SAT Vocabulary Rules

Wood5440
Sat, 09 Jun 2012 23:47:45 +0000

Memorize vocab just before you go to bed. Sleep consolidates memory. Also you need to be concerned with second and third definitions and connotative as well as denotative meanings of words, especially if you are shooting for the highest scores. I suggest you read news, business and science magazines and keep a running list of words you encounter that you don’t know. Use a dictionary and read ALL of the definitions. Write them in a journal. The act of writing expands the amount of your brain that stores the memory of the definition. (Try to add 5 - 10 words a day.) Read the journal before you go to bed at least twice a week. Don’t try to memorize as much as test your recall and just read the list.