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SAT Word of the Day: DERIDE

from dictionary.com:


DERIDE verb (used with object),  rid ed, rid ing.
to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.


Brian’s visual trick / sentence: PIMP DE RIDE, DEREK DERIDES THE RIDES


DE-ride
“DE” = THE


de-RIDE


PIMP DE RIDE


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Eventually, Xzibit “Pimped THE RIDE,” but first he and his customizer pals DERIDED the beat-up car’s owner for its being so old and busted.


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or:


DEREK DERIDES THE RIDES


(visual trick: just imagine the resentful look on Derek’s face as he DERIDES THE RIDES)


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“Whatever…roller coasters are lame anyway,” said Derek in a desperate attempt to DERIDE THE RIDES at Six Flags. Meanwhile, the rest of his friends shrugged it off and eagerly packed themselves into the next roller coaster car. (He was just bitter about his motion sickness!)

 

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