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SAT Vocab Words

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word means "to lessen?"

a)

absolve

b)

abate

c)

reproach

d)

demonstrative

2.
to reduce or lessen
a)
abate
b)
aberration
c)
abhor
d)
abstain
3.
to give up a position
a)
abate
b)
abdicate
c)
aberration
d)
adversity
4.
to really hate
a)
abate
b)
abdicate
c)
aberration
d)
abhor
5.
to refrain from doing something
a)
adversity
b)
abstain
c)
anachronistic
d)
abdicate
6.
agreeable
a)
anachronistic
b)
aesthetic
c)
amicable
d)
abdicate
7.
something different from the norm
a)
amicable
b)
benevolent
c)
adverstiy
d)
aberration
8.

greed

a)

device

b)

demonstrative

c)

avarice

d)

abhorrent

9.

Common

a)

avarice

b)

banal

c)

bequeath

d)

churlish

10.

Which best defines "chagrin?"

a)

Embarassment

b)

Love

c)

Hope

d)

Happiness

11.

Which of these might be considered a charlatan?

a)

Someone who feeds the needy and spreads a message of love.

b)

Someone who plays Rock and Roll in a band.

c)

A poet.

d)

Someone who sells a cure for a disease knowing it won't work.

12.

IF someone said you were being caustic, they'd be calling you what?

a)

fickle

b)

bitter

c)

embarrassed

d)

hopeful

13.

If someone called you capricious, they'd be saying you were what?

a)

Trustworthy

b)

Stable

c)

Mean-spirited

d)

Fickle

14.

What might you do to the dog who ate your computer charger?

a)

Belie him.

b)

Assuage him.

c)

Berate him.

d)

Kick him.

15.

Which word means to relieve or appease?

a)

Banal

b)

Cacophony

c)

Assuage

d)

Attune

16.

Would it be a good thing or bad thing of your friend bolstered you?

a)

Good

b)

Bad

c)

Neither

d)

Both

17.

In the song "Love Story," the girl sneaks out to the garden to see her fella. What's the best way to describe this meeting?

a)

Adroit

b)

Blighted

c)

Callous

d)

Clandestine