Week 6. SAT Words

What does abscond mean?

• To leave a place in a formal manner.
• To flee

• To arrive at a destination slowly and carefully.
• To stay in one place for a long time.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What does affluent mean?

• Poor or destitute
• Unsuccessful or failing
• Average or mediocre
• Wealthy or prosperous

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

What does bombastic mean?

• Inflated speech; forceful and powerful, but with little meaning behind it; pompous

• Casual and informal speech.
• Language that is difficult to understand.
• Simple and straightforward language.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

What does clout mean?

• A term for a type of food.
• Influence or power

• A measure of physical strength.
• A type of fabric used in clothing.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

What does exacerbate mean?

• To improve or make better.
• To ignore or overlook.
• To make worse.

• To simplify or clarify.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

What does insidious mean?

• Innocuous and harmless.
• Causing immediate harm.
• Harmful

• Beneficial in a direct manner.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What does punctilious mean?

• Showing indifference to precision and accuracy.
• Lacking attention to detail; careless and hasty.
• Paying attention to detail

• Being overly casual and relaxed in approach.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What does reprieve mean?

• A permanent increase in punishment.
• A formal accusation of a crime.
• A method of execution.
• A cancellation or postponement of a punishment

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

The boy asked for a _ from his punishment because he cut his finger and needed a bandage.

(a)  

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.6

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

The boy used his social _ to get nominated and elected for student body president two years in a row.

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.6