Thread of SAT Vocabulary

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<p>Hubris n. exaggerated pride or self-confidence.</p>

<p>As norabelle came up with ‘Who pris’… mine was going to be ‘Who diss’ as in ‘Who diss(ed) me?’… so that means the person’s pride is hurt… but meh, that’s a longshot.</p>

<p>[You try coming up with a mnemonic device for that one… =P]</p>

<p>Anyway, I got another one (and I feel stupid even typing this… but I’m definitely sure I won’t forget the word if it shows up on the SAT now)…</p>

<p>HUBRIS.</p>

<p>His
Uncle
Bobby
Robby
Is
Snobby</p>

<p>=/
Stop laughing.</p>

<p>As for facetious, (adj. meant to be humorous or funny : not serious), I came up with ‘Fayse Shsss’ As in ‘Fayse (sneer/scoff)’… as in ‘Your fayse is ridiculous…’ as in making fun of the person’s face.</p>

<p>If that makes any sense… :)</p>

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<p>^ LMAO that’s a great mnemonics for hubris</p>

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<p>^ Bet you won’t forget that now. ;)</p>

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<p>lol about time you scrubs commented back. 2 days my friends. that is good for hubris. and yeah, facetious, i thought of something with a persons face as well. For facetious, i though of: “stop talking; your face is… shhhh…” Like your talkin to a really ugly person right, and you just tell them to sh. Idk. whatever =]. HUUUUUUUUUUUUUBBRISSSSSSSSSSSSS</p>

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<p>^ Great minds think alike.</p>

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<p>i think it might be because it had the word “face” in it. =]. ha. what are you doing these last 2 days to prepare?</p>

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<p>2 days?</p>

<p>ONE day.
I’m basically going to revise some vocab, root words, and essay examples.
That’s it.</p>

<p>How about you? :)</p>

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<p>new word: mitigate need mnemonic.</p>

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<p>mitigate v. to make less severe or painful.</p>

<p>MITIGATE sounds like ‘Matey! GATE!’… as in ‘Matey open the gate’… as in ‘friendly’… picture a World War II guy announcing his victory… so the battle has ended, and things have become less <em>grave</em>.</p>

<p>Again, this is a long shot.
But meh.</p>

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<p>lol thanks. your hubris one is better.</p>

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<p>halcyon : peaceful; calm; placid; serene</p>

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<p>HEY I just wanted to say I used ‘finagle’ on my essay.
lol. ^_^</p>

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<p>How did you finagle that?</p>

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<p>I had technology …
I mentioned Feed by M.T.Anderson, and said that it finagled its possessors…
;)</p>

<p>Feed used Feed!
HAH!</p>

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<p>That’s awesome. Sounds like a 12-pointer already.</p>

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<p>^ Really???
Thanks…</p>

<p>I said that technology inhibited true human potential and creativity.</p>

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<p>lol i didn’t use it… =[</p>

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<p>Maudlin: overly emotional; melodramatic</p>

<p>if anyone knows of good, comprehensive vocab lists available online for free, please post the link…or if anyone has a list saved on his/her computer and would like to send it to me, I ask that you please message me. ty :-)</p>

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<p>lol I think we’d better give an example for each because I can barely memorize all vocabs just by staring at it. I need something to visualize.</p>

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<p>Maudlin sort of sounds like ‘Modeling’… so like posing, being dramatic… </p>

<p>Does that help?</p>