With the vocabulary section of the SAT slated to become even more challenging in 2005, you need more help than ever before to score well on these high-stakes exams. McGraw-Hill"s 400 Essential SAT Words provides a targeted study program guaranteed to exponentially increase your command of the 400 vocabulary words most often tested on the SAT. Providing a complete introduction to the newly revised SAT vocabulary section, this integrated study guide features: - Chapters on how to identify synonyms and paraphrase sentences, roots, prefixes, and suffixes; - Simulated verbal reasoning exercises for the new SAT I; - Theme "cluster" groupings to help reinforce usage ability and understanding; - Memory tips and techniques to reinforce retention; - Drills and exercises after every word cluster and story.