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    SAT vocabulary words? There’s an app for that. The smart phone market is capable of doing far more than distracting students in the back of class rooms. With the right strategic direction, such tools can provide a valuable assist to learning endeavors, serving as far more than a mere social data base. Renkara Media Group released the Vocabulary Power Plus application yesterday, now available for download, helping high school juniors and seniors to prepare on the go during the stressful time of college preparatory test taking. Download of the application itself is free of charge, while books available to purchased within the application will costs 3.99, a bargain next to standard paper-filled study guides.Vocabulary Power Plus combines materials taught in 35,000 classrooms nationwide, helping to create a current, all inclusive database of the most likely SAT words, definitions and concepts to appear on the upcoming SAT examination. The free portion of the application includes four full lessons, while the for-purchase section is comprised of 6 books worth of content. With over 6,600 individual quiz questions covering more than 1,4000 vocabulary words, a new wealth of information is suddenly placed at the very fingertips of test takers.The application is currently available for Apple devices, including iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches, though pending success further development could be forthcoming. Interested students and parents with other phone-types may want to contact their local service store or company customer service line to see if any similar compatible applications are available.

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