500 Key Words for the SAT, and How To Remember Them Forever! presents five hundred of the vocabulary words that appear most frequently on the SAT. Just as important, it teaches you how to learn them. The book gives you visual cues and memory tricks to help you learn the words quickly, easily, and permanently. If you've ever said "profane" when you meant "profound", or confused "collaborate" with "corroborate", or wondered how you'd ever remember that "prodigal" means wasteful and "prodigious" means large -- this book is for you!

Each of the five hundred entries gives you the word, its pronounciation, part of speech, and definition. Then it supplies you with a visual cue for remembering the word's meaning. It's a mental bridge: when you see the word you'll think of the bridge, and when you think of the bridge you'll remember the definition. It's that simple! In addition, helpful notes will give you the other forms of the word (did you know that opacity is the noun form of opaque?) And they will warn you against look-alike and sound-alike words (favorite sources of confusion for the test-makers).

NOTE: Not all five hundred words have cartoons. In fact, about a hundred of them do. But all five hundred words have a visual cue; in other words, the pictures you should use to build those mental bridges are described clearly for you.

A list in the back of the book provides an additional 135 words you should know. Plus, a special section provides invaluable tips for avoiding the traps waiting for you on the test.

500 Key Words for the SAT, and How To Remember Them Forever! has helped thousands of students improve their vocabulary and better prepare for numerous standardized tests. It will help you, too. Now you can learn ten new words in ten minutes. Or twenty words in twenty minutes. You decide your goals and the pace at which you wish to achieve those goals.

It's fun, it's fast, and it's forever!