Warm Up 11/30

CAVALIER: Showing lack of concern; offhand.

SYNONYMS: Casual, Unconcerned ANTONYMS: Concerned, Caring
EXAMPLE: She acted as if she was cavalier, but she really was concerned about Zach after his accident.

Warm Up 11/20

1. Going shopping! - I love shopping and being able to get a lot for cheap is the best thing ever!
2. Not just an american holiday! - I did not know that Canada celebrates thanksgiving? That's pretty cool.
3. Doomed from birth! - Turkey's less than 12 weeks old are called fryer-roaster. That's crazy! Why would someone do that to those poor turkey's??

Warm Up 11/19

Dramatic Irony: Irony is inherit in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.

Situational Irony: When incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens.

Warm Up 11/18

KISMET: Destiny; Fate
SYNONYMS: Chance, Luck ANTONYMS: Whole, Undetermined
EXAMPLE: 

Warm UP 11/16

INADVERTENT: Not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning.
SYNONYMS: Accidental, Unintentional ANTONYMS: Intentional, Intended
EXAMPLE: His feelings towards her were very inadvertent. 

Warm Up 11/17

AMBIVALENT: Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
SYNONYMS: Uncertain, Unsure ANTONYMS: Unequivocal, Certain
EXAMPLE: Her feelings towards her boyfriend are still ambivalent. 

Warm Up 11/13

WANTON:  (Of a cruel or violent action) Deliberate and unprovoked.

SYNONYMS: Spiteful, Wicked ANTONYMS: Justifiable, Fair

EXAMPLE: His one act of wanton devastation, the clearing of the forest, has been exaggerated.

Warm UP 11/11 (I was absent)

PEDESTRIAN:  A person walking across a road or in a developed area.

SYNONYMS:  Walker, Person on foot ANTONYMS: Driver, Biker

EXAMPLE: After looking both ways, to be sure it was clear, the pedestrian casually walked across the street to the coffee shop.

Warm Up 11/12

CARRION: The decaying flesh of dead animals.
SYNONYMS: Body, Corpse ANTONYMS: Growing, Ripening
EXAMPLE: The creatures feed chiefly on carrion, and thus perform useful service by devouring remains which pollute the air.

Warm Up 11/10

WRITHE: Make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body.

SYNONYMS:  Wiggle, Thrash ANTONYMS: Straighten, Still
EXAMPLE: She did not writhe in pain, nor snarl, nor foam at the mouth,

Warm Up 11/5

• minimus (human anatomy): The little finger or toe
• aglet: The end of a shoe lace.
• griffonage: Careless hand writing
• tines: A prong or sharp point
• natiform: Resembling the buttocks
• glabella: The smooth part of the forehead above and between the eye brows.
• rasceta: Transverse creases of the skin on the palmar surface of the wrist.
• lunule: A crescent-shaped or oval part or marking, in particular.
• philtrum: A vertical groove between the base of the nose and the border of the upper lip.
• obelus: A symbol used as a reference mark in printed matter, or to indicate that a person is deceased.

Warm Up 11/3

Mentor Sentence - You can pick your friends, but you're stuck with your family.
Student Sentence - He says

Mentor Sentence - He could be courteous and helpful on the surface, but you neven knew what was going on underneath.
Student Sentence -

Mentor Sentence - Every day was a happy day and every night was peaceful.
Student Sentence -

Canterbury Tales - Prologue Vocabulary

COURTLINESS: Suitable for a royal court

SYNONYMS: Courage, Courtesy ANTONYMS: Gracelessness, Inelegant 

EXAMPLE: Before his time instrumental musics' melody often sacrificed vitality of idea to ceremonial courtliness of phrase.

SEDATELY: Keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace.

SYNONYMS: Calmly, Serenely ANTONYMS: Fast, Exciting

EXAMPLE: They applauded sedately after her performance at the House of Blues.

PERSONABLE: (of a person) having a pleasant appearance and manner.
SYNONYMS: Pleasant, Likable ANTONYMS: Unattractive, Unpleasant
EXAMPLE: She's a personable young lady with the intentions of attending college at Harvard.

ACCRUE: (of sums of money or benefits) be received by someone in regular or increasing amounts over time.
SYNONYMS: Grow, Increase ANTONYMS: Decrease, Disperse
EXAMPLE: The advantages that might accrue from the wider distribution of cotton-growing are mainly fourfold.

Malady: A disease or ailment
SYNONYMS: Illness, Sickness ANTONYMS: Health, Comfort
EXAMPLE: The only mode of combating the malady seems to be to uproot plants and burn them.

ENTREATY:
SYNONYMS: Appeal, Petition ANTONYMS: Answer, Demand
EXAMPLE; His face expressed entreaty and agitation.

SAT Question Of The Day

The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E. 

The results of the study Aindicate that the new drug is Bboth safer and more effective than Cwaspreviously Dassumed.   ENo error

The answer to this SAT Question Of The Day is E-No error.