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SAT Word of the Day – assiduous

assiduous – (adj) showing great care and perseverance.

定義: 刻苦

synonyms – diligent, careful, meticulous, thorough, sedulous, attentive, industrious, laborious, hard-working, conscientious, ultra-careful, punctilious, painstaking, demanding, exacting, persevering, unflagging, searching, close, elaborate, minute, accurate, correct, studious, rigorous, particular; religious, strict; pedantic, fussy

 

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SAT Word of the Day – cortege

cortege – (n) a solemn procession, especially for a funeral.

synonyms – procession, parade, cavalcade, motorcade, convoy, caravan, train, column, file, line, trail, chain, rank, troop

slightly different definition – a person’s entourage or retinue.

synonyms – entourage, retinue, train, suite, escort, court, company, attendant company; attendants, aides, associates, companions, followers, retainers

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SAT Word of the Day – welter

welter – (v) move in a turbulent fashion

synonyms – ascend, bend, bicker, careen, descend, dip, drive, drop, fall, flounder, go down, heave, lean, lunge, lurch, plunge, rise, rock, seesaw, slope, slump, stagger, tilt, topple, toss, tumble, vault, wallow, yaw

2nd definition – (v)  lie soaked in blood.

synonyms – bathe in, be immersed in, blunder, flounder, get stuck, immerse, lie, loll, lurch, move around in, reel, roll, roll about, roll around in, splash around, sprawl, stagger, stumble, sway, toss, totter, tumble, wade

3rd definition – (n) a large number of items in no order; a confused mass.

synonyms – confusion, jumble, tangle, clutter, mess, hotchpotch, mishmash, flurry, rush, mass

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SAT Word of the Day – ken

Today, we bring you the meaning and words with similar meanings of a word that signifies “knowledge” or “understanding” on this holiday.  Hopefully, we all in this world will have stronger ken of one another’s lives to bring us closer to peace.  Merry Christmas World!  

ken – (n) one’s range of knowledge or understanding.

2nd definition – (v) know

synonyms – knowledge, awareness, perception, understanding, grasp, comprehension, realization, apprehension, appreciation, consciousness, recognition, notice

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SAT Word of the Day – picaresque

picaresque – (adj) relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero.

synonyms – episodic, anecdotal, disjointed, digressive, disconnected, discursive, incidental, irregular, occasional, roundabout, rambling, segmented, soap opera, sporadic, wandering

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December 2014 SAT Scores Available – NOW

dec 2014 sat scores availableScores are to be reported today, December 23, 2014 for all students who took the December 6th, 2014 SAT.

Unfortunately, there appears to be potential delays or even cancellations for some who took the December 6th test like the previous ones here in Asia for the October and November tests. There appears to be a “cheating operation” that is creating this problem for the many innocent test takers.

 

 

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