SAT Vocabulary 1

The definition of abate is __________________________

• reduce or lessen

• give up a position

• to really hate

• to refrain from doing something

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The definition of abstain is ________________

• to refrain from doing something

• reduce or lessen

• : to really hate

• pertaining to beauty

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The definition of benevolent ___________________

• friendly, helpful

• give up a position

• to refrain from doing something

• enthusiastic, loud

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The definition of compassion is _______________________

• sympathy

• friendly, helpful

• meeting in the middle, settling differences

• very large, spacious

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The definition of empathy is _______________________

• feeling someone else's feeling

• fleeting, temporary

• not lasting long

• friendly, helpful

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The definition of impute is _______________________

• to assign or attribute to someone

• patience, restraint

• feeling someone else's feeling

• not lasting long

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The definition of longevity is _______________________

• long (particularly long life)

• to assign or attribute to someone

• without consequence, trivial, doesn't matter

• to delay, often unnecessarily

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The definition of pretentious is _______________________

• being self important, thinking you are better than others

• flaunting wealth

• to assign or attribute to someone

• gifted/talented beyond one's years

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The definition of scrutinize is _______________________

• to look at carefully

• being new, being redone

• unnecessary, too much

• to assign or attribute to someone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The definition of wary is ___________________________

• careful, watchful

• to free from blame

• to look at carefully

• irritable, prone to argument

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C