Hot SAT Words Lessons 1 10 Lessons 1

Hot SAT Words: Lessons # 1 -10

Lessons # 1 -5 l l l Cat Got Your Tongue – using few words; being quiet The Runaway Mouth – speaking The High and Mighty – feeling superior That’s All Been Said Before – unoriginal & overused Making Things a Bunch Better – lessening pain, tension, and/or conflict

Lesson #1: Cat Got Your Tongue? Using Few Words or Being Quiet

BREVITY ln. Briefness or conciseness in speech or writing

l. When time is short, BREVITY is a virtue.

CONCISE ladj. Using few words in speaking and writing.

A CONCISE explanation is preferable to a long-winded one.

QUIESCENT Adj. Quiet; still; inactive

…quiescent …NOT quiescent

LACONIC adj. Choosing to use few words in speech “I’ll be back!”

l“NUTS!”

PITHY ladj. Brief and full of meaning and substance; concise

PITHY

RETICENT l. Adj. Not talking much; reserved

RETICENT Tom and Molly are a mismatched pair; he’s shy and RETICENT, while she never stops talking. l

SUCCINCT adj. Clearly and briefly stated; concise

SUCCINCT l. Let me state it as SUCCINCTLY as I can: “No late papers!”

TACITURN --adj. Silent; sparing of words; closed-mouthed

TACITURN l. Throughout the party Larry was moody and taciturn. No one heard a peep from him.

TERSE l. Adj. Using only the words that are needed to make the point; abrupt & concise

TERSE l. Ryan’s TERSE reply was clear: “No way!”