Hot SAT Words Lessons 21-30

LESSON # 24 Old Hat, New Hat? Words Relating to the OLD or the NEW

ANTEDILUVIAN Adj. Very, very old; antiquated

ANTIDILUVIAN The joke about the chicken crossing the road is ANTEDILUVIAN. Can’t you think of a more current one?

ANTIQUATED Adj. very old and no longer in use; obsolete

ANTIQUATED The author says he prefers to write on an ANTIQUATED portable typewriter instead of a computer.

ANTIQUITY N. Ancient times

ANTIQUITY Hippocrates articulated a code of medical ethics as valid today as it was in ANTIQUITY, Much to the chagrin of the Greeks, the Elgin marbles are among the many Greek ANTIQUITIES housed in the British museum.

ARCHAIC Adj. old, from a much earlier time, antiquated

ARCHAIC Footnotes are used to explain ARCHAIC terms known to Shakespeare’s audience but not to modern readers.

OBSOLETE Adj. Old, outdated; no longer in use

OBSOLETE Although rotary dial phones are OBSOLETE, my grandmother still uses one.

RELIC N. A custom or object that has been around for a very, very long time

RELIC Fritzi’s spinning wheel is a RELIC that’s been in the family for generations. The museum displays RELICS of ancient cultures from all over the world.

CONTEMPORARY Adj. modern, new, relating to the same time period

CONTEMPORARY Radiant heat, instead of traditional forced air or steam heat, is becoming the standard in CONTEMPORARY buildings. John Maynard Keynes was a CONTEMPORARY of Winston Churchill.

INCEPTION n. The start, the beginning of something

INCEPTION The INCEPTION of has cut stamp expenditures. Use of paper has skyrocketed, however, since the INCEPTION of desktop printing.

INNOVATION N. Something new

INNOVATION The company makes INNOVATIVE water filters that can add fresh lemon flavor to tap water. The spreadsheet was an important INNOVATION in accounting.

INNOVATION or ENERVATION?

INNOVATION OR EXAGGERATION?

NOVEL Adj. new

NOVEL Using movies to teach vocabulary is a NOVEL approach to instruction. A conch shell made into a nightlight is a NOVELTY.

POPULAR NOVELTIES Computer manipulated photograph or aberrant animal?

BOVINE CARTOGRAPHY or MANIPULATED NOVELTY ?

UNPRECEDENTED Adj. novel, unparalleled

UNPRECEDENTED The number of delayed flights is UNPRECEDENTED. Giving students money instead of grades is UNPRECEDENTED and will never be accepted by the community.