To score well on the reading comprehension section of the SATs, studying vocabulary is a MUST. When I was preparing for the SATs (a million years ago) my brilliant SAT tutor advised me to start at the letter “A” and to learn all of the words in the dictionary. Nowadays, Princeton Review has made the process much less overwhelming. For $10.00 to $15.00, a small investment, you can purchase readymade index cards that will help your student to familiarize himself/herself with the most commonly seen vocabulary words. It is uncommon to come across a vocabulary word on the SATs that is not included in this set of cards. So, let’s break it down: three reading comprehension sections, about 19 vocabulary questions total, some questions require two vocabulary words to fill in the blanks, and five answer choices per question. This means that your student will see about 115 vocabulary words on this exam (not including the vocabulary that they will see and read in the reading comprehension passages). Learning vocabulary can bring up your student’s SAT score by up to 230 POINTS! Make studying vocabulary more fun by getting the entire family involved.