Fall 2021 McAlister's SAT List 2

The ___ of Christina skipping classes too often was flunking her classes.

• allure

• altercation

• aftermath

• also-ran

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Mario ___ his wealth by borrowing money and buying expensive things until he went bankrupt.

• aggrandized

• aggrandize

• aggrandizement

• aggrandizing

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

I could not set the security system because someone left the back door ___.

• alleviated

• alienated

• aloof

• ajar

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The boss ___ his secretary when he yelled at her for a making a mistake.

• alienated

• aggrandized

• alleviate

• aftermath

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Peter arrived with several ice sacks for the party, ___ the strain on the overworked icemaker.

• aggrandizing

• alluring

• alleviating

• alienating

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

____ by dreams of wealth, the medical student chose to study plastic surgery.

• Allured

• Alienated

• aloof

• altercating

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Most everyone thought Theodore was ___ although he was really just shy.

• ajar

• alleviate

• aggrandized

• aloof

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

With twenty thousand runners in the New York Marathon, you end up having plenty of ___, even among those in second place!

• aftermaths

• also-rans

• aloofs

• allures

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Patrick got into several ___ with the soccer coach this season.

• also-rans

• altercations

• alleviate

• aggrandize

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

Looming rain clouds meant the hikers were out of ___; they needed shelter.

• alternatives

• alooves

• aftermath

• also-ran

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C