SAT Multiple Meaning Words List #4

1. The exploitation of the subject peoples and the conquered territory is for the benefit of the ruling class.

In this sentence, subject means:

• open

• dependent

• contingent

• familiar

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

2. He poised the bat and caught the ball with a masterly stroke that had something cannon-like in its execution.

In this sentence, stroke means:

• hit

• caress

• swagger

• mark

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

With the security legislation set for final passage this week, economists expect the prime minister to pivot back to the economy.

In this sentence, passage means:

• expedition

• selection

• ratification

• transition

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

4. Which of the following is most likely to stall a car?

• gas prices

• a thief

• highways

• a bad driver

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

No one dreamed of being able to write a superb critical analysis of Joyce’s "Finnegan’s Wake" from the age of four on.

In this sentence, critical means:

• crucial

• scholarly

• strategic

• severe

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Register means to:

• show in one's face

• travel upon or across

• render unsuitable for passage

• get rid of something abstract

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Right means:

• precautionary

• persistent

• perpendicular

• peculiar

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

One day in April, Stone wrinkles his forehead while looking over some plots of particle data.

In this sentence, plots means:

• schemes

• properties

• storylines

• graphs

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The opposite of discretion is:

• disingenuousness

• rashness

• impoverishment

• duplicity

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

“This machine withdraws heat from the environment”

In this sentence, Withdraws means:

• removes

• secures

• suppress

• needs

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4