Empowering your Vocabulary
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How Can I Remember All Those SAT Words?
Exams like the SAT, PSAT, and GRE are vocabulary intensive, and today’s students are often better versed in proper nouns, such as the names of popular websites and musicians, than the common nouns they need for English language proficiency (skill, ability, competence).
Learning vocabulary can be a fun and creative activity, if you invent clever ways to help you remember the words along the way. These “memory tricks” are also called mnemonic devices.
To remember that archaic means old or ancient, just think of the Noah’s Ark story in the bible. Is that a new story? No, “Noah’s Ark” is an archaic tale.
The word curtail means to cut short, reduce, diminish, or abridge. Change the final “l” to “n” to obtain curtain. “The curtain coming down curtails the play.”
My student Daniel asked me how to remember that ephemeral means temporary, not permanent, or not lasting long. Do you see that the end of the word looks like “emerald.” In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy’s visit to Emerald City is ephemeral – she “won’t be there for long” because she wants go back home.
To learn that mundane means common or ordinary, just remember, “After a fun, exciting weekend, Monday is just another mundane day.”
Cameron said he could never remember that prevaricate means to lie or be untruthful. I said, “If you vary your statements to the police, you must be prevaricating.” Don’t get confused with the word propagate. “Rabbits will propagate quickly, if you close them behind a proper gate.” Propagate means to reproduce or spread.
Answer Key:
curtail = to cut short, reduce, diminish, abridge.
Think of, "The curtain coming down too soon curtails the school play."
placate = to appease, pacify, sooth, or calm down.
adjacent = next to
solitude = isolation, being along
Think of, "Solitaire, the card game you play alone."
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curtail = to cut short, reduce, diminish, abridge.
Think of, "The curtain coming down too soon curtails the school play."
placate = to appease, pacify, sooth, or calm down.
adjacent = next to
solitude = isolation, being along
Think of, "Solitaire, the card game you play alone."
For other great learning strategies and live affordable lessons, please visit www.TutorTalk.org.
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Welcome! My name is David Freeling, and I run a one man tutoring business centrally located in the heart of San Francisco, at 1304 Castro, on the vibrant commercial strip of Noe Valley. Please call me at any time to set up an appointment: 415-596-0248.
Since 1997, I have been helping students achieve their academic goals and improve their fundamental math and English skills. I work with kids and adults of all ages, teaching all lessons personally. My students find me patient and gifted at explaining difficult concepts from multiple perspectives.
Tutor and Author: When you or your children work with me, you know you are being taught by someone who has not only mastered the material, but in many cases written it. I have co-authored two guidebooks to the Graduate Records Exam, or GRE, published by the prestigious publishing house, Barron's (available on Amazon.com – keyword “David Freeling”).
My newest book, VocabMonster, teaches 300 of the most frequent SAT words using funny, full-color cartoons and creative mnemonic devices. Preview the material for free and begin laughing while you learn by visiting www.VocabMonster.com.
I have always believed in making education fun and engaging. My self-published classic, The First Fun SAT Book, teaches the most important strategies for the test using concise, easy-to-remember lessons.
Areas of Focus: I specialize in the following areas:
Begin Learning Now: Scroll down to enter my free video library. Watch me in action teaching important math test-prep strategies suitable to a wide range of exams. Video testimonials from students are included in two of the videos. Or contact me personally to set up an appointment. Phone: 415-596-0248. Email: [email protected]
Rates: The rate for one-on-on tutoring is $75 per full one-hour lesson. A sliding-scale financial aid discount is available upon request. Students can save by sharing a lesson with a friend. The reduced rate for a small-group lesson is $45 per student for two-on-one tutoring, or $35 each for three-on-one.
