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The amount of SAT vocabulary and the final SAT score are also not necessarily proportional. This means that even if a test taker knows 10,000 SAT words by heart, it does not necessarily guarantee a score of 1500 or higher, but only indicates that a high score will be more likely.
The amount of vocabulary needed for the SAT varies depending on the level of performance. Some students hoping to achieve an SAT score of 1350 will have 6000 or 6500 words ready to take the test.
If you want to achieve an SAT score of 1400 or higher, it is best to have a vocabulary of 8000 or more words ready, and if you want to break through to an SAT score of 1450 or higher, you should be mentally prepared to memorize 12,000 words.
When you study SAT vocabulary, you should first get the most core UHF vocabulary, which is around 3500-4000, and you should be proficient in the meaning, spelling and usage of these words.
According to the general rule of taking the SAT, it is more appropriate for you to start developing your vocabulary skills and memorizing SAT vocabulary repeatedly in the first half of your senior year.
This is because in the first year of high school, candidates have relatively few classes and the points they learn are relatively simple, so they have free time to memorize SAT vocabulary.
Since high school students taking the SAT have a lot of classes in school themselves and do not have large blocks of time to spare to memorize vocabulary, many test takers hold the idea that SAT vocabulary memorization is something they use until they say it, or they force themselves to blitz all the vocabulary in a short period of time, resulting in the phenomenon of entrainment when memorizing vocabulary.
Since this method of memorization lacks context and practice, it is very easy to forget, and review is very important at this time. The general strategy of review follows two points: one is to review multiple times, and the second is to review the same word at moderate intervals, not too short and not too long, and the interval is best gradually extended.