ROCK THE SAT
1.
Song “Harbinger” (2)
MOROSE
[adjective]
Definition: gloomy or depressed
Synonyms: glum, melancholy,
downhearted
Antonyms: cheerful, happy
 We all felt sorry for Richie when he was
diagnosed with an illness that would
slowly reduce him to a puddle of ooze,
but after months of his morose
depression, everyone secretly wished
he would just kick the bucket.
 The dark and morose skies put all of us
into a great depression.
2.
PENCHANT
[noun]
Definition: a tendency or strong desire
Synonyms: longing, craving, affinity,
inclination
Antonyms: dislike, aversion
 Sentence: Taylor’s penchant for high
explosives will either earn him a job on
a demolition crew or turn him into tiny
little bite-sized chunks.
 We all have a penchant for something:
for chocolate cake, horror movies, or
the study of slime molds.
3.
SYMMETRY
[noun]
Definition: balanced or harmonious
proportions
Synonyms: equilibrium, proportion,
evenness
Antonyms: asymmetry
 Sentence: While Buford’s life was
indeed tragic—he was born on a pig
farm and died choking on a sausage
link—it had a certain poetic, porkly
symmetry to it.
 With two great towers at each corner,
there was symmetry to the design of
the new building.
4. RACONTEUR
[noun]
Definition: a person who excels at telling
stories
Synonyms: storyteller, narrator, after
dinner speaker
 Always a witty raconteur, Buford
captivated his audience with tales of his
adventures in Borneo, where he
wrestled with the rare and fearsome
speckled newt.
 Your humorous stories always get you
invited as the choice raconteur for our
parties.
5.
AGENDA [noun]
Definition: a list of things to do
Synonyms: plan, schedule
 Sentence: Undergoing surgery wasn’t
on today’s agenda, but since my legs
have seen severed from my body, I
guess I’ll add it to the list.
 I can’t seem to get everything done on
my daily agenda.
6.
Exult [verb}
Definition: to express extreme joy
Synonyms: rejoice, celebrate
Antonyms: lament, mourn
 Sentence: The British soccer fans
exulted in their team’s victory by
trampling each other in a mad rush to
the field.
 Suzy Snowflake had exulted in her bid
to become a cheerleader until she
realized how much practice was
involved.
7.
Conflagration [noun]
Definition: a disastrous or uncontrolled
fire
Synonyms: wildfire, blaze, inferno
 Sentence: The firemen could not
contain the unbelievable
conflagration caused by little Sarah’s
Easy-Bake oven.
 The conflagration in the Smoky
Mountains burned thousands of acres
destroying many favorite vacation
spots.
Note: To qualify as a conflagration, a fire has to
be big, nasty, and dangerous. Bonus points if
it’s also wildly out of control.
8.
Mosaic
[noun]
Definition: an image composed of many
small, colored tiles or pieces.
 Sentence: I’m making you a mosaic out
of Sweet-Tarts for Valentine’s Day, but I
can’t find the right color to represent
the joyless agony that is the destiny of
all humanity.
 For my patio, I created a beautiful
mosaic on a small tabletop using
colorful broken dishes.
9.
Epiphany [noun]
Definition: a sudden clarity or insight
Synonyms: revelation, realization
 Sentence: After hours of memorizing
vocabulary from note cards, Buford had
a powerful epiphany and realized he
was going about it all wrong. Inspired,
he paid Suzy Snowflake to take his
exam.
 Recently, I had an epiphany that I might
be able to do without teaching and
should consider retiring to a tropical
island.
10. Revelation
[noun]
Definition: an astonishing or unexpected
discovery
Synonyms: epiphany, realization, eyeopener
 Sentence: Zookeeper McElroy
conveniently disappeared when
revelations about his peculiar fondness
for licking toads came to light.
 His revelation that he loved me made
my heart flutter and made my live
complete.
11.
Supremacy [noun}
Definition: the state of being the highest
or greatest, superiority
Synonyms: domination, ascendancy,
preeminence
Antonyms: inferiority, lowliness
 Sentence: Now that Buford has
achieved academic supremacy over his
third-grade classmates, he set his sights
on a higher goal: wrenching the student
council vice-presidency from the iron
fist of Suzy Snowflake.
 Every year fans anxiously wait to see
who will have football supremacy—
Auburn or Bama.