SAT Reading and Vocabulary

He will not _________ his allegiance to his family

• aberration

• abogate

• abject

• abjure

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

He intended to ___________ the decree issued by his predecessor.

• abrogate

• adamant

• abject

• annex

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

However, her team's political____________ is clearly beyond mine, an Ivy League Medical Science Professor and NOT a Political "Science" Professor

• approbation

• acumen

• alacrity

• anathema

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

She looked for some sign of _____________________________ from her parents, hoping her good grades would please them.

• accretion

• annex

• accede

• approbation

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Phil and Dave were raring to get off to the mountains; they packed up their ski gear and climbed into the van with ______________

• alacrity

• averse

• amend

• adjoin

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

To the Ayatolla, America and the West were _______________; he loathed the democratic nations, cursing them in his dying words.

• ban

• alacrity

• anathema

• boon

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Lynn watch in astonishments as her coworkers ______________ the credit for her brilliant work in the project.

• antipathy

• antihesis

• alias

• apathy.

• arrogate

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The wealthy, self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict, _______________ life led by members of some monastic orders.

• assiduously

• arrogate

• ascetic

• annex

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

He was __________________, working at this task for weeks before he felt satisfied with his results

• abject

• acumen

• abjure

• assiduous

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The recent rains that filled our empty reservoirs were a _____________ to the whole community.

• boon

• boom

• bounty

• boo

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4