Common SAT/ACT Words 1-40

a difficulty or challenge

• adulation

• abbreviate

• adversity

to say really good things about someone (to praise them)

• adulation

• abstinence

• aesthetic

I ___________________ the word because it was too long.

• adulation

• abbreviated

• abstained

The actor received great ______________ for his outstanding performance.

• aesthetic

• adversity

• adulation

Corrie Ten Boom went through much __________ in her life. She was put in a Nazi concentration camp for hiding Jews in her home, and her father and sister died in the camp.

• adversity

• adulation

• abbreviation

People who struggle with addiction often practice ______________ from things like smoking and alcohol.

• abstinence

• adversity

• aesthetic

Often during the season of Lent, Christians give up certain things to focus on prayer. They may ______________ from things like alcohol, dairy, meat, sugar, and social media.

• abbreviate

• abstain

• adulate

When we decorate for Halloween, we like to give our house a very spooky but sophisticated ________________________.

• adulation

• aesthetic

• adversity

Can you tell me what the ____________ "sus" means? I don't understand it.

• adulation

• aesthetic

• abbreviation

something or someone that makes you feel tired and drained of energy

• compassionate

• assiduous

• enervating