Quest to SAT

Day3:

Hello guys and welcome back!

So today was thursday I think. But anyhow I was assigned into a team to create a parody and progress was awesome. We had finished with the ascetic lyrics of the parody and now trying ot integrated some choreography into it. The leader, being a perfectionist, kept us practicing whenever there's free time. I was actually getting nauseous with what we had to kept repeating over and over again. Although he knew my current situation, he kept ggiving porous excuses for me to stay but at some point he had to let me out on some practice sessions. The leader was my roomate and every time he went to check if Im studying it would be like this:

"Have studied for 2 hours, taking a break with playing with my phone. Roommate comes in. Says that Im just finding excuses to not go to training. Lets of a tyrade about my laziness and his efforts"

Hmmm

I just gave a grimace of pity towards his innocuos comments. By this time I am about halfway-through the book. The ubiquity of other sloths were also noticed, I just held my thoughts at when it was my time to relax and their time to struggle. Hahaha which is currently happening now.

A little bit about the parody is that it was to be showed  after the weekends. In Johor the weekends are Friday and Saturday. Not surprisingly people's who are used with Saturday and Sunday weekends find it odd to not be realxing on Sunday. The real training and final touches were tomorrow. I guess thats just it for today.

Quest to SAT

Day2:

Today was the fist day of the orientation and......... I woke up late. After prayer and a little bite, I found myself walking filled with resignation in front of the hall we were suppose to gather. We started off the day with abit of exercise and jog. During break time I preoccupied myself with SAT pratice apps in my phone. My friends around me had face of question marks when they saw me do this. It was then that I divulged my plan to take the SAT early. Although it was just an english test, I found some of my friends in awe when seeing such degree of wordplay. I myself was just getting use to with the language applied. I tried to chasten my ways from practice to practice. At this point I was more concentrated with understanding the text rather than racing the time constraint. Later that day, we were divided into groups using a very interesting method: Each person was given a puzzlepiece and we have to find which pieces fit each other and that was our team. We were then given the task to create a parody of a song. Sounds fine but wait. I have no time for that. I have an SAT in 9 days.

Well you know what they say "no sacrifice no victory". Guest which did I sacrifice? Find out at my next post coming up soon. If Im not lazy enough to do it.

Quest to SAT

ok guys I know its been a long time since I last posted but I hope you guys enjoy my article

When I first arrived at KKTM (Mara High Skills College) Ledang, I was so stressed out because I was the only guy who was seriously studying. Owh. Beforehand, my dad registered me for the SAT at 24th January. And I had close to 10 days to peruse and cull those important points from my SAT books. Anyhow, like I said, I sacrificed my evening's play, my naptime and my homework time to prepare myself for this test.

The fact that there was only one english lecturer that time, even she was busy, left me riven in my decision makings.I was peripatetic, searching for help and composure of my situation. Maybe it would be clearer if I made this into a chronological order:

Prior to attending KKTML:

(Just after SPM ended):
Hussni: yeah Im free !!!
My dad: Hussni I got plans for you,you're gonna take the SAT this January.
Hussni: What's an SAT?

The time went by until I received admission into KKTML

DAY1:

Today was the day I rejoice college life. I woke from bed, bathed, wore formal attire and embark on 3 hour drive to KKTML. After the tedious registration and seemingly interminable speech, I got some rest. My friends and I were informed that there would be a 3-day orientation and with the realization that the SAT in just within 10 days, I coud almost espied my failure in it. I decided to subvert from my indolent-self into a workaholic or so that was the plan. Going back with the storyline, I got myself into a room with roommates I already know for a long time, there were from my old school, but still it was ok. The surau for me was stunningly immense but it's inhabitants were not so much. We got plates that we have to wash on a certain basis but everything was ok. I think?

