Vocabulary Mastery for SAT/ACT

What does the word "abstain" mean?

• To indulge in something

• To desist; go without; withdraw

• To destroy

• To cover

Which word describes something that is "damaged; destroyed; ruined"?

• Credulous

• Blighted

• Lachrymose

• Plethora

If someone is "ready to believe anything," they are considered to be:

• Haughty

• Lachrymose

• Credulous

• Obfuscating

What does "enshroud" mean?

• To make something difficult to understand

• To cover

• To shun

• To be tearful

The term "haughtiness" is best described as:

• Arrogance; pride

• An excess

• Boredom

• Sadness

Which word means "tearful; sad"?

• Plethora

• Lachrymose

• Repudiate

• Tedium

To "deliberately make something difficult to understand" is to:

• Obfuscate

• Abstain

• Enshroud

• Blight

What does "plethora" mean?

• A shortage

• An excess

• A refusal

• A cover

To "shun; eschew" is to:

• Repudiate

• Enshroud

• Obfuscate

• Blight

The word "tedium" refers to:

• Excitement

• Sadness

• Boredom

• Arrogance