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SAT Vocabulary for Juniors

SAT Vocabulary for Juniors. Lesson 12. #1 Elixir: n. a supposed remedy for all ailments syn: medicine; panacea. Everyone wants to drink the elixir from the mythic Fountain of Youth. “Love is the energizing elixir of the universe, the cause and effect of all harmonies.” -Unknown.

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SAT Vocabulary for Juniors

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  1. SAT Vocabulary for Juniors Lesson 12

  2. #1 Elixir: n. a supposed remedy for all ailmentssyn: medicine; panacea Everyone wants to drink the elixir from the mythic Fountain of Youth. “Love is the energizing elixir of the universe, the cause and effect of all harmonies.”-Unknown

  3. #2 Desiccated: adj. dried up His weathered, aged features reminded Nellie of a desiccated prune. The performance of the famous symphony was technically perfect, but desiccate when the critics later reflected on the show.

  4. #3 Cessation: n. a stopping; a discontinuancesyn: ceasing; end / ant: beginning; commencement The cessation of pain was a relief for the wounded adventurer, but Dirk knew that it was only because he was going into shock. “It is within this fathoms-long carcass, with its mind and its notions, that I declare there is the world, the origin of the world, the cessation of the world and the path leading to the cessation of the world”-Buddha

  5. #4 Juxtapose: v. to place side-by-side for comparisonsyn: measure; examine To portray a subtle difference in culture, the photographer juxtaposed a bus driver from America, who wore a polo shirt and slacks, with a bus driver from Japan, who wore a fancy uniform with white gloves. “It's very colorful with many different colors juxtaposed. That is part of the charm of the design. Every color goes with every color.”-Joe Ruggiero

  6. #5 Kinetic: adj. pertaining to motion We live in a kinetic world in which, always, somewhere, someone is in motion. “He was still optimistic, but it was a less kinetic, a more thoughtful optimism.”-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

  7. #6 Garrulous: adj. talkativesyn: loquacious; verbose / ant: taciturn After days of silence, the old prospector suddenly turned into a garrulous storyteller. “Old men are garrulous by nature.”-Marcus Tullius Cicero

  8. #7 Fetish: n. an object that receives respect or devotionsyn: charm; talisman The shaman made a fetish of the bear claw, which was thought to retain the spirit of the animal. “Independence - is loyalty to one's best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes.”-Mark Twain

  9. #8 Scintillate: v. to sparkle; to twinkle; to sparkle intellectually With witty remarks and fascinating tales, the raconteur scintillated as keynote speaker. “Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.”-Martin Luther King, Jr

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