SAT Vocabulary 11

After being overthrown and __________, the deposed leader offered to bow down to his conqueror.

• strong
• weak
• tenuous
• proven

The rain poured down for a while, then __________, allowing the soccer game to resume.

• well-supported
• unconvincing
• profound
• plausible

When the king realized that the revolutionaries would surely win, he __________ his throne.

• extravagant
• disorganized
• unobtrusive
• flamboyant

The evildoers __________ the fairy princess from her happy home.

• nitrogen
• oxygen
• carbon
• phosphorus

The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the inside to __________ him.

• strong
• detailed
• weak
• tenuous

The team's win was considered an __________, as they had lost every game prior.

• profound
• weak
• negligible
• substantial

Oswald began to __________ the sport because he always wound up kicking himself in the head when he tried to play.

• loud
• intrusive
• unobtrusive
• aggressive

Despite the beating they’ve taken from the weather throughout the millennia, the mountains __________.

• central
• peripheral
• known
• celebrated

The holy man followed practices of __________, denying himself comfort in order to live a more spiritual life.

• rest
• struggle
• overland journey
• short trip

After they ran out of food, the men attempting to jump rope around the world had to __________ their mission and go home.

• symbiotic
• competitive
• aggressive
• unknown