SAT Verbal

enigma

• non-stop

• kindly; good-natured

• a mystery; hard to understand or explain

• to reduce pain

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

drone

• a break; a rest

• to talk on and on in a dull way

• corruption; wickedness

• fearful; worried

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

expedite

• very abundant; flowing

• quiet; uncommunicative; silent

• a break; a rest

• to quicken

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

apprehensive

• doubtful

• fearful; worried

• narrow-minded; unsophisticated

• acceptable religious beliefs

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

complacent

• commonplace; uninspired; dull

• short-lived; fleeting

• to give in; agree

• smug; self-satisfied

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

benevolent

• kindly; to wish well

• to praise

• to make changes; to modernize

• gullible; ready to believe without proof

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

innocuous

• harmless; insignificant

• lack of agreement or harmony

• adoration

• kindly; good-natured

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

autonomy

• frankness; honesty

• weighty; heavy

• greed

• self-rule; independence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

revere

• non-stop

• hopeless; without effect

• to worship; to honor

• smug; self-satisfied

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

apathy

• lack of emotion or interest

• stubbornly opinionated

• a show of respect

• thoroughly sorry

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4