Since the BrainyFlix.com SAT Vocab Video contest is in full swing, I am just going to be posting updates at the blog we’ll be using for that website lolsats.wordpress.com BRAINYFLIX.wordpress.com. So please change your links and subscribe to getting updates from that site! :]

I’m helping MIT run a nationwide contest to get kids to make videos about SAT Vocab. We’re looking for short videos about 1-2 min in length. To see an example, check out our contest website @ BrainyFlix.com.

Once the videos have been submitted, we’ll allow viewers to vote on the videos, and we’ll award $600 in prize money to the video that receives the most number of votes. $200 of the prize will go directly to the winner(s) and $400 to the class or school club chosen by that person(s). To further encourage participation, we’ll give away 1 free iTunes song for every 5 videos a contestant submits or refers (up to the first 1,000 video submissions).

We have begun accepting video submissions! Other important dates are shown below:
- Video submission opens: 1/1/2009
- Video submission ends: 3/16/2009
- Voting opens: 3/23/2009
- Voting ends: 4/5/2009
- Winners announced: 4/13/2009

For more information, please visit www.BrainyFlix.com/main/contest_rules.

INARTICULATE (adj)
- unable to express oneself clearly or eloquently

To vote on videos about the word ‘inarticulate’, please go to http://www.BrainyFlix.com/words/inarticulate.

EFFERVESCENT (adj)
- lively; vivacious; sparkling
- emitting bubbles of gas

To vote on videos about the word ‘inarticulate’, please go to http://www.BrainyFlix.com/words/effervescent.

ZEITGEIST (noun)
- The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch

To vote on videos about the word ‘inarticulate’, please go to http://www.BrainyFlix.com/words/zeitgeist.

Hahaha — I think we may need to take an acting class or two… or ten. Ahahahaha

VENEER (noun) – outside show or elegance

Example: Jack’s smile of a veneer hid his disgust for the spaghetti and maple syrup in his mouth.

REMINDER: BrainyFlix.com starts accepting videos for the contest starting January 1, 2009!!!

TERRESTRIAL (adj)
- relating to the land

Example: Aliens are not terrestrial.

UNDULATE (verb)
- to move like a wave or in waves

Example: Poori’s body undulated when he was break-dancing.

Make your own vocab videos and enter the www.BrainyFlix.com vocab contest! $600 to the winner & free iTunes for every 5 videos you upload!

Hey guys!  Hope you’re having a fun and/or relaxing winter break!  I found this nice post with 100 resources to help you prep for the big test.

my friend and i started something we thought might be phun.  send us ur lolsats! DD      lolsats.wordpress.com

ok ok I know I’m jamming this hting down your throat buuut I want you to make videos so baaad ))

CONFER (verb)
- to consult together

Example: Jack and Jill conferred over who would make the BrainyFlix video.

VACILLATE (verb)
- to oscillate or fluctuate
- to waver in opinion

Example: Jill vacillated over what she should eat before deciding to eat everything.

I know I’ve been quiet, but I been up to no good these past couple weeks!  :]  Just trying to get the word out about MIT’s SAT Video contest hosted @ www.BrainyFlix.com.  YOU REMEMBERED TO SIGN UP, RIGHT???

Well, if I wasn’t able to get you to do it, maybe my good friend Jill can.  (That’s not her stage name, so we really are Jack and Jill – har har har).  She’s helping to make some sample vocab videos for the contest.  I know you guys will love her just as much as I do once you check her out!

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REPUDIATE (verb) – to reject with denial

Example: Jack repudiates Jill’s accusation that he was going to eat his boogers. 

And next, a quick little PSA about the contest from Jill, at her warmest, wonderful self!  Enjoy!