Passage-based Reading: Vocabulary Comprehension

Description:
Passage-based reading questions not only test your ability to draw conclusions from the material you read; they also test your comprehension of words as they are used in the passages. Continuing to build a strong vocabulary set thus will help you in this section of the SAT. Strong vocabulary skills also help you develop an excellent response to the essay question.

There are various ways for you to help your vocabulary to grow. Active reading is an outstanding practice, in which you flag words you do not know and look them up in a dictionary as you are reading.

Also, the time-honored tradition of looking at vocabulary lists and memorizing definitions can be very useful. However, take a realistic approach to learning new words. Don't try to learn 500 words in an afternoon, because it's not realistic. Instead, find discrete lists of 20-40 words and review them. Later, after you feel confident that you have mastered the words in all your smaller lists, you can combine them into a larger list for review.

Learning Resources
Review the following learning content:
Essay Content: active reading

Start looking for sources of word lists and adding words to your vocabulary. One useful site for finding lists of words is Dictionary.com's archive of Words of the Day.