<p>Am I cheating myself by knowing the words before taking the practice tests? Or do I just know my critical reading score won’t be a very accurate predictor of what I’ll do on the SAT.</p>
<p>I ask this because I just saw a thread where the vocab words are listed for all of the Blue book tests. (Also I am studying words from direct hits.)</p>
<p>If you are taking practice tests, probably. It’s looking at the answers before taking the test, which you won’t be able to do come Saturday morning.</p>
<p>I’m talking about the words from this thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/960908-words-official-sat-study-guide-practice-tests.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/960908-words-official-sat-study-guide-practice-tests.html</a></p>
<p>Aren’t those every word mentioned or just the right answers?</p>
<p>Also when I’m taking practice tests or questions, should I look up the words before hand or take my best guess?</p>
<p>Make the testing situation the same as what it would be on the actual SAT. that’s the best way to improve</p>
<p>The thread contains most of the hard words in each test not only the answers and I recommend that you study them after doing the tests because in the real test you won’t know the words coming and their meanings.</p>
<p>Taking the practice test under the same actual SAT test conditions from CB books nearly predict your real score.</p>
<p>Most tutors recommend that learning hard words from practice tests is more beneficial than learning unwarranted sat words lists; thats why I copied the words and made this thread.</p>
<p>Just learn the Direct Hits words and apply your knowledge on the test.</p>
<p>^ok. but is learning the words from past tests and practice tests going to do any good?</p>
<p>^ Studying Direct Hits does essentially the same thing. It has the highest frequency words for past SAT tests. Studying the way you are is fine, too, but I recommend just reading through Direct Hits Vol 1 + 2.</p>