thread).
So nope.
Maybe get [Amazon.com:</a> 1100 Words You Need to Know (9780764138645): Murray Bromberg, Melvin Gordon: Books](<a href=“http://amzn.to/jSLIhN]Amazon.com:”>http://amzn.to/jSLIhN), it’s pretty good (though I didn’t have time to use it).</p>

<p>Nothing will guarantee 100% success. Using DH is helpful for some, but it is not a panacea.</p>

<p>So then where should I go after that. 800 in CR can’t be just based on getting lucky words right?</p>

<p>No list can guarantee anything. I’ve never gotten a sentence completion wrong, using only Direct Hits. There have been words that I haven’t known, but never enough in one question. It depends on how wide your vocabulary is otherwise, though.</p>

<p>Well, unfortunately, my vocabulary is not that big. Should I just read random, “high-level” books or is there a list that can help me?</p>

<p>Reading doesn’t really help unless done over a long period of time. Master Direct Hits before anything. Any list can help you, but you may wind up memorizing a bunch of words that won’t help. I don’t know–I only used Direct Hits–but I’d say shy away from very large lists, at least.</p>