SAT Vocabulary You Dont Have To Memorize The Dictionary

SAT Vocabulary You Dont Have To Memorize The Dictionary

My mother explained how students developed their SAT Vocabulary skills in the 1950s. I sat down with a dictionary one summer, my mother said, and memorized all of the words I didnt know. Of course, my mother has a stellar vocabulary, but todays student who wants to master SAT vocabulary doesnt have to go so far as reciting passages from Websters tome.

There are many books, websites and computer programs aimed at building SAT Vocabulary that didnt exist in my mothers time (or even when I was in high school). Although increasing your building SAT Vocabulary skills is not as difficult or as time consuming as it used to be, a student should still make it a long term project rather than a last-minute cram.

There are two main approaches to SAT preparation; long term skill building, and quick study beat the test techniques. The ideal way to prepare for the SAT is to master both of these approaches, but the most important of the two is a concentration on developing skills, especially when as it applies to SAT Vocabulary.

You can learn ways to outwit the testmaker in a seminar or in a short course, but...