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)
- oblivious
- constituent(s)
- remorse
- unrelenting
- hone(d)
- incumbent
- aloof
- catapult(ed)
- confidant
- electorate
- anonymity
- insurgent
- apex
- hubris
- formidable
- insular
- fiat
- amend(ed)
- philanthropist
- mantra
- advocate
- punctuate(d)
- candid(ly)
- prospective
- rail(ed)
- peril
- unceasing
- cronyism
- grudgingly
- fray
- gambit
- deride
- surrogate(s)
- persist(ed)
- arrogance
- mea culpa
Spongebob Squarepants (unfortunately, I forgot to write the title of the episode)
:
- disclose
- paranoia
- forlorn
- protazoan
- masquerade
- innocuous
- jig
- smug
- redeem
- deranged
- astray
- runt
- 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!
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