SAT Vocab 1-20

What does Meritorious mean?

• deserving of praise
• to calm down
• merry and happy
• to outlast

If something is TEDIOUS, what is it?

• boring, dull
• quickly
• social, outgoing
• indirect language, not getting to the point

What does it mean to PERUSE something?

• to read or skim
• to exclude from the community, leave out
• to do something carefully
• to be foolish

What does Placate mean?

• to soothe, calm down
• social, outgoing
• loud, energetic
• to persist, outlast

What does it mean to OSTRACIZE someone?

• to exclude them from the community, leave them out
• to race them
• to talk in indirect language and not get to the point
• to be able to see things other people can not

What is a PARIAH? 

• an outcast
• a skilled person
• a loud and energetic person
• a social and outgoing person

What does Persevere mean?

• to persist, outlast
• wordy
• boring, dull
• original, new, groundbreaking

What does it mean to do something DILIGENTLY?

• carefully
• loudly
• sadly
• quietly

What does Exorbitant mean?

• excessive, big
• outcast
• crazy, foolish
• skilled

What is a SYNOPSIS of something?

• a summary
• a title
• a beginning
• an essay