SAT Vocab 9th - Test 2

What is the definition of "Approbation"?

• praise; official approval

• to beg, plead, implore

• to expand, extend

• intense dislike

Which word means "secret, obscure, known only to a few"?

• Arcane

• Audit

• Avouch

• Assimilation

What does "Ardor" mean?

• great emotion or passion

• to pale; take the color out of

• to insist repeatedly or harp on

• to make thin or slender; weaken

Which word is defined as "state of rising, ascending; power or control"?

• Ascendancy

• Aversion

• Audit

• Augment

What is the meaning of "Ascertain"?

• To determine, discover, make certain of

• To expand, extend

• To beg, plead, implore

• To indicate, signify, give evidence of

Which word means "diligent, persistent, hard-working"?

• Assiduous

• Blanch

• Bemuse

• Avouch

What does "Assimilation" refer to?

• act of blending in, becoming similar

• formal examination of financial records

• to expand, extend

• to pale; take the color out of

Which word means "to make thin or slender; weaken"?

• Attenuate

• Audit

• Avouch

• Ardor

What is the definition of "Audacious"?

• bold, daring, fearless

• to beg, plead, implore

• to insist repeatedly or harp on

• to expand, extend

Which word is defined as "formal examination of financial records"?

• Audit

• Avouch

• Blanch

• Bemuse