SAT Vocab #5

For a _____ treat, it is hard to beat a good old-fashioned chocolate bar.

• Euphonious

• Profound

• Indulgent

• Erratic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

People no longer like plain ____ soups, preferring instead spicy offerings with an unusual combination of ingredients.

• Insipid

• Profound

• Banal

• Tentative

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

If the teacher refuses to reply to emails, they will be open to public ____ and criticism from his superiors, further warnings and potential expulsion.

• Extol

• Censure

• Advocation

• Solitude

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

We don't want to do anything to ____ him or start the violence we're trying to prevent.

• Extol

• Enhance

• Provoke

• Indulge

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Most businesses actively try to ____ the commitment or loyalty of customers to their products.

• Endure

• Provoke

• Extol

• Enhance

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The damages done to our planet show the ____ of man and the companies that profit from destroying the Earth.

• Depravity

• Adversary

• Contemporary

• Gravity

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

I make an attempt to fight the heavy-duty ____ imposed upon my body, and ease myself out of the bed.

• Temperment

• Phenomenon

• Contemporary

• Gravity

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Over the past few weeks, the weather has been ____ making it quite difficult for us to plan outdoor events.

• Insipid

• Erratic

• Temperate

• Profound

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

He was a vigorous ____ to opponents, but he was also a very fair and honest man.

• Contemporary

• Phenomenon

• Adversary

• Censure

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The 9/11 attacks were an event of a most ____ magnitude that awakened the American people.

• Euphonious

• Profound

• Indulgent

• Tentative

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4