Best SAT word-vocabulary builder

Ykim917
Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:04:29 +0000

Make flashcards … and along with the definition on the back, also but PICTURES or other MNEMONICS! It helps so much, and I was amazed at my progress! I was able to plow through 250 words in about one hour and RETAIN all the words I had learned.



The mnemonics can be a picture/word combo:

ex) SURFEIT surfers: draw a wave with a lot of people surfing on it (surfeit means a surplus)

ex) arrogate: The arrogant aristocrats arrogated the grain (draw a corresponding picture, etc)

They can be in a foreign language:

ex) limpid = limpiar (limpid means clean and limpiar is the verb “to clean” in Spanish)

Don’t be afraid of making them lame! In fact, the lamer they are, the more you will remember!