SAT vocab list 2

I don't understand why so many young people ______ reading; it's my favorite pastime.

• hamper

• enfranchise

• abhor

• kindle

fake; false

• placid

• counterfeit

• talisman

• remunerate

It was recently found that over 90% of the company's items available on eBay are ______ and therefore illegal to sell.

• enfranchise

• noxious

• abhor

• counterfeit

obstruct or hinder

• noxious

• hamper

• placid

• abhor

On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, _______ all American women, giving them the same rights as men.

• renumerating

• enfranchising

• hampering

• kindling

They misunderstand the old man in the shop, who they assume to be a racist _______.

• bigot

• talisman

• noxious

• remunerate

narrow-minded person

• bigot

• abhor

• talisman

• kindle

regard with disgust and hatred

• noxious

• bigot

• abhor

• hamper

He had a _____ temperament which put everyone around him at ease.

• placid

• bigot

• noxious

• talisman

When the contractor received no ____ for the work he had done, he told his crew and contacted a lawyer.

• talisman

• counterfeit

• remuneration

• abhor