WorksheetsSAT Vocabulary L5
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
askance
having two possible meanings; able to be understood in two different ways
lacking in strength, especially due to old age or illness
with a sideways glance, as with distrust
o calm or pacify
the scientific study of plants
biology
botany
plantology
waif
obsolete
a desire to atone for wrongdoing
no longer used or useful
to come together, to meet
penitence
he ability to anticipate future happenings or to plan for the future
a desire to atone for wrongdoing
mollify
o hold in a rapt state; to have overpowering influence
no longer used or useful
to calm or pacify
tortuous
having many twists and turns; intricate and difficult to follow
to work against a project or purpose; to subvert or sabotage
to talk harshly or critically of, particularly to speak false criticisms
a person, especially a child, with no home or prospects
waif
pyromania
absence
lacking in liveliness and flavor; dull
mollify
pommel
vapid
penitence
to work against a project or purpose; to subvert or sabotage
vapid
undermine
mollify
obsolete
professing beliefs or acting in opposition to one's true beliefs or actions; insincerity
hypocrisy
regress
inhospitable
foresight
to hold in a rapt state; to have overpowering influence
he ability to anticipate future happenings or to plan for the future
to talk harshly or critically of, particularly to speak false criticisms
subsequent
regress
malign
The old house was _____________. with its pain peeling and its ceiling falling in.
decrepit
obsolete
clumsy
the fact of being gone or not present
penitence
absence
ill-disposed toward newcomers; unwelcoming
malign
inhospitable
particles that fall to the bottom of a liquid
waif
sediment
diffidence
enthrall
moving awkwardly, especially causing collisions, accidents, or mishaps
obsolete
askance
clumsy
to strike repeatedly; to beat, as with a club
pommel
converge
mollify
urchin
waif
wail
wait
to move backwards, especially to retreat to a former state
mollify
regress
penitence
pommel
The two roads that ------------- at the intersection meet again in about 35 miles.
diffidance
converge
enthrall
the ability to anticipate future happenings or to plan for the future
hypocrisy
foresight
an abnormal and unhealthy obsession with fire; often the obsessive desire to start fires
pommel
pyromania
askance
a desire to atone for wrongdoing
obsolete
converge
penitence
diffidance
subsequent
ceasing
occurring before
occurring afterward
