SAT Vocabulary 1

Kai, Maya, and Ethan are part of a cultural exchange program. They noticed a phenomenon where the social patterns, traits, or structures of their group started to change due to contact with the host society. What is this phenomenon called?

• to praise extravagantly

• resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential or purposeful; in medicine—acquired, not congenital

•  to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute 5. ascribe E. roundabout, not direct

• the modification of social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend of social patterns or 

  societies

  
  

Match the following

• Ascribe

• to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute

• Obedient

•  to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for; to share a feeling of distress

• Abominate

• to have an intense dislike or hatred for

• Commiserate

• skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

• Adroit

• Obsequious

Match the following

• Circuitous

• Alliteration

• Blending benignly

• Adventitious

• praise extravagantly

• Hyperbole

• resulting by chance or accident

• Extol

• exaggeration

• Not direct/ Roundabout

While on a school field trip, Lily and Ethan stumbled upon a dead bird in the woods. This is an example of what vocabulary word?

Grace felt guilty for breaking Olivia's toy. She decided to __________ by buying her a new one.

In a classroom discussion, Luna always adheres to the rules and never deviates from them. This behavior of Luna is considered which vocabulary word?