Hot SAT Words

Lessons

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LESSON # 24

Old Hat, New Hat?

Words Relating to the OLD or the NEW

ANTEDILUVIAN

Adj. Very, very old; antiquated

ANTIDILUVIANThe joke about the chicken crossing

the road is ANTEDILUVIAN. Can’t you think of a more current one?

ANTIQUATED

Adj. very old and no longer in use; obsolete

ANTIQUATEDThe author says he prefers to

write on an ANTIQUATED portable typewriter instead of a computer.

ANTIQUITY

N. Ancient times

ANTIQUITYHippocrates articulated a code of

medical ethics as valid today as it was in ANTIQUITY,

Much to the chagrin of the Greeks, the Elgin marbles are among the many Greek ANTIQUITIES housed in the British museum.

ARCHAIC

Adj. old, from a much earlier time, antiquated

ARCHAICFootnotes are used to explain

ARCHAIC terms known to Shakespeare’s audience but not to modern readers.

OBSOLETEAdj. Old, outdated; no longer in use

OBSOLETEAlthough rotary dial phones are

OBSOLETE, my grandmother still uses one.

RELICN. A custom or object that has been around for a very, very long time

RELICFritzi’s spinning wheel is a RELIC

that’s been in the family for generations.

The museum displays RELICS of ancient cultures from all over the world.

CONTEMPORARY

Adj. modern, new, relating to the same time period

CONTEMPORARYRadiant heat, instead of traditional

forced air or steam heat, is becoming the standard in CONTEMPORARY buildings.

John Maynard Keynes was a CONTEMPORARY of Winston Churchill.

INCEPTION

n. The start , the beginning of something

INCEPTIONThe INCEPTION of e-mail has cut

stamp expenditures.Use of paper has skyrocketed,

however, since the INCEPTION of desktop printing.

INNOVATIONN. Something new

INNOVATIONThe company makes INNOVATIVE

water filters that can add fresh lemon flavor to tap water.

The spreadsheet was an important INNOVATION in accounting.

INNOVATION or ENERVATION?

INNOVATION OR EXAGGERATION?

NOVEL

Adj. new

NOVELUsing movies to teach

vocabulary is a NOVEL approach to instruction.

A conch shell made into a nightlight is a NOVELTY.

POPULARNOVELTIES

Computermanipulatedphotograph oraberrantanimal?

BOVINE CARTOGRAPHY or MANIPULATED NOVELTY ?

UNPRECEDENTED

Adj. novel, unparalleled

UNPRECEDENTEDThe number of delayed flights is

UNPRECEDENTED.Giving students money instead

of grades is UNPRECEDENTED and will never be accepted by the community.