SAT Word ReviewMADE BY: SHWETA VEDA

FORMAT… 1. DEFINITION2. Simple sentence (sentence 1)3. Compound or complex sentence (sentence 2)4. Same5. Compound-complex sentence (sentence 4)I worked really hard on the sentences… I hope you love them! <3- Shweta

Word #1: abbreviate

Definition: To shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc., so that the shortened form can represent the whole word or phrase.

Sentence 1: I abbreviated the text message.

Sentence 2: The teacher marked points off of my paper because too many words were abbreviated.

Sentence 3: I abbreviated my letter, for it was already exceeding the word count.

Sentence 4: I did not know how to abbreviate longer words, so I asked Ms. West how to abbreviate, and she willingly taught me how to do this task.

Word #2: abstract

Definition: existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.

Definition 2: of or pertaining to the formal aspect of art, emphasizing lines, colors, generalized or geometrical forms, etc., especially with reference to their relationship to one another.

Sentence 1: Jason’s art had an abstract quality to it.

Sentence 2: Philosophy is a hard college course, because it deals with abstract concepts.

Sentence 3: Ms. West stated that clouds are, in fact, not abstract, for they can be licked.

Sentence 4: Many students then proceeded to argue that, in fact, clouds ARE abstract, because if you were to attempt to lick a cloud; your tongue would float straight through the cloud’s empty mass of condensed water vapor.

Word #3: according

DEFINITION 1: As stated by or in.

DEFINITION 2: Depending on whether.

Sentence 1: I was better than 99% of students in 8th grade according to my COGAT scores.

Sentence 2: Shweta got accepted into Georgia Tech according to her high scores, which were achieved from her hard work.

Sentence 3: The outlook for investors in Made Up Company Inc. is not looking bright, according to and for the recent financial experts.

Sentence 4: According to Shweta’s professors, her best choice for a degree would be one in Discrete Mathematics because of her high math scores, but she decided to pursue Electrical Engineering instead.

Word #4: acronym

DEFINITION: An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a single word.

Sentence 1: We were careful to make an appropriate acronym for our club.

Sentence 2: Some clubs at our school change the point of their club simply to make a cool acronym.

Sentence 3: The Dazzling Utopian Mall Beauties had to change their name, for their acronym made them sound silly! (DUMB)

Sentence 4: Since too many clubs were rearranging the names of their clubs to produce inappropriate or silly acronyms; Ms. Law limited the name of a club to two words to prevent this from happening!

Word #5: address

DEFINITION 1: the particulars of the place where someone lives or an organization is situated.

DEFINITION 2: the particulars of the place where someone lives or an organization is situated.

SENTENCE 1: Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address.

SENTENCE 2: Shweta promised to give Mary her e-mail address, but she always forgot.

SENTENCE 3: Shweta laughed when her mother drove to the wrong home address.

SENTENCE 4: After Shweta forgot the words to her brilliant address that she was going to present for her mathematics class; she started to cry, for she had worked extremely hard on this piece for a very long time.

Word #6: affect

DEFINITION: Have an effect on… make a difference to.

SENTENCE 1: The tornado affected the citizens of Moore, Oklahoma.

SENTENCE 2: The ROTC program at North Gwinnett High School greatly affected Shweta, for it made her disciplined and more aware of her surroundings.

SENTENCE 3: Because Shweta took the flu shot, she was not affected by the flu as many other students in her class were.

SENTENCE 4: After Shweta’s hedgehog passed away, she was deeply traumatized, as her hedgehog, who was named Einstein, had a great impact on her daily life.

Word #7: alter

DEFINITION: Change or cause to change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way.

SENTENCE 1: Shweta, a genetic engineer, altered genes in a corn pod.

SENTENCE 2: Since Shweta received her Ph.D. in genetic engineering, she decided to pursue a career in altering vegetables.

SENTENCE 3: Shweta was extremely passionate about genetic engineering, for she enjoyed altering genes.

