SAT Vocabulary
Pop Culture
Actual SAT Material
People from this SAT Class
Potpourri
100
Unsophisticated or narrow-minded, Belle sings "I want so much more than this ____ life"
What is provincial?
100
This hit song by a Puerto Rican singer is also well known for having a version done by a much maligned Canadian dude
What is "Despacito?"
100
The ratios of a 30-60-90 triangle
What are x, x root 3, and 2x?
100
This member of Team Rings couldn't make the final class with us today
Who is Wenson?
100
This word, beginning with the letter 'o', became a meme after one student used it during a game of taboo
What is orifice?
200
Ethan Frome is described in an SAT question as being this word, which means "not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily"
What is reticent?
200
The name of the One Direction singer who left the group in March 2015
What is Zayn Malik?
200
What POOD Stands for
What is Personal Order of Difficulty?
200
This student hit the first bullseye in SAT Honors Class history
Who is Neil?
200
Name four restaurants on Nassau Street.
Answers will vary.
300
Very generous or forgiving, especially toward a lesser rival (Hint: this word came up in Contact)
What is magnanimous?
300
This soccer player, along with Lionel Messi, is regarded as one of the best two players in the world
Who is Cristiano Ronaldo?
300
The correct name of the tense used in the last part of this sentence: "I turned back to the house and saw that some someone named Tootles had defaced my front door!"
What is past perfect or past participle?
300
This person once worked at Burger King over the summer
Who is Ed?
300
Name two colors of pants, aside from white, beige or black, that Ed has worn to class this and last week.
What are red, yellow, and blue?
400
Unoriginal and trite, just like the Black Eyed Peas' music (hint hint!)
What is hackneyed?
400
This Indian American comedian, who roasted President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, released a hilarious Netflix comedy special called Homecoming King
Who is Hasan Minhaj?
400
The step in the reading approach that comes after "Read What You Need" and before "POE"
What is Predict the Answer?
400
This student hails from a state that is shaped like a rectangle
Who is Shannon?
400
This book and this historical event are, according to Ed, the two most overused examples on the old SAT essay
What are The Great Gatsby and World War II?
500
The five adjectives that describe the senses. Yes, all five or you don't get credit!
What are visual, auditory, gustatory, olfactory, and tactile?
500
This strange word tweeted by President Trump had everyone going "huh?"
What is covfefe?
500
The total number of questions on the SAT, not counting the essay
What is 154?
500
Howdy, partner! This student hails from the top part of a large state, I mean the panhandle. Yee haw!
Who is Manu?
500
This word that appeared on the SAT in the 1990s provoked some controversy about a racial bias
What is regatta?