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SAT Vocabulary: Unit 1, Lesson 1

SAT Vocabulary: Unit 1, Lesson 1. From: McGraw-Hill (2008) 5 SAT Practice Tests. Lesson 1: Get to the Point!. Lesson 1: Get to the Point!. concise ( adj ) brief and to the point Ricky, try to be more concise in this essay, the assignment was for a 3-page paper, yours was 106 pages.

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SAT Vocabulary: Unit 1, Lesson 1

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  1. SAT Vocabulary: Unit 1, Lesson 1 From: McGraw-Hill (2008) 5 SAT Practice Tests.

  2. Lesson 1: Get to the Point!

  3. Lesson 1: Get to the Point! • concise (adj) brief and to the point Ricky, try to be more concise in this essay, the assignment was for a 3-page paper, yours was 106 pages. • laconic (adj) usually uses few words I’ve known Lucy for ten years, but she’s so laconic that I hardly know anything about her. • succinct (adj) spoken or written in a clear and precise manner Because commercial time during the Super Bowl costs over $3 million per minute, it’s good to be succinct.

  4. Lesson 1: Get to the Point! • brusque (adj) rudely abrupt (stopping without warning) My girlfriend tends to be brusque when she’s angry; she just tells me to “talk to the hand.” • abridge (v) to shorten a written text The dictionary was 1,400 pages long before it was abridged by publishers to 850 pages. • brevity (n) the quality of succinct expression Speeches at the Academy Awards are not known for their brevity; they often go on past their allotted time.

  5. Lesson 1: Get to the Point! • conspire (v) to plan together secretly to commit an illegal act In Julius Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, and the other senators conspired to murder Caesar. • concur (v) to agree The politician believes in equal rights for all Americans, I concur, and I plan to vote for him. • concord (n) a state of harmony My brothers and sisters and I do not live in concord; we are constantly fighting.

  6. Lesson 1: Get to the Point! • congenital (adj) existing at birth Down’s Syndrome is a congenital disease. • schism (n) a division along political or religious lines During the Presidential election, a deep schism developed between my Republican and Democrat co-workers; we could not even get through a meeting without a political argument. • incisive (adj) having strong insight (knowledge) My grandmother is incisive – she always gives me the best advice when I cannot make a decision

  7. Work with a partner; Choose one way to practice from this list • Your friend reads a word, then you create a new sentence using that word • Your friend reads you a word, then you give its roots and as many words as you can that share this root • Your friend reads the definition from the back of the card and tells you the first letter of the word. You figure out the word • Your friend reads the word, and you work together to create a funny mnemonic device • Your friend reads the sentence, then you say the definition

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