SENTENCE 4: Although Shweta enjoyed her job as a genetic engineer, she found herself gaining weight rapidly, and soon had to alter her jeans to make them larger, as they would not fit her anymore.

Word #8: always

DEFINITION 1: At all times; on all occasions

DEFINITION 2: As a last resort; failing all else

SENTENCE 1: Shweta’s favorite subject will always be math.

SENTENCE 2: After Shweta received a 94% on her math exam, she promised to always study for math.

SENTENCE 3: Shweta thoroughly enjoys math, and always smiles with a hearty grin when she is completing her Kumon.

SENTENCE 4: After Shweta got accepted into Georgia Tech with her major in Discrete Mathematics, she jumped up and down in a rather immature fashion, for she had always hoped and dreamed of this occasion.

Word #9: analogy

DEFINITION: A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

SENTENCE 1: Analogies comparing animals and hats confuse Shweta.

SENTENCE 2: Shweta was appalled to see that the CogAt was comprised mainly of analogies, and was even more upset to see several questions comparing animals to different types of hats!

SENTENCE 3: Since Shweta had studied analogies comparing fedoras with turtles, she was well prepared for the exam.

SENTENCE 4: When Shweta started to answer the questions on the CogAt, she flew through it until she came across a question that asked her to compare dogs and snap-back hats; she started to cry because she had no idea what the answer was.

Word #10: analysis

DEFINITION: Detailed examination of the elements or structure of something, typically as a basis for discussion or interpretation.

SENTENCE 1: Google analyzed its usage slots.

SENTENCE 2: Shweta worked long hours; she would analyze every single piece of data

SENTENCE 3: After Shweta analyzed the coding of all the URLs, she took a relaxing bath.

SENTENCE 4: Shweta eventually decided that she was not good at analyzing, for she was bad at looking at tiny details, which was, in fact, a major component of the job.

Word #12: annotate

DEFINITION: Add notes to (a text or diagram) giving explanation or comment.

SENTENCE 1: To annotate is to add notes.

SENTENCE 2: The image did not make sense to me; I annotated it so that it would make sense.

SENTENCE 3: After I read the passage, I annotated the summary to help it make sense.

SENTENCE 4: Annotating already printed-out notes help me further my depth of studies, and ensures that I fully understand what the notes are on.

Word #13: anticipate

DEFINITION 1: Regard as probable; expect or predict

DEFINITION 2: Act as a forerunner or precursor of

SENTENCE 1: I anticipated that I would get a 2400 on my SAT.

SENTENCE 2: My mom was nervous about me in college; she anticipated that I would become too wild!

SENTENCE 3: Because my mom anticipated that I would be too wild, she secretly attached a GPS tracker to my bag.

SENTENCE 4: When I did get wild at parties, just like my mother anticipated, she got an alert from the GPS tracker, and was able to find exactly where I was; let’s just say that when I saw her, the scene wasn’t very pretty!

Word #22: articulate

DEFINITION: Of a person or of a person’s words… having or showing the ability to speak fluently or coherently.

SENTENCE 1: The music’s beats were very articulate.

SENTENCE 2: Ms. Black said our notes weren’t articulate, for they were not crisp and short.

SENTENCE 3: Ms. Black threatened to throw up on us if we did not make the beats articulate and crisp.

SENTENCE 4: During our LGPE performance, all the students were sure to keep their bow hair near the front of the violin board, so that we would keep the notes together and articulate, and so that Ms. Black would not throw up on us.

Word #25: assert

DEFINITION: state a fact or believe confidently and forcefully

SENTENCE 1: My mom asserted that I was a wild child.

SENTENCE 2: I was thought of as arrogant, for I was assertive that global-warming was not true.

SENTENCE 3: Being a Google manager, I always had to assert my rules.

SENTENCE 4: After the GPS tracker was no longer recognizable as a GPS tracker; I confiscated the remains from the ground and snuck them into laboratory; meanwhile, I was always telling my mother assertively that she did not need to be so protective.

