SAT Vocab 13 AP Lit

Fill in the blank: Showing creativity and originality is called ________.

• innovative

• traditional

• conventional

• ordinary

Fill in the blank: An introductory act or step is called ________.

• initiative

• introduction

• opening

• start

Fill in the blank: Open and sincere in expression; straightforward is called ________.

• frank

• curt

• blunt

• direct

Fill in the blank: A longing for something past; homesickness is called ________.

• nostalgia

• homesickness

• sentimentality

• remembrance

Fill in the blank: Unimportant; insignificant is called ________.

• negligible

• minuscule

• insubstantial

• irrelevant

Fill in the blank: Overbearing; proud; haughty is called ________.

• arrogant

• modest

• humble

• submissive

Fill in the blank: Fineness of taste, feeling, or thought is called ________.

• refinement

• sophistication

• elegance

• cultivation

Fill in the blank: The best or most typical example is called ________.

• epitome

• paragon

• archetype

• exemplar

Fill in the blank: An accusation in response to one from someone else is called ________.

• recrimination

• retaliation

• counterclaim

• defamation

Fill in the blank: Wrong; incorrect; containing mistakes is called ________.

• erroneous

• erratic

• erroneously

• errorist