How To Learn Vocabulary For College Entrance Exams

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How To Learn Vocabulary For College Entrance Exams

Larry Freedman (Director, Freedman Educational Services) gives expert video advice on: How can I learn vocabulary for college entrance exams?

How can I learn vocabulary for college entrance exams?

The long term answer to increasing and improving your vocabulary for your college entrance exams is to read. Read a lot. Read newspapers, news magazines and books that are written at a fairly elevated level. Then when you get to words that you don't recognize, look them up and put them on a list. Short term, there are many good college entrance exam prep books and flash cards that have a lot of good vocabulary words and effective strategies for learning them. Also, some students like to familiarize themselves with familiar Greek and Latin prefixes and suffixes, as those roots often appear in many English words. This way you will learn vocabulary for college entrance exams.