SAT/ACT practice 4.1

Which word means "lacking self-confidence; timid"?

• dogmatic

• diffident

• emphatic

• bauble

What is a "bauble"?

• a violent upheaval

• a small, inexpensive trinket

• a state of mixed feelings

• an arrogant assertion

Which word means "entirely without"?

• abide

• devoid

• latent

• atone

Which word means "to remain; continue; stay; endure"?

• abide

• atone

• egge

• ambivalence

Which word describes "using an arrogant assertion of opinions"?

• diffident

• dogmatic

• cataclysm

• bauble

What does "ambivalence" mean?

• to make amends

• the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas

• forcibly expressive

• to encourage to action

Which word means "to encourage or incite to action"?

• egge

• emphatic

• latent

• abide

Which word means "forcibly expressive"?

• diffident

• emphatic

• atone

• bauble

Which word means "to make amends"?

• abide

• atone

• ambivalence

• cataclysm

What is the meaning of "cataclysm"?

• a small trinket

• a violent upheaval

• a timid person

• a state of mixed feelings