Background and Experience: I graduated from Columbia University in 1991 with a BA in mathematics and completed a year of graduate school in the Columbia University Mathematics Department in 1992. Before starting my own tutoring business, I was trained and employed by two companies for two years: The Math Set and Advantage Testing, both of Atlanta, GA. In 2004 I founded the business, Insight Tutoring of San Francisco, which I have directed until the present. I have worked with hundreds of students from public and private schools across the Bay Area, including Lowell, SOTA, Lick-Wilmerding, UC Berkeley, the San Francisco School, University High School, Saint Ignatius, and many others. For a combined 10 years, I conducted on-site, comprehensive SAT prep classes at the International High School (FAIS/IHS) and Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep.
Parent and Volunteer: I am the proud parent of three children myself and am happy to give back to the community by volunteering as a classroom tutor about two hours per week in their elementary school.
Word on the Street: I often overhear my students saying, “I learned more in one hour with David than in one week of math at school.”
(415) 596 0248
David Freeling
1304 Castro St Suite C5
(between 24th St & Jersey St)
San Francisco, CA 94114
Neighborhood: Noe Valley
[email protected]
Welcome! My name is David Freeling, and I run a one man tutoring business centrally located in the heart of San Francisco, at 1304 Castro, on the vibrant commercial strip of Noe Valley. Please call me at any time to set up an appointment: 415-596-0248.
Since 1997, I have been helping students achieve their academic goals and improve their fundamental math and English skills. I work with kids and adults of all ages, teaching all lessons personally. My students find me patient and gifted at explaining difficult concepts from multiple perspectives.
Tutor and Author: When you or your children work with me, you know you are being taught by someone who has not only mastered the material, but in many cases written it. I have co-authored two guidebooks to the Graduate Records Exam, or GRE, published by the prestigious publishing house, Barron's (available on Amazon.com – keyword “David Freeling”).
My newest book, VocabMonster, teaches 300 of the most frequent SAT words using funny, full-color cartoons and creative mnemonic devices. Preview the material for free and begin laughing while you learn by visiting www.VocabMonster.com.
I have always believed in making education fun and engaging. My self-published classic, The First Fun SAT Book, teaches the most important strategies for the test using concise, easy-to-remember lessons.
Areas of Focus: I specialize in the following areas:
- Test Prep for most standardized exams including the HSPT, SSAT, ISEE, COOP, PSAT, PLAN, SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT.
- Schoolwork and homework help. Many of my clients are elementary, middle, and high school children, who meet me once per week to improve their grades and keep up with their classes.
- Math: all levels including basic arithmetic, algebra, geometry, pre-cal, calculus, and statistics.
- English: reading comprehension, vocabulary development, grammar, essay writing, writing and editing skills, college personal statements.
Begin Learning Now: Scroll down to enter my free video library. Watch me in action teaching important math test-prep strategies suitable to a wide range of exams. Video testimonials from students are included in two of the videos. Or contact me personally to set up an appointment. Phone: 415-596-0248. Email: [email protected]
Rates: The rate for one-on-on tutoring is $75 per full one-hour lesson. A sliding-scale financial aid discount is available upon request. Students can save by sharing a lesson with a friend. The reduced rate for a small-group lesson is $45 per student for two-on-one tutoring, or $35 each for three-on-one.
Background and Experience: I graduated from Columbia University in 1991 with a BA in mathematics and completed a year of graduate school in the Columbia University Mathematics Department in 1992. Before starting my own tutoring business, I was trained and employed by two companies for two years: The Math Set and Advantage Testing, both of Atlanta, GA. In 2004 I founded the business, Insight Tutoring of San Francisco, which I have directed until the present. I have worked with hundreds of students from public and private schools across the Bay Area, including Lowell, SOTA, Lick-Wilmerding, UC Berkeley, the San Francisco School, University High School, Saint Ignatius, and many others. For a combined 10 years, I conducted on-site, comprehensive SAT prep classes at the International High School (FAIS/IHS) and Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep.
Parent and Volunteer: I am the proud parent of three children myself and am happy to give back to the community by volunteering as a classroom tutor about two hours per week in their elementary school.
Word on the Street: I often overhear my students saying, “I learned more in one hour with David than in one week of math at school.”
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