Word #44: chronology

DEFINITION: The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence.

SENTENCE 1: Recipes are listed in chronological order.

SENTENCE 2: Shweta jokes that all her sheet music is in chronological order, for she dumps them in her binder when she gets them.

SENTENCE 3: After Shweta receives a paper from a class, she immediately sticks it in chronological order.

SENTENCE 4: Shweta’s binder is therefore in chronological order, because she clumsily puts the papers in her binder when she receives them, and never even looks at them once again.

Word #45: citation

DEFINITION: A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work.

DEFINITION 2: In law… a summons

SENTENCE 1: A piece of work without citations is deemed plagiarized.

SENTENCE 2: Ms. West gets very mad if you do not add citations to your work; she says that you are not giving credit to your resources.

SENTENCE 3: When Shweta once did not add citations to her paper, Ms. West told her that she was not as smart as she thinks she is.

SENTENCE 4: After Shweta received a rather long lecture from Ms. West on citations, Shweta never again made the mistake of not adding them too her work; she felt that it was rude not to give credit to the resources from whom she got support from.

Word #47: claim

DEFINITION 1: State or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.

DEFINITION 2: An assertion or the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt.

DEFINITION 3: A demand or request for something considered one’s due.

SENTENCE 1: Shweta claimed that she was good at tennis.

SENTENCE 2: Shweta claimed that she was good at tennis, but the truth was that she could barely hit the ball.

SENTENCE 3: Even after her peers saw her play a miserable game, she still claimed that she was the “Queen of Tennis.”

SENTENCE 4: Most students, however, believed Shweta’s claim about her miraculous and highly-athletic ability to play a brilliant game of tennis, for they had never actually seen her play in a professional match.

Word #48: clarify

DEFINITION 1: Make a statement or situation less confused and more clearly comprehensible.

DEFINITION 2: Melt (butter) in order to separate out the impurities.

SENTENCE 1: Ms. West, who makes me less confused about everything in general, clarified my high-school schedule.

SENTENCE 2: Shweta was extremely confused about her crazy high-school schedule, and needed someone to clarify her plans.

SENTENCE 3: After Shweta had graduated high-school, she decided to help freshman clarify their high-school track.

SENTENCE 4: Shweta would always be eternally grateful to Ms. West for helping her find her way around the confusing halls and classrooms of NGHS; she hoped to follow in her footsteps and help other ninth-graders clear their confusion.

Word #52: coherent

DEFINITION 1: (Of an argument, theory, or policy) legal and consistent.

DEFINITION 2: United as or forming a whole

SENTENCE 1: All the nerds cohered to form Beta Club.

SENTENCE 2: Shweta failed to develop a coherent game strategy, for the NGMS team lost.

SENTENCE 3: After Shweta visited India, she realized it was divided into several coherent kingdoms.

SENTENCE 4: Shweta, a language arts teacher, did not divide her class into ranks, but made the class coherent; she united all the students and made them feel part of a whole.

Word #55: compile

DEFINITION 1: Produce (something especially a list, report, or book) by assembling information collected from other sources.

DEFINITION 2: (Of a computer) convert (a program) into a machine-code or lower-level in which the program can be executed.

SENTENCE 1: Ms. West compiled us a collection of study materials.

SENTENCE 2: Our “8th Grade Reference Resource Books” are simply a large book of information; information compiled from different places.

SENTENCE 3: After reading the big AP Biology textbook, I compiled only what I needed.

SENTENCE 4: Since AP Biology was a hard class, I had to read the entire chapter, and compile all the pieces of information that would most probably be on the exam, to make sure that I was prepared for anything.

Word #56: complement

DEFINITION 1: A thing that completes or brings to perfection.

DEFINITION 2: A number or quantity of something required to make a group complete.

DEFINITION 3: Add to (something) in a way that enhances or improves it; make perfect

SENTENCE 1: My brown dress complemented my brown eyes.

SENTENCE 2: My eyes would have been dull; my dress truly complemented my eye shade.

