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Hot SAT Words:

Hot SAT Words:. Lessons # 1-10. Lessons # 1-5. 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

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Hot SAT Words:

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  1. Hot SAT Words: Lessons # 1-10

  2. Lessons # 1-5 • 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

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

  4. BREVITY • n. Briefness or conciseness in speech or writing

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

  6. CONCISE • adj. Using few words in speaking and writing.

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

  8. QUIESCENT Adj. Quiet; still; inactive

  9. …quiescent …NOT quiescent

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

  11. “NUTS!”

  12. PITHY • adj. Brief and full of meaning and substance; concise

  13. PITHY

  14. RETICENT • Adj. Not talking much; reserved

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

  16. SUCCINCT adj. Clearly and briefly stated; concise

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

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

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

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

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

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