SAT Unit 4

What is the definition of assail?

• to examine carefully

• to ridicule / make fun of

• to attack with words or force

• to speed up the process of

What is the definition of fecund?

• fertile; productive

• generous; kind

• grumbling; grumpy

• overly dramatic

What is the definition of histrionic?

• intended to teach; morally instructive

• overly dramatic

• lacking ideas or intelligence

• extreme wickedness

What is the definition of scrutinize?

• to examine carefully

• to back up with evidence

• to swell or expand

• to attack with words or force

What is the definition of sage?

• someone who consumes a lot of food or drink

• someone skillful with his or her hands

• a wiseman; someone who is wise through experience and reflection

• lacking intelligence or ideas

What is the definition of deride?

• to praise highly

• to publicly brag

• to attack with words or force

• to ridicule (make fun of)

What is the definition of benevolent?

• fertile; productive

• generous; kind

• eager to fight

• feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense

What is the definition of didactic?

• a wiseman; someone who is wise through experience or reflection

• abundant; plentiful

• lacking ideas or intelligence

• intended to teach; morally instructive

What is the definition of vacuous?

• lacking ideas or intelligence

• lacking harmony or agreement

• overly dramatic

• extreme wickedness

What is the definition of distend?

• to intensify or improve

• to swell or expand

• to delay action or progress

• to speed up the progress of