Vocabulary Tips

SAT Word of the Day: Prosaic

Posted 2021-07-11

from dictionary.com:
PROSAIC adjective 1. commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind. 2. of or having the character or form of prose rather than poetry.
Brian’s visual trick / sentence : MS. ROSE’S PROSE or ROSA’S MOSAIC
pROS-aic “ROS” = ROSE
PROS-aic “PROS” = PROSE
p-ROSA-ic
Prosaic Rhymes with: MOSAIC
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My English Teacher, Mrs. ROSE, told us that she prefers poetry... Keep Reading

SAT Word of the Day: DERIDE

Posted 2021-07-11

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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SAT Word of the Day: DEPRAVITY

Posted 2021-07-11

from dictionary.com:
DEPRAVITY -noun Moral corruption or degradation. A depraved act or condition.
Brian’s visual trick / sentence:
DEPRAvity “DEPRA” = DEBRA
DEPRAVITY rhymes with: CAVITY
DEBRA’S CAVITY or even better: DEBRA’S PAINFUL CAVITY
(visual trick: imagine the crazed, ravenous look on DEBRA’s face as she eagerly stuffs candy into her mouth!)
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DEBRA’S PAINFUL CAVITY was the result of ... Keep Reading

SAT Word of the Day: Extant

Posted 2021-07-11

from dictionary.com:
EXTANT. -adj Occurring or existing in act or fact: actual, existent. Having existence or life: alive, around, existent, existing, living.
Brian’s visual trick / sentence:
extANT ANT, elephANT
EXtant EX = EXCLAIMED, EXISTENCE
(visual trick: imagine the defiant look on the ANT’s face as it proudly EXCLAIMS its EXISTENCE to a far larger animal.)
“I may be small, but I still EXIST!” EXCLAIMED the ANT to the eleph... Keep Reading