Week 3 SAT Words

Blasphemy (n.) - anything that shows or reveals God.
In movies, sometimes people yell out, "Blasphemy!" To show how ridiculous something is and to say OMG in other words.

Bohemian (adj.) - a person, whom lives in an unconventional life.
Bohemian Rhapsody was about a little boy who killed a maaaaaaaan, put a gun against his head and pulled the trigger now he's dead.

Camaraderie (n.) - friendliness and trustworthiness.
Camaro Concept is a car manufactured from Chevrolet, or the common friendly car dealership.

Canard (n.) - a fallacy that leads to misinterpretation.
Change Ca to 'ret' and you get someone who doesn't understand how to express themselves and will cause other people to think twice about them.

Censure (n.) - severe criticism.
You are able to sense and ensure that a storm is coming, and when it comes, it brings destruction.

Chronic (adj.) - something consistently occurring repetitively.
Again, Chron is Greek for Time and 'ic' sounds like hiccups, which are repetitive.

Circuitous (adj.) - loop, U turn, indirect; detour.
Circuit is a circlular race track where cars continue to loop around the track.

Do you know what track this is? Don't cheat by checking the HTML

Clairvoyant (adj.) - fortune teller, see the future.
"Clear Voyage," said the man whom provides watch over the ship in the crow's nest and helps guide the ship.

Collaborate (v.) - to gather ideas together and work together.
Collaborate is just another one of those words that I know, so just work with it.

Compassion (n.) - sympathy for one that is in troubled.
You feel passion for someone especially one whom is troubled you feel sympathetic for them, and that person is sad.

Week 2 SAT Words

Anonymous (adj.) - unknown person; nameless.
Anonymous looks like the word annoy, and when someone is annoying, usually you do not want to get close
to them, thus they are invisible to you.

Antagonist (n.) - the bad guy, villain.
Antagon sounds like a certain polygon, but in this case, "An" is nothing in math and literature. Even if it was a shape, it would be hard to calculate, so everyone hates it.

Archetype (n.) - an original/first idea that has changed into different versions.
I remember in an RPG game that I once played, my character was an archangel. Archangels are the highest ranked class in the game so it was the first.

Arid (adj.) - dry.
Throughout many geography classes, students needed to learn about the different climate regions in the world; and to describe deserts, they were arid.

Assiduous (adj.) - constantly working hard.
Please excuse the language in the following description. Back in Canada, I used to be a nerd, and most people called me a donkey for being a nerd (this was during the time when nerds were still hated). Now I don't work hard, but continue to get straight A's. In yo faces!

Asylum (n.) - refuge; sanctuary; institution for mentally ill, orphans, or prisoners.
I don't remember asylum as a good place for people, but in Batman Arkham Asylum, the people in there were nuts, and batman was my favorite super hero.

You better eat your patties!!!!!

Austere (adj.) - severe and incredibly strict.
Austere reminds me of a my cousin, Austin, his parents were less strict to him than austere.

Banal

Banal (adj.) - dull and common, nothing special; average.
If you cancel out some letters and add a 'd' in Banal, you might just get the word bland, and bland doesn't taste so good.

Bellicose (adj.) - having the intention to fight.
A beer belly is a stomach filled with beer in an alcoholic man in a bar fight.

Benevolent (adj.) - kind and friendly, showing good will.
Be-No-Violent. period.

Guess whom this fellow on the right is. Please put your answer in the comments below

Week 1 Socialism Applied Torture Words (SAT)

Abbreviate (v.) - to make short or to become short, lengthwise.
Honestly I know what abbreviate means, so idkwtt (I don't know what to write).

Abstinence (n.) - the act to restricting or refraining from.
Absinthe, or the sinful, repulsive, deadly toxin in life should be kept away from anyone. It also has the word "sin" in it.

Ad hoc (adv.) - to consider for a specific purpose.
If you add a hawk to an idea, would that make the idea fly (bad metaphor, but refering to productivity and progress through thought in a one specific thing).

Ad hominem (adj.) - prejudice and stereotypical judgments on a person instead of his or her ideas. MENIMOH DA. In Communications, ad hominem was one of the logical fallacies to avoid.

Ad Hominem in birds

Worthless Adulation

Adulation (n.) - extreme credibility and praise.

One who adds-your-congrats-ulation makes another person feel flattered from friendly felicitation. Boom.

Adversity (n.) - misfortune

A city is a great place, but the opposite of a city, which is a inversed city is probably not a good place to be. A coin toss can either bring you fortune or misfortune.

Aesthetic (adj.) - having the knowledge or able to relate to beauty.
Cosmetics make people ugly, that's why a-cosmetics make people naturally beautiful.

Amicable (n.) - a friendly solution, or settlement.
The cable connects the TV to the circuit plug. Without the cable's agreement, the TV will not turn on. Now, they have partnerships, they are called Cable TV.


Anecdote (n.) - a flashback of a person's history.
Returning back to the past of gaming, Nintendo and NEC were two big companies that started the gaming industry.

Anachronistic (adj.) - Not according to chronological order.
Chrono means time in Latin I think, and A or an means no. Thus, not time order.