SENTENCE 3: Since my eyes looked weird in certain clothing, I had to find a dress that would bring out the best in my eyes.

SENTENCE 4: Finally, I found a dress; the dress was hazel and brown, and complemented my eyes by bringing out the lighter tones in my irises, and making me look absolutely beautiful.

Word #60: conceive

DEFINITION 1: Form (or devise) a plan in the mind.

DEFINITION 2: To become pregnant with a child.

SENTENCE 1: Shweta conceived that she would be accepted into Georgia Tech.

SENTENCE 2: Shweta conceived a brilliant plan, and put it into action.

SENTENCE 3: After Shweta conceived a plan, she would never let that thought waver.

SENTENCE 4: After Shweta achieved her dream SAT score, she was accepted into Georgia Tech; she claims it’s all because she conceived a doable plan for her future.

Word #60: concise

DEFINITION: Giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive.

SENTENCE 1: The ROTC Commander was very concise when lecturing.

SENTENCE 2: Shweta was never concise; her lectures seemed to go on for eternity.

SENTENCE 3: After Shweta heard nasty comments about her long “speeches”, she vowed to paraphrase what she had to say.

SENTENCE 4: Since then, Shweta’s speeches have been less annoying, as they are concise, brief, and to the point; she has worked to attain this skill.

Word #74: constitutes

DEFINITION 1; Be (a part) of a whole.

DEFINITION 2: Give legal or constitutional form to (an institution); establish a law

SENTENCE 1: The Beta Club constitutes of nerds.

SENTENCE 2: Shweta constituted a law that promoted guns; she felt it was a right of Georgia citizens.

SENTENCE 3: After Shweta established the law, she made a club that constituted mostly of red-necks

SENTENCE 4: Shweta soon found out that she did not like the law, so she tried to get rid of; the members that her club constituted of weren’t very happy!

Word #78: continuum

DEFINITION: a continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not perceptibly different from each other, although the extremes are quite distinct.

SENTENCE 1: My continuum of grades are between low and high A’s,

SENTENCE 2: My motives for volunteering were on the continuum between love, and high-school credit.

SENTENCE 3: After completing my volunteering, I found myself veering towards the ‘love’ part on the continuum.

SENTENCE 4: If I had veered onto the other side of the continuum, I would’ve become an insensitive no-good teenager who wouldn't've cared about anyone but myself.

Word #79: contradict

DEFINITION: deny the truth (of a statement), especially by asserting the opposite.

SENTENCE 1: I contradicted the stereotype ‘that girls can’t do engineering’.

SENTENCE 2: I contradicted the statement that all Indians are smart, and I gave some examples to prove my answer.

SENTENCE 3: After taking AP Physics, I realized that there were too many contradictions for it to make sense.

SENTENCE 4: Contradictions about random topics always arise at political conventions, where the politicians are constantly bickering, and arguing with one another; wasting their time.

Word #82: convey

DEFINITION: Transport or carry to a place.

SENTENCE 1: A conveyor belt conveys people from place to place.

SENTENCE 2: I had a hard time conveying my message about computer engineering to my audience, for most of them were Amish.

SENTENCE 3: Before I had even carried the heavy-looking box, I was sweating of the thought of me having to convey it.

SENTENCE 4: It was hard of me to convey the thought that some people lived without technology, as I had been born and raised around buzzing computers, humming lights, and the lights and new discoveries of modern technology.

Word #84: correlate

DEFINITION 1: verb: have a mutual relationship or connection, in which one thing affects or depends on another.

DEFINITION 2: noun: each of two or more related or complementary things

SENTENCE 1: My dress correlated with my matching purse.

SENTENCE 2: Ms. West makes very good study guides; they correlate with her tests.

SENTENCE 3: After I looked at myself in the mirror, I saw how un-correlated [and odd] I looked [with my outfit].

SENTENCE 4: After I take a science test; I always get angry, because the information on the test never correlates with the teacher’s instruction.

