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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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