WEEK 1 SAT WORDSMarch 29th-April 3rd

Instructions

VOCAB! We need more VOCAB in this class!

To rectify (fix) this educational oversight, you will be assigned ten SAT words per week. You shall memorize these words and their meanings, to be tested on this knowledge on Fridays.

These words will be infused into the lessons of the week as much as possible. (But do not abate your own study efforts! It would be unwise to abstain from studying on your own, else you will encounter great adversity when the quizzes come.)

Kindly record the word and its corresponding definition on the provided paper on Monday. Review it throughout the week, and come to class on Friday prepared to annihilate the test.

1. abate (v): to reduce or lessen

The wrestler’s desire to win did not abate when he saw the size of his opponent.

Past tense: abated

2. Abdicate (v): to give up a position

The queen was asked to abdicate the throne after it was discovered that she had eaten her own offspring.

Past tense: abdicated

3. Aberration (n): something unusual, different from the norm.

The appearance of you, screaming and stuck in the toilet, was a rather unpleasant aberration from Mrs. (Insert your mother’s last name here) usual morning routine.

Plural: aberrations

4. Abhor (v): to really hate

If Chuck Norris abhors you, you had better watch out.

Past tense: abhorred

5. abstain (v): to refrain from doing something

It is wise to abstain from taking drugs.

Past tense: abstained

6. adversity (n): hardship, misfortune

It was suffering such great adversity as a young girl that made the Wicked Witch of the West into the cruel woman she was.

Plural: adversities

7. aesthetic (adj): pertaining to beauty

I can find no aesthetic appeal in this dog. Creature.Thing.

Variations: aesthetically (adv) This dog is not aesthetically appealing.

8. Amicable (adj): agreeable, friendly

Despite their romantic beginnings, the marriage ended in a less than amicable divorce five years later.

Variations: 1. amicability (n) Their early amicability did not lead to lasting happiness. 2. Amicably (adv) The marriage did not end amicably.

9. anachronistic (adj): an error in chronology, out of context in time

The appearance of a clock bell that rang was quite the anachronistic error in Julius Caesar—for though Shakespeare was writing at a time when clock bells existed, Julius Caesar did not!Variations: anachronism (n): The anachronism of the clock bell in Julius Caesar does not affect the quality of the play.

10. arid (adj): very dry

The arid climate of Nevada made it an ideal candidate for filming of many westerns during the 1950s.

Variations: aridity (n) The aridity in Nevada made it an ideal place to film westerns.