2. Hot SAT Words: Lessons # 1-10

3. Lessons # 1-5 Cat Got Your Tongue – using few words; being quiet The Runaway Mouth – speaking The High and Mighty – feeling superior That’s All Been Said Before – unoriginal & overused Making Things a Bunch Better – lessening pain, tension, and/or conflict

4. Lesson #1: Cat Got Your Tongue? Using Few Words or Being Quiet

5. BREVITY n. Briefness or conciseness in speech or writing

6. When time is short, BREVITY is a virtue.

7. CONCISE adj. Using few words in speaking and writing.

8. A CONCISE explanation is preferable to a long-winded one.

9. QUIESCENT Adj. Quiet; still; inactive

10. …quiescent …NOT quiescent

11. LACONIC adj. Choosing to use few words in speech “I’ll be back!”

12. “NUTS!”

13. PITHY adj. Brief and full of meaning and substance; concise

14. PITHY

15. RETICENT Adj. Not talking much; reserved

16. RETICENT Tom and Molly are a mismatched pair; he’s shy and RETICENT, while she never stops talking.

17. SUCCINCT adj. Clearly and briefly stated; concise

18. SUCCINCT Let me state it as SUCCINCTLY as I can: “No late papers!”

19. TACITURN --adj. Silent; sparing of words; closed-mouthed

20. TACITURN Throughout the party Larry was moody and taciturn. No one heard a peep from him.

21. TERSE Adj. Using only the words that are needed to make the point; abrupt & concise

22. TERSE Ryan’s TERSE reply was clear: “No way!”