青英sat阅读写作词汇

SAT英文解释都掌握的话，词汇量至少达到20000个。Mnemonicdevicesaretricksofthememorizingtrade.Amnemoniccouldbeanimage,arhyme,aformula—anythingotherthanstraightrepetitionofawordanditsdefinition.So,let’ssayyouwanttomemorizethewordmnemonic.Youcouldcomeupwithanimageofthewordmnemonicbrandedintosomeguy’sbrainashecorrectlyanswersaSentenceCompletion.Theimagewillstickinyourheadmuchmorereadilythananydryolddefinition.Withmnemonics,you’llrememberwordspermanentlyandwithlesseffort.Whenyouusemnemonics,themoreoutlandishtheimageorrhymeyoucanmakeup,thebetter.Thefartheroutthemnemonic,themorestickyitwillbeinyourbrain.Ifyou’retryingtomemorizethewordsacrosanct,whichmeans“holy,orsomethingthatshouldnotbecriticized,”goallout.ImaginethatsceneintheRaidersoftheLostArkwhentheholy“ArkoftheCovenant”getsopened,andtheneveryone’sfacemeltsoffbecausetheydaredtotouchthisholy,sacrosanctobject.Boom.Youknowthisword.You’renotabouttoforgetsomeone’sfacemeltingoff.Fromnowon,wheneveryouencounteranespeciallytoughSATvocabword,generateadetailedphraseorimagethatburnsthemeaningofthewordintoyourSATagivesyouSATagivesyoubuttress,support,likebuilding’sstructureHavingTheone-drumisfiguredouthowdealwithrockconundrumhavingonlydaystohikebriefandPeopletendHisbosstookthecursorylookatwanttomemoandcamestraighttoaViolentTheharmtotendtoconfirmeddonebycheeringthetreefellcrushedneighbor’sagiftThebootyatestopen-bookaboontoWheretheWildVocabsSATvocablurksinlistsandinlife.Youwillbetemptedtoignorelifeandfocusonlyonthelists.That’suptoyou,butwethinkthat’saYou’lllearnandretainmorevocabularyifyoufocusonVocabinStudyingvocabfromalistofwordsseemseasy,butit’sactuallyquitetough.Thatlistofwordslullsyoutosleep,soyouthinkyou’rerememberingwhatyoustudy,butyou’reactuallynot.(Thisisanotherreasonmnemonicsaresohelpful:Youcan’tfoolyourselfintothinkingyoucameupwithamnemonic.You’veeithergotoneoryoudon’t.)Youreallyneedtofocustosealthemeaningofthewordintoyourmind.Breezingoveralistwon’tmakethathappen.Thereisanotherpitfallinstudyingvocabfromlists.Yourmindmemorizesincontext.Onethingcluesyouintoanother.Thiscantrickyouintothinkingthatyouknowawordevenwhenyoudon’t—youmayknowitonlywhenit’sintheorderfromyourlist,notwhenit’ssittingtherealoneinananswerchoice.So,whenyoustudyfromalist,don’talwaysgothroughitinthesameorder.Switchthingsaround,gobackward,skipeveryotherword.Keepyourheadonitstoes.Oruseflashcardsandfrequentlyreshufflethedeck.VocabinRemembertheotherdaywhenyouwerewatchingamovielikeTheMatrixandoneofthecharacterssaidawordyoudidn’trecognize,butyoushruggeditoffsoyoucouldjustenjoytheshow?Thosedaysareover.FromnowuntilthedayyoutakethenewSAT,ifyouhearawordyoudon’tknow,trytoguessitsmeaningfromcontext,thenlookituptoseeifyouwererightandmakeamnemonic.Thistakessomeeffort.Andifyoudon’twanttoputouttheefforttomaketheworldyourpersonalvocaboyster,well,we’renotgoingtocometrackyoudown.ButwewilltellyouthatpayingattentiontowordsyouencounteronlistsandinlifewillgoalongwaytowardbuildingthevocabularyyouneedtobeatthenewSAT.Therearejusttoomanywords.Infact,wecanprettymuchguaranteestudiedorjustcan’tremember.Noproblem.We’llshowyouwhattodo.WordRoots:TheBuildingBlocksofSATVocabantebellum,antithesis,antipathy,good,benefactor,benevolent,anachronism,circumlocution,circumvent,con,Lotsoftest-prepcompaniesadvisestudentstostudyGreekandLatinrootsofEnglishwordstohelpfigureoutthemeaningofanSATsoleaimofusingittolearnvocabularyrootsfortheSAT.EnglishwordsareoftenmadeupofbitsandpiecesderivedfromLatinorGreek,whichwecallwordroots.Forexample,let’ssayyoucomeacrossthewordantebellumontheSATanddon’tknowwhatitmeans.Thewordrootantemeans“before,”andbellummeans“war,”soyouSATVocabantebellum,antithesis,antipathy,good,benefactor,benevolent,anachronism,circumlocution,circumvent,con,contradict,counteract,tocredo,credible,credence,credulity,toverdict,malediction,dictate,dictum,disperse,dissuade,distemper,disarray,equinox,equitable,equanimityex,out,emit,enervate,excise,extirpate,expunge,exonerate,exacerbateflu,above