im sleepy ill continue next time...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGuPbCWiuPY

best song ever

Vocab for Winners

As the clerk of the office, Michael had a mundane life,consigned to regimenting scattershot files, that seemed interminable. One day, his disposition towards the job subverted, hating it and thinking all this years had only piqued him. He had enough to deal with a petulant boss who's curt instructions are always misleading. He didn't wait to get fired, he ousted himself from the office because he handles almost all the filing. Even if the boss wanted to fire him, he was the one to file it. After that, his normal life became ephemeral, he started to traverse to adjoining states. Peripatetic, he scours the states to ensconce himself where the guile of life no longer worries him.


mundane(adj)- boring
consign(verb)- put someone or something in (a place) in order to be rid of it or them
regiment(verb)- to systemize
interminable(adj)- endless
disposition(noun)- normal mood
subvert(verb)- to overturn from a foundation
petulant(adj)- childishly annoying
curt(adv)- brief to a point of rude
oust(verb)- remove
pique(verb)- to wound the pride of
ephemeral(adj)- temporary, not last long
adjoining(adj)- next to
peripatetic(adj)- itinerant, like to move from place to place
ensconce(verb)- place in a more secure environment
guile(noun)- deceit 

Try Yourself

My family's annual dinner was in two days and I was foolish and too.................. with my studies that I made a .................. by undermining my own family.

A. vilified.............gaucherie 

B. disparaged..............approbation

C.endeared.................aversion

D.solicitous..............sacrilege

E.conscientious................gambit

vilify(verb)-to speak in a disparaging manner

gaucherie(noun)- an awkward act

disparaged(adj)- belittled

approbation(noun)- approval

endear(verb)-  to cause love towards

aversion(noun)- a strong dislike

solicitous(adj)- concerned

sacrilege(noun)- violation of something considered sacred

conscientious(adj)- careful, thorough

gambit(noun)- stratagem 

For me this is a rank 5 question, the hardest level, most likely most of the words are very low frequency. If i were to get this question and not know most the meaning, i would leave it beacuse the SAT deducts points if answer incorrectly. The answer is d. i made it like this so it is harder to get a glimpse of the answer.

Knowing What to Say

Describe Julie:

Itinerant- Julie gave up her job as a sedentary office worker and joined an itinerant band which traverse         the states.

Dilatory- The professor has long bear the dilatory manner of Julie, often late to class and never on time for anything

Myopic- Julie is myopic, she often does things without thinking through or accepts other peoples opinion

Riven- Julie was riven when her boyfriend cheated on her behind her back

Remiss- Julie would certainly be remiss if she had cheated on her exam

What did Julie do:

Reciprocate- Julie reciprocated her friends favor by giving her some money

Cement- Julie tried to cement her deal with the company to increase her revenue

Encumber- Julie cant say no to people and often encumbers herself with too much task

Eschew- Julie need to stop eschewing challenges if she wants to build her confidence

Peruse- As the exam nears, Julie had already planned when is the most effective time to peruse the books

Itinerant(adj)- always moving from one place to the other

Sedentary(adj)- not moving much

Traverse(verb)- travel, explore

Dilatory(adj)- tardy

Myopic(adj)- narrow-minded

Riven(adj)- torn apart

Remiss(adj)- at fault

Reciprocate(verb)- to give quick response

Cement(verb)- to make permanent, establish

Encumber(verb)- to burden

Eschew(verb)- to shun away

Peruse(verb)- to read thoroughly

Vocab for Winners

Irked by the military blunder that was Gallipoli, Winston Churchill was remiss. He joined the frontlines to make amends, though having qualms of his decision. The frontlines was a hostile terrain, given to any man it would shake their courage. Paralyzing and deafening shockwaves from shelling can kill a man 10 meters from the explosion.  Most flotsam in the rivers are bodies of man, torn and unrecognizable, life was as if no value.  Known as the Trench war, men scurry through pits with no herald for advance to the other side. Churchill survived, luckily, and pursued his career in politics. During the dawn of World War 2 Churchill, experienced with war unlike the other members of house, refuse to remain stoic of Hitler’s  provoking acts and demand sanctions to be made against him. British at the time was mollifying their economy that was crippled and became sluggish due to World War 1; The prime minister had no intent to go to war again but little did he saw that war was imminent.

