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Hot Words for the Sat I: The 350 Words You Need to Know (3rd Edition)

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I have used this book in my high school classroom to help students in preparation for the SAT exam. It offers a challenging selection of words and strong "SAT" types of questions in the form of tests and quizzes. There are sample sentences that demonstrate the uses of each word. It is a beneficial vocabulary supplement for any class.

Quite simply, this is an invaluable book for the person who desires to improve their SAT scores. My personal experience saw my scores rise from a 1220+ to a 1340+, and the only subject that I really worked on was vocabulary. Obviously, the vocab helped with vocab sections, but it also worked for reading sections.

I attribute my rise in scores to this book. I did spend hours with it, but that is part of the studying process.

This is a very good book. Along with lucid definitions it shows you how to use the words in the context. This is very helpful and vividly ameliorates your ability to memorize difficult words.

This is a must have for anybody taking the SAT I (this or the Barron's comphrensive prep book). This helped my verbal score go up 40 points, and on the test, I was able to get all of the sentence completions, and missed only one analogy. If you want a great score, this is the your book!

I got this book in the 8th grade because my teacher required it. I was not exactly extactic about learning 350 SAT words. Infact I did not even remember probably more than 50 of them. (that's a fact) But I actually do hear them used a lot and they are not incredibly tough but they are not easy words. In fact I never even did any of the excersises yet it is a great reference book and study utility. This is a must for any middle-schooler/high-schooler. I still have it and after a year of being in my backpack it is quite tattered. (still useful though) A teacher will inevitably make you get it for a class though. Probably a good chunk of high school students own a copy or have it in their household. It is also great for studying grammar. You have to learn the words so you need to figure out how it goes incontext. Very Useful and high recommended!