ACT/SAT Vocabulary - Set #1 (Lesson A)

VERB: When her rent was raised, Julie had to augment her income with a second job.

In this context, augment most nearly means:

• reduce

• magnify

• curtail

• diminish

VERB: The ethics committee censured the senator for accepting gifts from lobbyists.

In this context, censure most nearly means:

• criticized

• rejected

• abused

• fined

VERB: I concur with your plan except that I, not you, should be the company's chief financial officer.

In this context, concur most nearly means:

• dissent

• aquiese

• deviate

• disagree

VERB: Juana abhorred her irritating and demanding boss, so she quit her job after two months.

In this context, abhor most nearly means:

• venerate

• esteem

• loathe

• embraced

VERB: After two weeks of protest againset the dress code, the students acquiesced to the new rules.

In this context, acquiesce most nearly means:

• detested

• denounce

• rejected

• agreed to

NOUN: The mob showed its animosity toward the mayor by pelting him with rotten eggs.

In this context, animosity most nearly means:

• receptiveness

• predilection

• hatred

• solicitude