SAT Vocabulary #1

There is a __________ of jobs hiring today that require menial skills, since most jobs have either been automated or outsourced.

• indigenous

• paucity

• stem

• affluent

• demean

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

To _______ the tide of applications, the prestigious Ivy requires that each applicant score at least 2100 on the SAT.

• stem

• insolvent

• affluent

• belittle

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The plants and animals _________ to Australia are notably different from those _________ to the U.S. One look at the duckbill platypus and you know for sure you're not dealing with an opossum.

• demean; apprehension

• affluent; indigenous

• indigenous; vicarious

• indigenous; indigenous

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

With credit card bills skyrocketing, a shockingly large number of Americans are truly _________.

• animosity

• insolvent

• antiquated

• hodgepodge

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The big houses at Beverly Hills are owned by __________ families.

• affluent

• paucity

• demean

• animosity

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Listening to his friend's adventures gave him ________ pleasure.

• vicarious

• paucity

• antiquated

• insolvent

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The governors _______ toward his rival was only inflamed when the latter spread false lies regarding the governors first term.

• hodgepodge

• demean

• apprehension

• animosity

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Those in attendance represented a ________ of the city's denizens; chimney sweepers could be seen sitting elbow to elbow with stockbrokers.

• stem

• hodgepodge

• demean

• indigenous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

He felt that physical labor ________ him.

• demeaned

• stemed

• emulated

• deterred

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The calculator rapidly _______ the mechanical adding machine.

• affluent

• indigenous

• antiquated

• vicarious