Word #86: credible

DEFINITION: Able to be believed; convincing

SENTENCE 1: My lies were never credible.

SENTENCE 2: Ms. West is very credible; her lies sound very convincing.

SENTENCE 3: I am not good at making things up, for I fantasize them too much to be credible.

SENTENCE 4: EasyBib, an automatic MLA-format online service, checks websites to make sure that they are credible; they make sure that all the information is true.

Word #91: cumulative

DEFINITION: Increasing or increased in quantity, degree, or force by successive additions.

SENTENCE 1: My test bumped up my cumulative average.

SENTENCE 2: Deaths were the cumulative effect of droughts, for there was a scarcity of water.

SENTENCE 3: To be the valedictorian, you have to have the highest cumulative average.

SENTENCE 4: The cumulative effect of not doing well in school is that it will drop your cumulative average; this will lead you into worse issues that will have you struggling in high-school.

Word #93: deduce

DEFINITION: Arrive at (a fact or a conclusion) by reasoning; draw as a logical conclusion

SENTENCE 1: The detective deduced a conclusion.

Dr. Veda Ph.D., a mad scientist, devised an evil plan to end the world, for she did not like chocolate.

After Archimedes shouted ‘Eureka!’ in his bathtub, he deduced the genius symbol of geometry terms.

Shweta deduced that if she did not study, and just simply prayed, she would get a perfect score on her grammar quiz; she was wrong.

Word #107: differentiate

DEFINITION: Recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different.

DEFINITION 2: Make or become different in the process of growth and development.

SENTENCE 1: Shweta’s brain differentiated her from others.

SENTENCE 2: Calculus is a very hard math subject, for it involves differentiation of numbers.

SENTENCE 3: After Shweta lived in India for 6 years, she found herself very differentiated from people in the United States.

SENTENCE 4: Shweta’s clothes and brain made her differentiated from her fellow peers in school, and they all recognized her when she was walking in the hall because of how non-mainstream and different she was from the average high-schooler.

Word # 113: discriminate

DEFINITION: to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality

SENTENCE: I don’t discriminate by race.

SENTENCE 2: I don’t discriminate by race, because every person is different.

SENTENCE 3: I don’t discriminate by grades, for you might have had a bad day.

SENTENCE 4: People who discriminate by race are people who do not understand the concept that the color of your skin does not decide what type of person you are.

Word #116: domain

DEFINITION: An area or territory owned or controlled by a group or unit of government.

SENTENCE 1: The domain Eukarya has a nucleus.

SENTENCE 2: The French king owned many domains in Britain, for he successfully conquered many regions.

SENTENCE 3: Bacteria has its own domain, because they are so different from other organisms.

SENTENCE 4: Humans do not have their own domain, because they are very similar to other organisms such as chimpanzees; they also share homologous structures with several other organisms.

Word #122: emphasize

DEFINITION: Special importance, value, or prominence given to something

SENTENCE 1: The teacher emphasized her rules.

SENTENCE 2: I emphasized what I was saying, for I knew that people would ask me later.

SENTENCE 3: My art was emphasized, because it was outlined.

SENTENCE 4: Teachers always have to emphasize their rules because students usually don’t listen, and therefore they don’t know what’s going on.

Word #123: employ

DEFINITION 1: To give (someone) work and pay them for it.

DEFINITION 2: Make use of.

DEFINITION 3: The state or fact of being employed for wages or a salary.

SENTENCE 1: Google employed me.

SENTENCE 2: I was employed by Georgia Power, and I worked as an Electrical Engineer.

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Word #137: exclude

DEFINITION: Deny someone access to or bar (someone) from a place, group, or privilege

SENTENCE 1: The FCA excluded all Hindus from their activities.

SENTENCE 2: I would never exclude anyone, for everyone is different.

SENTENCE 3: Excluding people is bad, because it will make them feel terrible.

SENTENCE 4: When you exclude someone, you are basically putting a big STOP sign in their face; you can’t come here, because you’re different.

