SAT vocab quiz

No matter what measures we take to _______ the process, societal change always takes time.

• speed up; nefarious

• change; volatile

• speed up; expedite

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

When he nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the doors of the Wittenburg Schlosskirche to protest the corruption he perceived within the Catholic church, Martin Luther established himself as an ____________.

• disproved; refute

• rebel; iconoclast

• criticized; derided

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Though Michael and Sam both attempted to convince Alice to accept their respective views, she remained _________ toward Frozen.

• conflicted; ambivalent

• criticized; derided

• aggressive; abrasive

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Pleased with his protégé’s progress, the violin teacher praised Julio’s _______ performance.

• beautiful; euphonious

• beautiful; excised

• dislike; aversion

James had an ________ to the solitude of an empty house, preferring instead to socialize with friends and family whenever possible.

• argumentative; contentious

• dislike; aversion

• made worse; exacerbated

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

___________by dominant ideas of what constitutes a beautiful body, activist Virgie Tovar seeks to broaden narrow cultural ideas of female beauty through personal essays and public talks.

• un concerned; unfettered

• made worse; exacerbated

• argumentative; contentious

When she realized she had told a different story to everyone involved, Kim had to ________ herself from a sticky situation.

• pull out; extricate

• calm; quiescence

• sorrows; lament

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Now _______ as an iconic champion of human rights, Nelson Mandela was initially regarded by the U.S. government as a threat, and remained on the FBI’s terrorist watch list as late as 2008.

• beautiful; euphonious

• praised; lauded

• argumentative ; contentious

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Prone to changing moods swiftly and without warning, Justin was renowned for his______ temper.

• generosity; magnanimity

• change: volatile

• conflicted; ambivalent

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The members of the prosecution had thought their evidence indisputable, so they were surprised and dismayed when the defense _______it.

• honesty; candor

• sorrows; lament

• disproved; refute

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C