<p>Maybe it was the SAT word you learned the day before and it saved you 10 points in CR, or maybe its a word that sounds very funny and has a totally different meaning, or maybe its just a word that you like to use a lot. </p>
<p>Please post the definition, and if you can, a sentence! </p>
<p>Mine would be... "catharsis" ? Throwing up spiritually? Hee hee... except I don't know how to use it in a sentence....</p>
<p>Zeitgeist (10 chars)</p>
<p>zeitgeist, as posted above, is the "spirit of the times," literally translated from German Zeit (time) and Geist (ghost), it means the view or ethos of society at current</p>
<p>vitriolic - nasty or bitter</p>
<p>Celerity- speed</p>
<p>prestidigitation - sleight of hand</p>
<p>callipygian - having shapely buttocks</p>
<p>Sorry, I just couldn't help myself :)</p>
<p>mollify
assuage
reticient</p>
<p>^
Mollify: to soothe in temper; to reduce in intensity; to appease <mollified the staff with a raise>
Assuage: to pacify, quiet <unable to="" *assuage[="" i]="" their="" grief="">
Reticent: reluctant to talk; inclined to be quiet</unable></p>
<p>I like...
Esoteric: requiring knowledge that is limited to a small group; limited to a small circle; of special, rare, or unusual interest; difficult to understand <esoteric terminology></p>
<p>plethora
myriad</p>
<p>verisimilitude</p>
<p>loquacious- talkative....aka verbal diarrhea</p>
<p>enigma 10char</p>
<p>i found this word in barron's a while ago...and i never forgot it</p>
<p>obfuscate- 1.to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy
2. to make obscure or unclear
3. to darken</p>
<p>Subterfuge</p>
<p>conjugal
zenith
draconian
wry
ballyhoo
germane
angst</p>
<p>^ haha angst. i dont even need to look it up and i know it means fear for the german word angst means fair. </p>
<ol>
<li>sexytime</li>
</ol>
<p>succinct, serendipity, ephemeral, impetuous</p>
<p>are you guys going to include definitions?</p>
<p>I think I've encountered the word zealous in some fashion or another on almost every SAT and PSAT I've done. </p>
<p>Some of the more interesting words I like:</p>
<p>Vapid - dull, uninteresting
Obstreperous - unruly
Ossified - to become rigidly set (lol who on earth would know this word??). I only got it right on the practice test because everything else was obviously wrong.
Palliative - soothing</p>
<p>I thought the point of learning words was to look them up yourself? At least that is how I learn.</p>
<p>succinct - concise
serendipity - luck
ephemeral - lasting a short time
impetuous - impulsive</p>
<p>EDIT: Just realized the OP asked for definitions, sorry</p>