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50 Words the SAT Loves
By Danielle Wood
Auspicious. Aesthetic. Eclectic. These words may sound vaguely familiar to the teen in your house. But does he knowexactly what they mean?
If he's prepping for the SAT, he should. Vocabulary for the test isn't as random as you might think. While it changes for each test sitting, there are certain stalwarts thattend to show up again and again. And if your kid knows the set, his odds of scoring will improve. A lot.
Much money has been spent on teasing out the candidates. And coaching companies aren't giving itall out for free. The Princeton Review offered us 50 words from their stash of "most frequently tested".  If nothing else, it's a good start. So drop a few of these words into dinnertime conversationand hope your kid's ears are perked:
1. abstract not concrete
2. aesthetic having to do with the appreciation of beauty
3. alleviate to ease a pain or a burden
4. ambivalentsimultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
5. apathetic feeling or showing little emotion
6. auspicious favorable; promising
7. benevolent well-meaning; generous
8. candor sincerity;openness
9. cogent convincing; reasonable
10. comprehensive broad or complete in scope or content
11. contemporary current, modern; from the same time
12. conviction a fixed or strongbelief
13. diligent marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
14. dubious doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
15. eclectic made up of a variety of sources or styles
16. egregiousconspicuously bad or offensive
17. exculpate to free from guilt or blame
18. florid flowery or elaborate in style
19. gratuitous given freely; unearned; unwarranted
20. hackneyed worn outthrough overuse; trite
21. idealize to consider perfect
22. impartial not in favor of one side or the other; unbiased
23. imperious arrogantly domineering or overbearing
24. inherent...