Word #139: exhibit

DEFINITION 1: publicly display (a work of art or item of interest) in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair.

DEFINITION 2: manifest or deliberately display (a quality or a type of behavior).

DEFINITION 3: an object or collection of objects on public display in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair.

SENTENCE 1: The art exhibit was breathtaking.

SENTENCE 2: She exhibited bad behavior; she screamed in public.

SENTENCE 3: After the girl made her museum piece, she put it in an exhibit.

SENTENCE 4: My mother said that if I ever exhibited bad behavior, she would ground me and take away my already pathetic and outdated phone, and my 5 minutes allowance of TV over the weekend.

Word #148: figure

DEFINITION: a number, esp. one that forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance of a company.

DEFINITION 2: a person's bodily shape, esp. that of a woman and when considered to be attractive.

DEFINITION 3: be a significant and noticeable part of something.

DEFINITION 4: calculate or work out (an amount or value) arithmetically.

SENTENCE 1: I don’t have an hourglass body figure.

SENTENCE 2: I had to figure out what it meant; my teacher never taught me.

SENTENCE 3: People who have good body figures work out too much.

SENTENCE 4: The business company had a five-figure salary reputation; it was a very productive business and was doing very well despite the bad economy.

Word #150: footer

DEFINITION: a person or thing of a specified number of feet in length or height.

DEFINITION 2: a line or block of text appearing at the foot of each page of a book or document.

SENTENCE 1: I had a footer on the bottom of my essay.

SENTENCE 2: That muscular man is a 6-footer; he plays football.

SENTENCE 3: It is fine that I am 4 feet 9 inches, because I’m not into athletics.

SENTENCE 4: Ms. West does not require footers on her essays for she believes that they are a waste of a piece of paper; she is a good language arts teacher.

Word #151: foreshadow

DEFINITION: be a warning or indication of (a future event).

SENTENCE 1: Palm-readers can foreshadow the future.

SENTENCE 2: I don’t like foreshadowing; it spoils the rest of the book.

SENTENCE 3: The creepy woman foreshadowed that Mount Vesuvius would explode.

SENTENCE 4: Ms. West said that foreshadowing is a great writing tool, as it gives your readers an exciting insight on what is soon going to happen.

Word #160: genre

DEFINITION: a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.

SENTENCE 1: Genres are not only in books.

SENTENCE 2: There are many genres in books; my favorite is comedy.

SENTENCE 3: Books are very special, because there is a genre for everyone.

SENTENCE 4: If there were no genres in books, and all books were the same; there would be no love for books; no happiness, suspense, or individuality.

Word #163: header

DEFINITION: a shot or pass made with the head. (in soccer)

DEFINITION 2: a headlong fall or dive.

DEFINITION 3: Margin at the top of a document.

SENTENCE 1: We have to put our name on the header of the document.

SENTENCE 2: Shweta made a header in soccer; she passed the ball with her head.

SENTENCE 3: Shweta made a header down a cliff, because she was testing safety gear.

SENTENCE 4: Ms. West always says to put your name, the date, and academic in the header of our esays because it prevents the entire document from looking messy.

Word #170: imply

DEFINITION: strongly suggest the truth or existence of (something not expressly stated).

SENTENCE 1: She implied that she did not like him.

SENTENCE 2: Shweta had seen unicorns before; she implied their existence.

SENTENCE 3: After Shweta saw her dog sleep, she implied that he was a zombie.

SENTENCE 4: Shweta had always known that leprechauns were real, but it wasn’t until St. Patrick’s Day that she really got to see their magic; she’s been implying their existence ever since.

Word #179: inquire

DEFINITION: ask for information from someone.

DEFINITION 2: investigate; look into.

SENTENCE 1: Shweta inquired where the store was.

SENTENCE 2: Policemen inquired the case of Shweta Veda; she had gone berserk.

SENTENCE 3: After the policemen inquired the case, they concluded that she was purely crazy.

