SAT Vocabulary Formative Assessment

Abate

• V. To become less active, less intense, or less in amount

• V. To place bait on a fishing hook

• V. To circle around an area, encircle

• V. To jump above an obstacle

True or False

Corroborate - V. To provide evidence for; to back up (a claim)

• True

• False

Demur

• V. To postpone

• V. To lower, to reduce

• V. To object to

• V. To lie, to mislead

True or False

Eminent - Adj. About to happen

• True

• False

Frankly

• Adj. The amount of Franks something has

• Adj. Directly, clearly

• Adj. Sarcastic, mocking

• Adj. Objective, impartial

True or False

Ignominious - Adj. Nameless, unidentifiable

• True

• False

Ambivalence

• N. The character and atmosphere of a place

• Adj. The atmosphere of a place

• Adj. Being uncertain, stuck between options

• N. The state of being uncertain or stuck between options.

True or False

Antipathy - N. Lack of interest or concern

• True

• False

Ferocity

• N. Passionate, intense

• Adj. Passionate, intense

• Adj. Viciousness, violence

• N. Viciousness, violence

True or False

Locomotion - N. Movement

• True

• False