Vocab help?

MaxineSP

I've noticed that I have been getting some questions wrong based on the vocabulary used in questions or answers. Does anyone know of a list of commonly used advanced vocab words that I can study? I just took PT19 and "erroneous" made me pick the wrong answer. Thanks! (I am a native english speaker, just neglected to learn SAT vocab in 11th grade)

Cant Get Right

"Preponderance" got me the other day. Not sure of any resources for this:/

draj0623

I think the 7Sage core curriculum has some vocabulary exercises designed to help you remember certain words (in the form of digital flashcards) that show up on the reading comprehension passages. I developed my own list based on all of the passages I've read. I included words outside of reading comprehension passages used in Economist articles just in case. I think it's generally good practice to keep track of words that have stumped you in the past. Not everyone struggles with the same set of words so I would encourage you to keep track of those words you've encountered that go above and beyond what the core curriculum offers.

Alex

@draj0623 Excellent ideas for keeping track of vocab!

Cant Get Right

If you've got a Kindle, it actually keeps a running list of any word you ever look up. So if you read Economist or something and run across a word, you can look it up just by clicking on it, and it automatically adds it to your list. Got to love technology!

desire2learn

Do they have that same technology for my flip phone? (heheheheheheeeeeeeee)

Cant Get Right

Lol, no @desire2learn , but Snake is legit!

MaxineSP

I wish I had started keeping track sooner! I am testing on Saturday!

Sami

@"Cant Get Right" said:
Preponderance" got me the other day.

Preponderance got me the other day too. :DDD lol

Ron Swanson

I've been thrown off by "pedagogical": related to teaching or teachers and the word "tantamount": equivalent, same as

MrSamIam

I ran into the same problem. It drove me insane. Here's what I did:
1) Took a few of the 50+ PTs (vocab has changed slightly since the earlier PTs).
2) BRed them and "finished" with them.
3) Spent an entire day reading the question stems for all of the sections and skimming the RC passages. I wrote down a list of words that threw me off, looked them up, and kept the list. I'll refer back to the list every once in awhile to remind myself of what the words mean. You can do this for every PT, as it doesn't take up a ton of time.

Cant Get Right

@Motivated said:
Preponderance got me the other day too. :DDD lol

Glad I'm not alone!

Cant Get Right

Great idea @MrSamIam . Wish I'd done that:/ I guess at this point I've just got to hope it won't be an issue. If they throw me "preponderance" I'll be ready though, lol.

tanes256

Crazy but I bet I know what presuppose means now!! I felt a little slow sfter looking up the definition. It's easy to get bogged down on everything and overthink making everything much harder than necessary. I'm sure that's how it's designed though.

MrSamIam

@"Cant Get Right" haha you should be fine. Just review the definition of preponderance a few hundred more times. You know, just in case

Cant Get Right

Yeah @MrSamIam , I've looked it up in dozens of different dictionaries and hand copied the full definition from each one into my diary, haha.