SAT Vocab List #4 (2024)

Which word means "to support or argue for a cause or policy"?

• Brusque

• Advocate

• Torpid

• Defunct

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What is the meaning of the word "brusque"?

• Lazy

• Supportive

• Blunt, abrupt

• Artistic

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word is synonymous with "to promote or take up a cause"? Lots of talk.

• Espouse

• Obviate

• Hone

• Bulwark

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What does the word "hone" mean in the context of skills?

• To avoid

• To sharpen or increase

• To barricade

• To study word origins

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Which word means "to avoid or make unnecessary"?

• Aesthetic

• Defunct

• Obviate

• Torpid

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

What is the definition of "torpid"?

• Concerning art or beauty

• Inactive, lazy, stagnant

• No longer in existence

• Fortification, barricade

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which word relates to art or beauty?

• Etymology

• Aesthetic

• Brusque

• Advocate

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What does "bulwark" refer to?

• A study of word origins

• A fortification or barricade

• An inactive state

• A sharp increase

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which word means "no longer in existence"?

• Defunct

• Espouse

• Hone

• Obviate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is "etymology" the study of?

• Art and beauty

• Word origins

• Fortifications

• Inactivity

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4