Most bizarre SAT word

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<p>Curious, what was the most bizarre SAT word you’ve come across?</p>

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<p>unctuousness…though that’s not the answer…the answer’s weird too…don’t remember</p>

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<p>elan is pretty pretty weird</p>

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<p>^ that’s odd!</p>

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<p>yeah i remember unctuousness…i think/hope the answer was truculence. The sentence completion for the first CR were pretty ridiculous.</p>

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<p>the answer was truculence. i knew both words :)</p>

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<p>probably elan with the accent on the e, my first thought was “is this even english?!”</p>

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<p>yes! I put truculence too!</p>

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<p>unctuousness and truculence?! were there 3 different exams or something?!</p>

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<p>I think there’s always four different exams.</p>

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<p>elan was the wierdest for me…i was ****ed when I eliminated all but that oneand another. I didn’t know what elan meant so I put the other one (for got what it was) and I ended up getting it wrong for that answer</p>

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<p>For the one with elan, I eliminated all the other possibilites because it talked about how the audience was not impressed with his skill but rather his passion, or something like that.</p>

<p>So I think the right answer was elan…technique</p>

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<p>The weirdest one for me was ‘picayune.’</p>

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<p>weird… i knew what all those words meant</p>

<p>but i forgot what fluctuate meant
hehe</p>

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<p>Haha, picayune is a funny-looking and funny-sounding word.</p>

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<p>French army generals in the 1890s thought their troops would be able to defeat the well-armed and disciplined Germans with superior ‘elan.’ Bad idea.</p>

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<p>é·lan<br>
n.<br>
Enthusiastic vigor and liveliness.
Distinctive style or flair.</p>

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<p>“Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness”. Sorry, guys–this is the defiinition of unctuous.</p>

<p>Truculent, on the other hand, means “fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.” Count that one wrong.</p>