Irk(verb): bother

Remiss(adj): at fault

Amends(noun):compensation for a loss

Qualms(noun): feeling of doubt

Shelling(noun): bombardment of projectiles

Flotsam(noun): debris floating in river or sea

Scurry(verb): run with light feet

Stoic(adj): indifferent by pleasure or pain

Sanction(noun): coercive measure intended to ensure compliance

Coerce(verb): to use force

Mollify(verb):  to ease a burden, to pacify

  

Vocab for Winners

Annie was raised in an affluent family that lived in a sumptuous house located on a hillside. When she was 8 years old, she was brought to the local market and saw impoverished conditions. A handicapped boy came to her to ask for donations but her mother pulled her away from him like he was a rat. This elucidated her that her wealth must be shared with those who needed it more. But she was just a cog. As she grows, this childhood memory perturbed her to do something with it. At a dinner feast for her family’s friends, she was very decorous towards the guests that came. Suddenly, a waiter accidently spilled juice on Mr. Locks that was known as a surly man. Mr. Locks grabbed him and punched the waiter but Annie intervened and said “you have no right to ravage a man who did an accident even though he is barely solvent while we live a lavish life”. The other waiters became proponents for her on the matter and Mr. Locks was silenced. Annie tried to console the waiter that was assaulted and found him to be handicapped. 

Affluent: wealth

Sumptuous:  luxurious

Impoverish: weaken in quality

Elucidated: to clarify

Perturb: to bother

Cog: unimportant person

Decorous: marked by proper behavior

Surly:  bad-tempered, menacing

Intervene: to come between, person or things

Solvent: able to make ends meet

Lavish: sumptuous 

Vocab of The day

Ameliorate(verb) - to make better of something

Pithy ,Laconic(adj) - having few words but deep meaning

Callous(adj)-  emotionally hardened

Confine(verb) - to keep within bounds

Visceral(adj) - Based on emotion and feeling, intuitive

Flamboyant(adj) - Showy, audacious

Divulge(verb) - to make known to the public

Exacerbate(verb) - to make worse

Cerebral(adj) - based on intelligence

Sensitive(adj) -easily offended

Tips: In the SAT, in the sentence completion section, knowing the antonyms and synonyms of a word can be useful to find the best answer

Antonyms

Connect to their Antonyms

                                                                                  

Ameliorate

Laconic

Callous

Confine

Visceral

Flamboyant

Divulge

Exacerbate

Cerebral

Sensitive

Daily Vocab

Engross(verb)-absorb all attention by
: Many of my colleagues were engrossed with their novels once they rest in their rooms

Ostracize(verb)-exclude from a group
:She was ostracized by the basketball stars because she was so ungainly during the big game

Ungainly(adj)- clumsy/awkward
:Her ungainly walk in the hall drew attention of several people


-The new video game requires byzantine strategies to pass from level to level. Even the most adroit gamers have trouble fathoming the needs to overcome a puzzle.

Byzantine(adj)- intricate or complex
Adroit(adj)- skillfull
Fathom(verb)-understand thoroughly

Vocab for Winners

It was my first day in school, as I pad my way closer to its gates, I was inundated with excitement and divulge it so everyone could know. I saw some of the newcomers were obstinate with their parents decision to register them into a boarding school but I on the other hand was very objective with my parents’ decision. When I was in the rooms, I started to banter with my roommates. Their elicited laughter made me more sanguine towards my future days here.

Being a man of great accomplishment, Andrew Carnegie was at the pinnacle of his career as the owner of U.S. Steel but found no fulfillment in his affluence and devoted himself for the act of philanthropy. He established the Carnegie Mellon University which burgeoned local education and attenuated poverty in the long term. The advent of this benign man, assuage those who have monetary concerns to further education.

Reclining on my chair, I was encumbered by the chagrin of failing my SAT. Mistakes and wrong answers were rife throughout my practice book. I was caught in every specious statement, without ever learning from my mistakes. Ossified, my friends told me to redo the test on a later date. But, I personally denounce cowards and wanted to do it anyway.

