What do The Washington Post and SpongeBob Have in Common?

SAT words!  In my never-ending quest to find vocabulary words in everyday life, I did another little experiment: I read one article of The Washington Post and watched one episode of SpongeBob Squarepants to see how many "SAT" words I could find in each.  Here are the results (in order of appearance):


The Washington Post
Article: "How Adrian Fenty Lost His Reelection Bid for DC Mayor"
by Nikita Stewart and Paul Schwartzman (9/15/10)

1. oblivious
2. constituent(s)
3. remorse
4. unrelenting
5. hone(d)
6. incumbent
7. aloof
8. catapult(ed)
9. confidant
10. electorate
11. anonymity
12. insurgent
13. apex
14. hubris
15. formidable
16. insular
17. fiat
18. amend(ed)
19. philanthropist
20. mantra
21. advocate
22. punctuate(d)
23. candid(ly)
24. prospective
25. rail(ed)
26. peril
27. unceasing
28. cronyism
29. grudgingly
30. fray
31. gambit
32. deride
33. surrogate(s)
34. persist(ed)
35. arrogance
36. mea culpa

Spongebob Squarepants (unfortunately, I forgot to write the title of the episode):

1. disclose
2. paranoia
3. forlorn
4. protazoan
5. masquerade
6. innocuous
7. jig
8. smug
9. redeem
10. deranged
11. astray
12. runt
13. scold(ing)

I was not surprised byThe Washington Post, but Spongebob definitely threw me for a loop! The moral of my post?  The dictionary is not the only place to learn new words; maybe to look them up, but certainly not to learn them:-)  Until next time, happy learning everyone!