SENTENCE 4: Scientists inquired the facts about evolution; they eventually came up with an agreeable compromise solution, and we now get to learn it in school!

Word #185: intermittent

DEFINITION: occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.

SENTENCE 1: There will be intermittent rain all day.

SENTENCE 2: There was an intermission, for the movie was really long.

SENTENCE 3: Her placement of stress was intermittent; the words came out jagged.

SENTENCE 4: Shweta was a very intermittent teacher; she taught sporadically and could never manage to stay on just one topic.

Word #189: invariably

DEFINITION: in every case or on every occasion; always.

SENTENCE 1: The meals here are invariably terrible.

SENTENCE 2: I cook invariable meals; they are always nasty.

SENTENCE 3: Shweta is a very invariable person, because her personality is always the same.

SENTENCE 4: I like people who are invariable; they don’t change how they speak or act depending on whom they are talking to; they simply act and treat everyone and everything the exact same way.

Word #190: investigate

DEFINITION: carry out a systematic or formal inquiry to discover and examine the facts of (an incident, allegation, etc.) so as to establish the truth.

SENTENCE 1: Police investigated the murder case.

SENTENCE 2: When you investigate, you are practically spying.

SENTENCE 3: Shweta is very good at investigating; she has a cunning mind.

SENTENCE 4: Ms. West thinks that the police should investigate Shweta, because she is disturbed by the weirdness of her; she is always quiet and does not speak unless spoken to in class.

Word #192: irony

the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

SENTENCE 1: We learned 3 types of irony in class.

SENTENCE 2: It was ironic that the smark kids failed the final exam.

SENTENCE 3: Ms. West’s name is ironic; she lives in the east.

SENTENCE 4: It was quite ironic that the man driving the Red Bull truck had fallen asleep, for Red Bull is an energy drink and he clearly did not have any energy in him.

Word #208: metaphor

DEFINITION: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

SENTENCE 1: We use metaphors in our writing.

SENTENCE 2: Metaphors do not use “like” or “as”; those are similes.

SENTENCE 3: After Shweta wrote a simile, she was able to write a metaphor.

SENTENCE 4: Ms. West encourages us to be able to identify metaphors pieces of literature; she says that if we are not able to do this simple skill, we are going to fail the eighth grade.

Word #217: notation

DEFINITION 1: a series or system of written symbols used to represent numbers, amounts, or elements in something such as music or mathematics.

DEFINITION 2: a note or annotation.

SENTENCE 1: Shweta notated her music.

SENTENCE 2: The review was just like the test; both had a lot of sigma notation.

SENTENCE 3: Because we were in AP Music Theory class, we had to listen and notate the music.

SENTENCE 4: Notating in math requires a lot of time and focus; if you miss a number, all your hard efforts will be lost and your data completely a waste!

Word #231: paraphrase

DEFINITION: express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

DEFINITION 2: a rewording of something written or spoken by someone else.

SENTENCE 1: Paraphrasing helps when taking notes.

SENTENCE 2: Language arts teachers encourage the use of paraphrasing; it easily prevents plagiarism.

SENTENCE 3: Because Sally did not wrote her notes down word-for-word, and did not paraphrase, Ms. West took points off

SENTENCE 4: Paraphrasing is very useful in college, because a professor will be lecturing, and you don’t have the time to write everything he/she says word-for-word; a lot of people say to practice your paraphrasing skills before you start your college studies, because it is such a helpful tool.

Word #236: perspective

DEFINITION: the art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point.

DEFINITION 2: a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.

SENTENCE 1: Her perspective of life was different.

SENTENCE 2: No one can claim to know the world; everyone has their own perspective.

SENTENCE 3: If there were no divisions or classes, would everyone have the same perspective of life?

SENTENCE 4: Monet and Da Vinci had two very different perspectives on the aspect of art; Monet enjoyed abstract, while Da Vinci preferred precise.

Word #237: persuade

DEFINITION: cause (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument

SENTENCE 1: Persuading mothers is very hard.

