SAT Vocabulary Set 14 and SAT English Review

Live comedy shows were always Hannah's favorite. She really enjoyed the idea that anything could happen during the lively banter!

• subsist

• premeditated

• improvised

• energetic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

The storm was blowing the boat all over the place. "Roger! Man the helm!" the captain shouted over the loud wind. Roger ran to the steering wheel and righted the boat before it tipped over.

• friend

• hurry

• operate

• male

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

CCSS.L.1.1E

The newspaper printed false information in the daily headlines. As a result, the reporter in charge of the story was fired and forced to find other work.

• journalist

• article

• publishing company

• chronicle

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Rossi needed to book a ticket to the author's tour. He had greatly enjoyed the novel; it was so different than anything else he had ever read.

• fiction

• present

• reserve

• arrest

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

The crowd started to ripple with excitement. The famous singer was stepping out of her car to enter the venue. Andre craned his neck to try to get a glimpse of her before she disappeared again.

• stretched out

• magnified

• constricted

• massaged down

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

The canoe was going too quickly toward the rapids. Yusef was banking on the shore to slow them down. While they hit the bank hard, it slowed the boat down enough that Yusef and his friend were able to jump out and pull the canoe off the water.

• hitting off

• counting on

• running into

• depositing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

Emilia knew the car was in bad shape, but she was unprepared for the exorbitant quote to fix it. She would have to start working double shifts to cover the cost.

• final cost

• referenced excerpt

• citation

• estimated price

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Pat had all the notes about the case in a suitcase that he carried with him everywhere. He was very nervous about what might happen if the information were to fall into the wrong hands.

• baggage

• trial

• sampling

• defendant

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

The extraordinarily strong man might be a good enough weight lifter to go to the Olympics! He had been training to do so since he was a young man.

• used to

• powerful force

• dominated

• may possibly

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

When the marching band won the competition, the drum line beat out a celebratory rhythm while the horn players chanted the school name.

• played

• pummeled

• subdued

• exhausted

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

CCSS.L.1.1E