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### Mastering SAT Vocabulary and Score Calculation Strategies ###

This lesson focuses on essential strategies for calculating your SAT score using a scoring sheet and effective vocabulary building techniques. Engage with critical reading exercises, including 19 multiple-choice questions that emphasize context and logic-based responses. Review the critical vocabulary words frequently featured on the SAT from the Princeton Review’s Hit Parade. Enhance your learning with flash cards and memory techniques such as mnemonics. Familiarize yourself with key vocabulary terms like advocate, provoke, contempt, digress, tenacity, pragmatic, disparage, and aesthetic to boost your performance. ###

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### Mastering SAT Vocabulary and Score Calculation Strategies ###

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  1. Unit 1, Lesson 1 Blue Team 2.6.14

  2. Score Calculation • Use the scoring sheet to calculate your SAT score

  3. Vocabulary Unit 1

  4. Critical Reading: Sentence Completion • 19 Multiple Choice Questions • Vocabulary in Context • Logic Based • Answer Questions #1 and #2 on page 96 • Read pages 89-91: “Overview,” “A Closer Look at Sentence Completions,” and “Basic Steps for Solving Sentence Completions”

  5. Strategy: Vocabulary Hit Parade • Some words have shown up repeatedly on the SAT • Princeton Review’s Hit Parade • Flash Cards • Image Approach • Mnemonics • Reading

  6. 1. advocate (verb) • support or urge by argument, especially publicly • synonyms: promote, back, support

  7. 2. provoke (verb) • to anger; to stir up (feelings, desires, activities) • synonyms: incite, foment

  8. 3. contempt (noun) • a feeling of disdain for anything considered mean or worthless • synonyms: disregard, scorn

  9. 4. digress (verb) • to wander away from the main topic • synonyms: depart, drift, ramble

  10. 5. tenacity (noun) • persistence, strong character, perseverance • synonyms: determination, grit

  11. 6. pragmatic (adjective) • practical, sensible, logical • synonyms: realistic, efficient

  12. 7. disparage (verb) • to speak negatively of; to belittle • synonyms: dismiss, ridicule

  13. 8. aesthetic (adjective) • having to do with the appreciation of beauty • synonyms: artistic, creative

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