SAT Critical Reading, TIPS? Options

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So I have SAT 1 (Again!) on March 1st (THAT'S LIKE A WEEK LEFT FROM TODAY!). I was not satisfied with my first one in December 1st. I noticed that Critical Reading pretty much is the worst score ever.

There is quite some big words and there are words that I have seen before but I don't know what it means or I don't even say/write it. I tried studying some big words on my Barron's PREP book, but not sure if it will give me a good score on my second try. (I'm deciding to take it the 3rd time)

I have a Barron's SAT Prep book, which I have been doing since my 1st SAT.

I already know that a lot of people been saying like just read more books, study the vocabs in prep book, but of course I know that. I just want to know if there are any other extensive ways to improve it.

Tips anyone to improve Critical Reading score?

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Reading faster would make me have more mistakes. lol. If I read fast, I tend to not understand what the heck is going on. lol.

Thanks for the tip, Ruth. I remember reading about that pos/neg/neutral connotation but somehow on tests, I forget about this (especially if I don't know what the words mean that are listed).

The last tip seems reasonable. I might try that! Thanks.