SAT Vocabulary

Laconic

Using very few words

Brevity

Being concise

Had had

Had had is only ok if you have it with “if”

Take the answer if you see one

Amount

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There's a large **amount** of hatred in my class → can't count

Number

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There's a large **number** of students with hatred in my class-→ number

Less

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There's **less** hatred in my class → can't count

Fewer

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There's **fewer** students in my class -> can count

Farther

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I could throw a ball **farther** than you → distance

Further

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If you'd like to take this matter **further** →more, not distance

Among

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Among -> more than 2 ppl

**Among** the students, john is the greatest

Between

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**Between** john and mary, mary is the better swimmer → two ppl only

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(s’) S apostrophe vs (‘s)‘S apostrophe s = one specific consumer

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‘S -→ Apostrophe s = one specific consumer

S’ -→ S Apostrophe= Not specific 

One syllable vs Two Syllables

One syllable, thing ends in s, apostrophe s

Chris’s car

Two syllable, s apostrophe

Jesus’ car

Dickens’ cat

Imminent

About to happen

Eminent

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famous or respected, or obvious

Immanent

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existing within

Laud

**To praise**

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That vs those 

That -→ Singular

I like that apple

Those -→ More than two things

I like those apples

banal hackneyed mundane trite

Boring

air affected supercilious vain (not vane) pompous

arrogant

Admittengly

Admittengly → counter argument → I agree with this but I kinda know that

Admittengly, there are jerks that are gonna disagree with me

FANBOYS can be ok when?

if it starts the sentence and it still makes sense without it

And I believe the man is right

Put your finger over and or but

See if it still makes sense and boom

Its a sentence complete

Verb before a subject

Verb before a subject, urchin dwells

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cant have semicolon if its

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cant have semicolon if its not a full sentence after

​​pontificate venerate revere

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praise, respect

supercilious temerity

arrogance

ephemeral evanescent  transient

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 quickly fading

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__**If you see ing word thats combining a noun and verb take it**__

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* **We drove all day in the van, driving 206 miles to get to our cabin.**

ambiguous!

When they were finally all together, students draped the chairs in bunting. 

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Who’s they??? The chairs or the students??? Ambiguous! 

active voice vs passive voice

active voice better to use on the sat

Active voice is better to use on the sat

Moviegoers packed theaters → active

Theaters were packed with moviegoers → passive

Always check for comma splice

Nevertheless → needs to be something that contradicts

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Check if its in the present and stuff

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__**Always circle qualifiers**__

YES!!!!!!

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When dependent clauses come before independent clauses, they are followed by a ___

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When dependent clauses come before independent clauses, they are followed by a comma. 

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**-indolent  enervated  torpid sluggish definition**

lazy

bonafide true/ pro bono/ quid pro quo/ ad nauseum/–____

bonafide true/ pro bono/ quid pro quo/ ad nauseum/–real, genuine

stingy, frugal

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parsimonious/niggardly /miserly/ spendthrift/ cheeseparing –stingy, frugal

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Possession–who is it referring to

Trying to keep her balance on the icy surface, the last competitor's ski-tip caught the pole and somersaulted into the soft snow.

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Possession–who is it referring to

who vs whom

whom = them

who = they

 It ought to be her with whom you share your secrets, not I.

With us with him with her with me it works, whom works

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If you have not only, you MUST have

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If u have not only, you MUST have but also

that vs who

The boy that I hate the most is Luke.

The boy who I hate the most is Luke

that = used to refer to inanimate objects

who = used to always refer to people

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We hated Charles Dicken's book Great Expectations.

NO! We hated Charles Dickens’ book Great Expectations.

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Yes no questions

If you say like yes, and the reasons don’t match up, but you agree with the no reasons, then that means you read the passage incorrectly, must go back and dig a little deeper