SENTENCE 2: I wrote a letter to my mom, and it persuaded her to buy me a dog.

SENTENCE 3: Because Ms. West taught us persuasive writing, I was able to persuade my parents to buy me a new backpack/

SENTENCE 4: It took a lot of persuading on my behalf to get my mom to allow me to go on the vacation with my friend, she did not like me leaving the house, and she was very adamant in not letting me go; in the end, however, she gave in to my persuasion and said “have fun”.

Word #241: plausible

DEFINITION: (of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable.

SENTENCE 1: Getting my doctorate is plausible in my future.

SENTENCE 2: The Missouri Compromise was plausible to both the North and the South.

SENTENCE 3: Because Shweta had not come back home on time, she had to think of a plausible explanation.

SENTENCE 4: Shweta could think up of many “life stories”, but to create a plausible one was very difficult; she actually had to look into who she really was, and then had to think of something realistic.

Word #247: preclude

DEFINITION: prevent from happening; make impossible.

SENTENCE 1: Nazis promised to preclude Jewish survivors.

SENTENCE 2: My parents precluded my hopes with a party; there was no way I’d be able to have fun now.

SENTENCE 3: Shweta’s secret spy work precluded official government recognition.

SENTENCE 4: In the CIA, the government precludes what is happening; everything is classified, and the CIA are so well-protected that it is almost impossible to find out what they are doing.

Word #251: presume

DEFINITION 1: suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability.

DEFINITION 2: be audacious enough to do something.

SENTENCE 1: Don’t presume me orders in my house.

SENTENCE 2: Ms. West gave me my quiz back, and presumed I had made corrections.

SENTENCE 3: I presume that the rowdy, reckless man was escorted from the building.

SENTENCE 4: My parents always presume that I am studying or dong my homework, when really, I am actually watching Vlog Brothers on YouTube; it can get quite addicting.

Word #266: prose

DEFINITION 1: written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.

DEFINITION 2: talk tediously.

SENTENCE 1: Shweta wrote a short story of prose.

SENTENCE 2: We had to learn prose in class; it was boring.

SENTENCE 3: After Ms. West taught us prose, she made us write short stories.

SENTENCE 4: Prose is a very important component in advanced language arts, for it exposes the depths and intricate qualities of the beautiful language that we so many times, take for granted.

Word #282: relevant

DEFINITION: closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand.

SENTENCE 1: Shweta’s question was relevant to the discussion.

SENTENCE 2: Shweta’s stories are confusing, and they are not relevant to the main underlying theme.

SENTENCE 3: The candidate’s experience is relevant to the job, as he is actively involved in business in both.

SENTENCE 4: During the book club, there is always that one person who brings up a comment completely not relevant (irrelevant) to the book or book discussion; she just wants the focus to be on her, and not the book.

Word #283: rephrase

DEFINITION: express (an idea or question) in an alternative way, especially with the purpose of changing the detail or perspective of the original idea or question.

SENTENCE 1: Shweta rephrased her 300-word essay.

SENTENCE 2: Plagiarism can be avoided with citations, and with rephrasing the words.

SENTENCE 3: Ms. West told Shweta to rephrase the statement so that it was clear.

SENTENCE 4: Rephrasing helps me study, because I have to keep all the words in my mind in order to be able to word them differently, and that helps it stick in my mind as I take an exam or quiz.

Word #289: requisite

DEFINITION: made necessary by particular circumstances or regulations.

DEFINITION 2: a thing that is necessary for the achievement of a specified end.

SENTENCE 1: Shweta believed privacy was a requisite for a peaceful life.

SENTENCE 2: The application will not be processed; you must first pay the requisite fee.

SENTENCE 3: Since Shweta was a Doctorate, it was a requisite for her to be main head captain of her team.

SENTENCE 4: Although earning a Doctorate is a prestigious achievement, it does not come without a high price; there are a lot of requisites, including high fees, management of time, and serious brain power.