If you’re taking the SAT tomorrow, I hope you knock it out of the park! Be sure you know these words; they’re currently the top 10 of my internal list: unequivocal (leaving no doubt), substantiate (to support with evidence), equivocal (open to more than one interpretation), supersede (to take the place of), untenable (unable to be defended against), idiosyncratic (peculiar or unique, esp of a person), misconstrue (misunderstand, interpret incorrectly), ubiquitous (seemingly everywhere), precarious,(dangerous, risky), homogeneous (consistent or uniform throughout)
Implicit (adjective): implied but not expressed or stated directly; inherent in the nature of something: an implicit understanding that the money was a gift). absolute or complete; without doubt or reservation: implicit trust.
IPA: ɪmˈplɪ.sɪt (See IPA key)
Phonetic: im-PLISS-it
Pop quiz: do you remember the last five words we learned? One question each — answer key at the bottom of this email.
1. FEASIBLE most nearly means
(A) practicable
(B) arduous
(C) speculative
(D) impracticable
2. ANALOGOUS most nearly means
(A) arbitrary
(B) comparable
(C) identical
(D) incongruous
3. INHERENT most nearly means
(A) extrinsic
(B) incidental
(C) acquired
(D) intrinsic
4. DISCREPANCY most nearly means
(A) inconsistency
(B) ambiguity
(C) approximation
(D) conformity
5. INCREDULITY most nearly means
(A) consternation
(B) disbelief
(C) conviction
(D) gullibility
The teacher’s raised eyebrow and pursed lips conveyed an implicit warning not to use AI on their take-home tests.
The Monroe Doctrine of 1823 carried an implicit warning that the United States opposed any further European colonization in the Americas.
The Implicit Association Test measures how quickly people connect concepts, such as associating the pair young/old with good/bad, and helps researchers study unconscious associations that participants may not be aware of.
This is going to be a little bit dense, but it is the best practice for SAT reading to read dense, challenging writing. Try to challenge yourself to read it and understand. If you need guidance, check the modernized version below.
[I]n 1905 I wrote in the National Review on the subject of ‘Man-power as a Measure of National and Imperial Strength,’ an article which I believe first gave vogue to the term Man-power. In that term is implicit not only the idea of fighting strength but also that of productivity, rather than wealth, as the focus of economic reasoning. If I now venture to write on these themes at somewhat greater length, it is because I feel that the War has established, and not shaken, my former points of view. — Halford J. Mackinder, Democratic Ideals and Reality: A Study in the Politics of Reconstruction (1919)
In modern English: In 1905, I wrote an article for the National Review called “Man-power as a Measure of National and Imperial Strength,” which I believe helped popularize the term man-power. The word implies not just military strength but also the idea that economics should focus on productivity rather than on wealth. I am writing again on these subjects in greater detail now because I believe the [World War I] has confirmed, rather than weakened, the views I expressed in that article.
implicit bias, implicit assumption, implicit meaning, implicit threat, implicit trust
Last-5 quiz answers: 1) A — feasible 2) B — analogous 3) D — inherent 4) A — discrepancy 5) B — incredulity
Come back tomorrow for your vocabulary quiz on the last ten words we’ve learned. See the quiz →
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