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[yk0814]

Having a great vocabulary is, off course, a huge advantage in SAT.
But you can't know everything.
There are books and sites that tell you need 500 or 600 or 1000 SAT words to learn.
The more the better, but brain can't hold that many words in a short time unless you have an photographic memory.

So, is there actually a reasonable number of new SAT words one can learn, let's say, in a 1-2 month to expect at least 750 score (assuming everything else is fine)?

[Camille_c]

well, I personally think vocabulary is extremely important for having good reading skills
have you started memorizing words?
For me, if I had to learn only 500~1000 SAT words I would have screamed out with happiness. ioi
I can honestly say that you would not be so scared of the amount of vocabs if you start to memorize it.
It is very simple and easy! REALLY!

I would give you some tips that I could survived from the SAT competition.
1. memorizing vocabs by grouping--memorizing the new vocabs with similar meaning words would give a person a good memorization
Even though the specific word is not flashed upon, having its atmosphere is also very important point!
2. sort out the words that are not memorized easily--to memorize a lot of vocabs, repete the words that are unfamiliar with you
3. figure out the patterns of the text--you have to find out the patterns of the text by logically thinking
the "logical thinking" is not approaching the answers by assumption, but by finding the evidences in the text.

I, personally, want to recommend a book that helped my reading: "SAT Critical Reading Game" written by James Hong
it teaches you how you should approach reading texts. There also is a glossary that collected synonyms and antonyms!
HAVE A TRY! and good LUCK with your SAT