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Hot SAT Words:Lessons
# 1-10
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Lesson #9: Penny-Pinching Tightwad?
Words relating to CHEAPNESS or care with spending money
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AUSTEREAdj. Having great economy; showing
self-control when it comes to foregoing luxuries, frills; stern in manner or
appearance
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AUSTEREThe poet had lived an AUSTERE life,
foregoing all luxuries and creature comforts for the sake of his art.
Early in their marriage, my parents lived on an AUSTERE budget that allowed them to buy nothing beyond the bare essentials.
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AVARICE
N. Greed
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AVARICEThe mayor’s AVARICE caused
him to embezzle funds from the city’s coffers.
AVARICE motivates many people to cheat on their income tax.
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FRUGALAdj. careful with money, thrifty; not costly
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FRUGALSurprisingly, they were FRUGAL at
breakfast, but they spared no expense at dinner.
FRUGALITY kept the old woman from spending a penny on anything she didn’t absolutely need.
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MERCENARY
Adj. greedy for self-gain; thinking only of money making
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MERCENARY What appeared at first to be MERVENARY,
turned out to be an unselfish endeavor. Jim Carey’s client in LIAR, LIAR takes a
MERCENARY approach first to marriage and then to divorce.
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MISERLY
Adj. careful with how money is spent; stingy; thrifty
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MISERLY To lose weight, I eat a MISERLY breakfast. Too MISERLY to spend a dollar, she’d rather
walk than take the cross-town bus. Ebenezer Scrooge’s are the most famous of
MISERLY habits.
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PARSIMONIOUSAdj. Overly thrifty or miserly; stingy
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PARSIMONIOUS Gramps is PARSIMONIOUS with his words.
Sometimes he doesn’t say anything for days. PARSIMONIOUS Paul never buys anything
that’s not on sale. He’s generous to his family, but to outsiders he
is the epitome of PARSIMONY.
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PENURIOUSAdj. stingy; relating to great poverty or destitution
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PENURIOUSHis PENURIOUS childhood
taught my father the value of every penny.
The PENURY of the family was made apparent by the small cup of soup and crust of bread that Ma served for dinner.
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THRIFTY
Adj. showing care with how money and resources are used
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THRIFTYBeing THIFTY is one thing, but
being downright cheap is another.Mama practiced THRIFT by dressing
the kids in Hand-me-downs rather than in new clothes.
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CHEAP!