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→Importance of Vocabulary: spell out examples
Let's try some examples of learning word meanings from context (SAT questions are a bit more complicated than this, and as we'll learn in future classes):
Let's try some examples of learning word meanings from context (SAT questions are a bit more complicated than this, and as we'll learn in future classes):
Example 1: "I abhor all the forms that government makes people fill out these days!"
Example 1: "I abhor all the paperwork that government makes people fill out these days!"
<br>(a) love
<br>(a) love
<br>(b) encourage
<br>(b) encourage
<br>(e) dislike intensely
<br>(e) dislike intensely
Example 2: In the beginning was the "λόγος", and the "λόγος" was with God, and the "λόγος" was God. (John 1:1). What does the Greek word "λόγος" mean?
Even if you don't already know what the word "abhor" means, you should be able to figure it out from the context. Only answer (e) fits the expression well. As to answer choice (c), why would someone say that "I don't feel strongly one way or the other about all the paperwork that government makes people fill out these days," followed by an exclamation point? Someone wouldn't. Note also that answer choices (a), (b) and (d) are similar to each other, and they cannot all be correct. Answer choice (e) stands alone as the most likely meaning.
Example 2: In the beginning was the "λόγος" (logos), and the "λόγος" was with God, and the "λόγος" was God. (John 1:1). What does the Greek word "λόγος" mean?
<br>(a) evil
<br>(a) evil
<br>(b) light
<br>(b) light
<br>(d) chaos
<br>(d) chaos
<br>(e) word
<br>(e) word
In this example can figure out what a word in ancient Greek means. Starting with answer choice (a), "evil was God" does not make sense near the end of the sentence. So eliminate (a) as a possibility. Similarly, strike choice (d) as a possibility because "chaos" was not God. How about choice (c), "universe"? It would not make sense for the "universe" to be in the very beginning along with God, and the "universe" was certainly NOT God.
The only possible meanings among the choices for "λόγος" (logos) are (b) and (e). If you do not know at this point, then you have at least a 50/50 chance. "Word" fits the expression "was God" better, and is the correct answer.
And if the "word was God," then what does that say about writing? Writing, as the expression of words and concepts, is a very special activity that has unlimited potential. Let's master the use of words.
Other fun words:
Other fun words: