SAT Vocab and Random Grammar

List # 1


1. Propensity- a natural tendency to behave in a certain way

2. Idiosyncrasy- an odd feature of a place or person

3. Veracity- habitual truthfulness

4. Quietus-Death or something that causes death, regarded as a release from life. archaic something that has a calming or soothing effect.

5. Extortion- the practice of obtaining something through force or threats

6. Fruition- the realization of a plan or project

7. Introspection-The examination or observation of one's own mental and emotional processes

8. Malevolence- evil tendencies

9. Tenuous-weak or slight

10. Innocuous- not harmful or offensive

11. Impervious- not allowing something to pass through

12. Distraught- worried

13. Cognizant- having an awareness

14. Impetuous- acting quickly or impulsive

15. Vicarious-Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person

16. Coagulate-to change to a solid or semi-solid state

17. Quibble- to argue or object to something

18. Curtail- to reduce or restrict

19. Myriad-many, many, many

20. Efface- to erase or to make oneself appear inconspicuous

21. Conflagration- an extensive fire that destroys many acres

SAT Vocabulary and Random Grammar

List #1

1. Propensity- a natural tendency to behave in a certain way

2. Idiosyncrasy- an odd feature of a place or person

3. Veracity- habitual truthfulness

4. Quietus-Death or something that causes death, regarded as a release from life. archaic something that has a calming or soothing effect.

5. Extortion- the practice of obtaining something through force or threats

6. Fruition- the realization of a plan or project

7. Introspection-The examination or observation of one's own mental and emotional processes

8. Malevolence- evil tendencies

9. Tenuous-weak or slight

10. Innocuous- not harmful or offensive

11. Impervious- not allowing something to pass through

12. Distraught- worried

13. Cognizant- having an awareness

14. Impetuous- acting quickly or impulsive

15. Vicarious-Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person

16. Coagulate-to change to a solid or semi-solid state

17. Quibble- to argue or object to something

18. Curtail- to reduce or restrict

19. Myriad-many, many, many

20. Efface- to erase or to make oneself appear inconspicuous

21. Conflagration- an extensive fire that destroys many acres



All about titles: Italics are used for large works, names of vehicles, and movie and television show titles. Quotation marks are reserved for sections of works, like the titles of chapters, magazine articles, poems, and short stories.
Italics are used in the titles of:

· Books

· Full-length plays

· Long poems

· Music albums

· Anything that has sections, like anthologies or collections

· Newspapers

· Magazines

· Movies

· Television and radio shows

· Ships (With ships and other craft, the USS or the HMS is not italicized.)

· Airplanes

· Spacecraft

· Trains

· Some scientific names

· Court cases

· Works of art

· Musical works like operas and musicals

· Computer and video games

Quotation marks enclose the titles of:

· Short works (“The Masque of the Red Death”)

· Sections of long works including chapters, articles, songs, short stories, essays, poems, short films, and any other time a long work is included in an anthology or collection

· Technically, television shows and movies are to be italicized because individual scenes or episodes would be put in quotation marks. However, many times these titles are put in quotation marks and you will find this done quite often, especially in reviews.

Titles of things that should not be in italics or quotation marks are:

· Scriptures of major religions (italicize the title of the published version)

· Constitutional documents (the 4th Amendment)

· Legal documents (the legal proceedings of Bundy vs. the State)

· Traditional games (such as hop-scotch)

· Software (Microsoft)

· Commercial products (such as Cocoa Puffs)


All about titles: Italics are used for large works, names of vehicles, and movie and television show titles. Quotation marks are reserved for sections of works, like the titles of chapters, magazine articles, poems, and short stories.
Italics are used in the titles of:

· Books

· Full-length plays

· Long poems

· Music albums

· Anything that has sections, like anthologies or collections

· Newspapers

· Magazines

· Movies

· Television and radio shows

· Ships (With ships and other craft, the USS or the HMS is not italicized.)

· Airplanes

· Spacecraft

· Trains

· Some scientific names

· Court cases

· Works of art

· Musical works like operas and musicals

· Computer and video games

Quotation marks enclose the titles of:

· Short works (“The Masque of the Red Death”)

· Sections of long works including chapters, articles, songs, short stories, essays, poems, short films, and any other time a long work is included in an anthology or collection

· Technically, television shows and movies are to be italicized because individual scenes or episodes would be put in quotation marks. However, many times these titles are put in quotation marks and you will find this done quite often, especially in reviews.

Titles of things that should not be in italics or quotation marks are:

· Scriptures of major religions (italicize the title of the published version)

· Constitutional documents (the 4th Amendment)

· Legal documents (the legal proceedings of Bundy vs. the State)

· Traditional games (such as hop-scotch)

· Software (Microsoft)

· Commercial products (such as Cocoa Puffs)