SAT Words

SAT Vocabulary #5

adulation

(n)

high praise

anecdote

(n)

a short, amusing, or interesting story

compromise

(v)

Settle a dispute with agreeable terms

Multiple Choice

Scrapbooks include photos or _______

that illustrate a child's milestones and memorable events.

• adulation

• compromise

• anecdotes

deleterious

(adj)

harmful

diligent

(adj)

hard-working

exemplary

(adj) outstanding

Multiple Choice

Divorce is assumed to have ___ effects on children.

• adulation

• diligent

• deleterious

frugal

(adj)

thrifty; cheap

hedonist

(n)

a person who pursues pleasure

​longevity

​(n) long life

Multiple Choice

The teacher read the ____ essay to the class so that the students had a good example.

• anecdote

• exemplary

• diligent

parched

(adj) dried up

precocious

(adj)

advanced at an early age

reclusive

(adj) preferring to live isolated

Multiple Choice

Four seems a tad ________ to be playing tackle football.

• precocious

• reclusive

• parched

​spurious

​(adj)

lacking authenticity

superfluous

(adj) extra

​venerable

​(adj) respected because of age

Multiple Choice

Since she had worked as a teacher for over thirty years, Mrs. Jenkins was considered a ________ educator.

• spurious

• superfluous

• venerable