Week 5 SAT Words

Diatribe (n.) - A bitter or hurtful verbal insult.
There is a kind of sauce that is called Tribe, which tastes spicy, but Dia means through and it has the connotation that it tastes worst that spice, thus, bitter.

Digression (v.) - Act of wandering off, or getting unrelated to topic.
It somehow to me sounds like discretion, where in the beginning few TV shows like Futurama, it says viewer discretion is advised, meaning, don't think the wrong way.

Diligent (adj.) - Hard-working.

For many years I have studied English and I worked hard to be at this level, and diligent is a vocab word for my level.

Diligent me

Guess who's underrated

Discredit (v.) - Underrate, dishonor, disbelief.
To Dis credit someone, is to make them un-credited.

Disdain (v.) - To scorn something, criticize, or condescend.
The Jolly Sailor Bold song of the pirates has the verse "I disdain all glittering gold." The song's meaning is that nothing can compare to the man whom she loves, not even gold.

Disenfranchise (v.) - To take away someone's right, especially voting rights.
Merchandise refunds grants a person to return a product, but the 'dis' makes merchandise refunds unavailable.

Divergent (adj.) - To cause separation, or move apart.
To divert something is to change its course of action, lead it into another direction.

Eclectic (adj.) - to select from various sources.
Electric, elective, all sound similar to eclectic, and electronically you elect the sources you want for an essay.

Elucidate (v.) - to make clear, straight forward.
Illuminate the light and show a clear path to the right choices and directions.

Empathy (n.) - showing feeling and react with feeling due to previous emotion.
Empathy, sympathy,same thing.

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