SAT Word of the Day: alacrity
March 10, 2010 by Adam
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alacrity (n.)
From Dictionary.com:
1. cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness
2. liveliness; briskness.
In a sentence:
“With so little time between scenes, the stage crew moved with alacrity to change the sets as quickly as possible.”
SAT Word of the Day: slipshod
March 7, 2010 by Adam
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slipshod (adj.)
From Dictionary.com:
1. careless, untidy, or slovenly.
2. down-at-heel; seedy; shabby.
In a sentence:
“The building’s leaky roof was a result of slipshod construction.”
SAT Word of the Day: anachronism
March 6, 2010 by Adam
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anachronism (n.)
From Dictionary.com:
1. something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, esp. a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time.
2. an error in chronology in which a person, object, event, etc., is assigned a date or period other than the correct one.
In a sentence:
“In this age of computing, the typewriter has become an anchronism from an earlier time.”
SAT Word of the Day: multifarious
March 5, 2010 by Adam
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multifarious (adj.)
From Dictionary.com:
1. having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
2. numerous and varied; greatly diverse.
In a sentence:
“The diverse exhibit was a mutlifarious display of many different art forms.”
SAT Word of the Day: nefarious
March 4, 2010 by Adam
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nefarious (adj.)
From Dictionary.com:
extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous:.
In a sentence:
“The nefarious criminal is the mastermind behind a recent string of bank robberies.”
SAT Word of the Day: picayune
March 3, 2010 by Adam
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picayune (adj.)
From Dictionary.com:
1. of little value or account; small; trifling
2. petty, carping, or prejudiced
In a sentence:
“Karen’s nitpicking comments were nothing more than picayune criticisms that failed to address the real issue.”
SAT Word of the Day: truculent
March 2, 2010 by Adam
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truculent (adj.)
From Dictionary.com:
1. fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
2. brutally harsh; vitriolic; scathing
3. aggressively hostile; belligerent.
In a sentence:
“During his press conference, the unpopular leader unleashed a truculent rant at his political opponents.”
SAT Word of the Day: hackneyed
March 1, 2010 by Adam
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hackneyed (adj.)
From Dictionary.com:
made commonplace or trite; stale; banal
In a sentence:
“No matter what the story or location, the TV news reporter always used the same, hackneyed phrases to describe the scene.”
SAT Word of the Day: arboreal
February 28, 2010 by Adam
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arboreal (adj.)
From Dictionary.com:
of or pertaining to trees; treelike.
In a sentence:
“The sloth is primarily arboreal, spending most of its time in trees.”
SAT Word of the Day: sycophant
February 27, 2010 by Adam
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sycophant (n.)
From Dictionary.com:
a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
In a sentence:
“Although he publicly praised the president of his fan club, the celebrity secretly felt his admirer was little more than a sycophant.”