Pad(verb)- to travel on foot (has many other meanings)

Inundated(adj)- covered with water/overwhelmed

Divulge(verb)- give out a secret to the public

Obstinate(adj)- stubbornly adherent to an opinion

Banter(verb)- engage in good-humored conversation

Objective(adj)- based on observed facts

Elicit(verb)- to draw out (emotion)

Sanguine(adj)- optimistic

Pinnacle(noun)- the highest point

Affluence(noun)- an abundance of wealth

Philanthropy(noun)- benevolent altruism with intention to benefit mankind.

Altruism(noun)- selflessness

Burgeon(verb)- bud, sprout ,grow

Attenuate(verb)- to weaken, reduce in size or force

Advent(noun)-arrival

Benign(adj)- kind, harmless : The tumor in the ear is benign and should cause no harm

Assuage(verb)- to improve for the better something that is bad

Recline(verb)-lean back

Chagrin(noun)- distress of mind

Encumber(verb)- to burden/restrict with hinderance

Rife(adj)- widespread,common

Specious(adj)- seemingly right but wrong

Ossify(verb)- to become inflexible in opinion

Denounce(verb)- to speak against

Maybe these are to much words for you guys but this is just to show that application is more effective than just knowing. Instead of making one sentence per word, try to make a short paragraph filled with new words.

Daily vocab

Tirade(noun)- an angry speech
: the leader of the proponents of the movement gave a tirade after his programme was banned to the public

Vocab for winners

Fidelity- faithfullness to one's duties
: the fidelity of the legion commanders was at question when a soldier was caught in a mutiny against the general

1.Harold's bosses summoned him to their office to ___________  him of his ___________ work with the companies account

A. Rebuke, dericive
B. Reprimand, cavalier
C. Acclaim, unjust
D. Disdain, effortless
E. Laud, ungainly

2. Annie was________ during her birthday party; she didnt speak much and half- heartedly ate her cake

A. Averse
B. Appalled
C. Lackadaisical
D. Happy
E. Apololegetic

The answer to 1 is B because 'reprimand' means to formally criticize while 'cavalier' means careless. So his bosses are mad at him for being careless while working with the companies account

The answer to 2 is C because lackadaisical means showing no interest which suits the best. Averse means having a repugnance for and appalled means shocked by something

Say 'the judge was appalled by the deplorable words said by the defendant'
That use would be correct

On the final note i hope this method would help you guys know vocab much quicker and easier, if you dont like it leave a comment.

SAT experience

So just yesterday 24/1 i had my SAT exam and i want to share my experience about what i went through:

1. Timing- so this was the major problem that i had to face. Most my answers during the test are visceral rather than objective according to the text given because i didnt had the time to peruse yhe yext but i had skimmed it once.

The way that you could overcone this is by ameliorating your reading speed. You can do this by constant practicing or gamiliarizing yourself with scholar level text.

2. Vocab- so in the reading section, you are going to find the sentence completion part. This part requires you to fill in the blanks with the most suitable words.

One tip i can give you is that you have to be eclectic in your reading. Try to read different genres of novels or subscribe to an american magazine that discuss current issues such as Times.

3. Sentence improvement- perplexing is the way to describe it. You dont have much time to analyze 1 by 1 of each sentence part so you have to get much practice rather than learning theories

If you can, focus on one type of error and do 5 questions with the same type of error, this will create an automatic response towards the error in the SAT

4. Math- No problem

Eclectic(adj)- comprise of many styles and doctrines
: the country girl was surprised by her new urban friends that had eclectic lives

Surreptitiously(adv)- stealthyly, well hodden
: her friends made a decoy while she surreptitiously snuck into classroom

Quash(verb)- to defeat forcibly
: the red army quashed the nazis during ww2

Daily vocab

Words

Ascetic(adj): withholding bodily desires
- the hermits of old time chose to live an ascetic life