SAT Vocab 11/1

What does gullible mean?

• Naive and innocent
• Easily fooled or deceived
• Intelligent and discerning
• Skeptical and suspicious

What does travail mean?

• quick and efficient
• painful or laborious effort
• pleasurable and enjoyable
• easy and effortless

The team, despite their recent ________, are still in the game.

• victories
• successes
• achievements
• travails

These various complaints are part of a ________ of ill-health.

• continuum

• series
• collection
• sequence

He was handsome in a ______ kind of way.

• awkward
• ugly
• boring
• raffish

A sordid, sentimental plot unwinds, with an inevitable _______ ending.

• mawkish

• romantic
• uplifting
• happy

If people weren't such ______ fools, these firms would be out of business.

• sensible
• intelligent
• gullible

• wise

What does continuum mean?

• A continuous sequence or whole without interruption or break.
• A temporary interruption
• A fixed and unchanging state
• A series of disconnected parts

What does raffish mean?

• boring or dull
• respectable or honorable
• unconventional or slightly disreputable or cheaply vulgar

• elegant or refined

What does mawkish mean?

• excessively sentimental or emotional
• exhibiting strong emotions
• extremely funny or amusing
• lacking emotion or sentiment