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HSPT vocabulary
Roughly a quarter of the test turns on knowing words: the synonym, antonym, and analogy items in Verbal Skills, the vocabulary items inside Reading, and a share of Language. Three free resources below, and a study method that fits in ten minutes a day.
How to study vocabulary
The word journal, the charge trick, word families, and how to use roots when you meet a word you have never seen. Written for the student.
Read the methodThe word list
240 words at the level the test uses, each with a short meaning, its positive or negative charge, and a sentence that shows it in use.
Open the listRoots, prefixes, and suffixes
84 word parts with meanings and example words. Knowing these is how you make a good guess at a word you have never met.
See the word partsWhere the words show up on the test
- Synonyms and antonyms in Verbal Skills ask for the closest or the opposite word, never a definition.
- Analogies and verbal classification need the meaning of every word in the item.
- Vocabulary in context inside Reading gives you a sentence to work from.