Hot SAT Words

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Hot SAT Words

• Lessons
• 21-30

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LESSON 24

• Old Hat, New Hat?

Words Relating to the OLD or the NEW
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ANTEDILUVIAN

• Adj. Very, very old antiquated

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ANTIDILUVIAN

• The joke about the chicken crossing the road is
  ANTEDILUVIAN. Cant you think of a more current
  one?

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ANTIQUATED

• Adj. very old and no longer in use obsolete

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ANTIQUATED

• The author says he prefers to write on an
  ANTIQUATED portable typewriter instead of a
  computer.

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ANTIQUITY

• N. Ancient times

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ANTIQUITY

• Hippocrates articulated a code of medical ethics
  as valid today as it was in ANTIQUITY,
• Much to the chagrin of the Greeks, the Elgin
  marbles are among the many Greek ANTIQUITIES
  housed in the British museum.

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ARCHAIC

• Adj. old, from a much earlier time, antiquated

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ARCHAIC

• Footnotes are used to explain ARCHAIC terms known
  to Shakespeares audience but not to modern
  readers.

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OBSOLETE

• Adj.
• Old, outdated no longer in use

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OBSOLETE

• Although rotary dial phones are OBSOLETE, my
  grandmother still uses one.

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RELIC

• N. A custom or object that has been around for a
  very, very long time

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RELIC

• Fritzis spinning wheel is a RELIC thats been in
  the family for generations.
• The museum displays RELICS of ancient cultures
  from all over the world.

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CONTEMPORARY

• Adj. modern, new, relating to the same time period

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CONTEMPORARY

• Radiant heat, instead of traditional forced air
  or steam heat, is becoming the standard in
  CONTEMPORARY buildings.
• John Maynard Keynes was a CONTEMPORARY of Winston
  Churchill.

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INCEPTION

• n. The start , the beginning of something

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INCEPTION

• The INCEPTION of e-mail has cut stamp
  expenditures.
• Use of paper has skyrocketed, however, since the
  INCEPTION of desktop printing.

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INNOVATION

• N. Something new

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INNOVATION

• The company makes INNOVATIVE water filters that
  can add fresh lemon flavor to tap water.
• The spreadsheet was an important INNOVATION in
  accounting.

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INNOVATION or ENERVATION?
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INNOVATION OR EXAGGERATION?
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NOVEL

• Adj. new

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NOVEL

• Using movies to teach vocabulary is a NOVEL
  approach to instruction.
• A conch shell made into a nightlight is a NOVELTY.

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POPULARNOVELTIES
Computermanipulatedphotograph
oraberrantanimal?
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BOVINE CARTOGRAPHY or MANIPULATED NOVELTY ?
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UNPRECEDENTED

• Adj. novel, unparalleled

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UNPRECEDENTED

• The number of delayed flights is UNPRECEDENTED.
• Giving students money instead of grades is
  UNPRECEDENTED and will never be accepted by the
  community.