SAT Vocabulary- Part 3

When a speaker asks a rhetorical question, he/she is asking...

• for effect and not really wanting an answer.
• a deep, introspective question.
• a yes or no question
• a question for the audience to respond to

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

You have to be careful not to get verbose when you write or speak, or your audience will lose interest.

• boring
• preachy
• wordy or long-winded
• persuasive or agrumentative

Tags

CCSS.SL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.4

Being a voluble person is a necessary skill for a politician because it means you are/can....

• excitable
• proud and self-absorbed
• approachable
• talk with a great deal of ease

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.6

The basketball team blamed their loss on getting a little too arrogant about their chances before the game, which means they were...

• proud; haughty
• humble
• ready; prepared
• pessimistic 

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

No one wants to be around a braggart because all they talk about is...

• classic literature
• how terrible the weather is
• school
• how great they are

Don't get complacent about your life--it can change in an instant!

• unhappy
• self-satisfied
• irrational
• verbose

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Avoid at all cost being a contemptuous person. Be proud of  yourself, because contemptuous people are...

• dangerous
• unstable
• lacking respect
• excitable

Eaten up with years of bitterness, Ebeneezer Scrooge had turned into a disdainful old man, which meant he was.... 

• self-satisfied; smug
• talking with a great deal of ease
• one who boasts a great deal
• full of bitter scorn and pride

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Will people in the future look back and wonder if we were egotistical maniacs, with our selfies and social media?

• lacking respect; scornful
• self-satisfied; smug
• Excessively self-absorbed; very conceited
• using too many words; wordy; long winded

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

It's one thing to be proud of yourself, but being haughty takes it to a different level because it means...

• talking with a great deal of ease;
• Excessively self-absorbed; very conceited
• having great pride in oneself and dislike for others
• one who boasts a great deal

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4