500 Key Words for the SAT: And How To Remember Them Forever!

Now that vocabularies is back on the digital SAT, this is a fantastic way to learn and memorize new words! Worth every penny!

We have been using this book for a few months now and we are really enjoying it. Studying SAT words is the one homework activity my daughters never complain about. I know it works--they are only 9 and 10 years old, and they are having no problems learning these big words. They are now using words like "acrimonious" in everyday conversation. I like to remind them and my high school students the sage advice the author offers in the introduction--these words are not hard, they are just unfamiliar, and the mnemonics in this book do an unparalleled job of making them familiar.Background: I am a high school teacher and homeschool dad.

Brought for my Daughter she loves it.... the regular dictionary can't do what this book does for kids introducing vocabulary

Receiving 500 words to memorize for a book that is a little over $10 is a great deal. Other books are content to give you much less, and divide it into a couple volumes for you to buy. Moreover, the pictures that go along with the words and the example sentences which put a word in context are very helpful. However, there is one thing I'd like to quickly point out. I've been going over this book with my younger brother who is going to take the SAT, and I've got to say that a few of the definitions for the words are not the best. They are correct, but not precise. I think this was done for some of the words so that students can get a conceptual idea of the word, but it doesn't help if you want to know the precise meaning of the word.

This book was truly amazing. The puns they have are funny, creative, and intelligent; the author really helps you remember the words forever! There are also some great SAT test prep tips in the last few pages. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to improve his or her SAT reading score, or simply build vocabulary. This does take awhile to memorize it all, so leave 3-4 weeks of time to get through it all plus review it.

My son's AP English teacher insisted that buy this book and learn these words. Having taught SAT Prep classes myself, I also recommend this book. It's a great resource but it has to be studied ( like an SAT prep material) or it won't work.

This mnemonic technique really works. Turning things into pictures to remember them goes back to ancient Greece and Rome when they used this memory method in rhetoric training so they could remember long speeches. If it was good enough for them, it should be good enough for us.

I usually come up with my own ways/ stories to remember words,but it was nice to have someone do it for you!It has alot of the common SAT words (not all) but is worth it for the price!In fact I will never forget that avarice means greedy ;)