SAT/AP Language Vocab List 3/4

Peter has a (an) _________________ air about him; when he speaks to his colleagues, it's as if he addresses them from up on a big, high horse.

• swaggering

• braggart

• narcissism

• disdainful

 To prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false

• refute
• approve
• endorse
• support

If you had a benevolent granny, she might....

• Give you money

• discipline you

• steal your car

• make fun of your friends

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CCSS.L.3.2F

If Stacy was complacent, she might _____________ after school.

• take a nap

• study math

• go to work

• seek tutoring

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

a riddle or a mystery; a puzzling person

• enigma
• maverick
• aesthetic
• belligerent

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Because Abby came from a wealthy family, it was not surprising she looked at homeless people with _____.

• profound
• tenacious
• contempt
• arrogant

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What other adjective is most similar to Prodigal?

• Cautious

• Moral

• thrifty

• Lavish

It's _________________ to say mean things behind someone's back, and then to act nice when you want something from her

• biased

• hypocritical

• trivial

• benevolent

At times, the grayness of the place was consumed by its own_____________ noise, of bars clanging, of inmates being led through the corridors, of guards yelling out orders …

— Benjamin Weiser

• eccentric

• riveting

• monotonous

• interesting

The other thing that contributes to the severity of the infection is the proteins the virus produces, Different genes mean different proteins; more _____________ coronaviruses may have spike proteins better at latching onto human cells.

— Sara Harrison

• valid

• vital

• vulnerable

• virulent