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BEHS AP LANG SAT Vocab Set #1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Abate

a)

To decrease in intensity, amount, or severity (often used with problems, emotions, or conditions).

b)

Severely simple, plain, or strict; lacking luxury or decoration.

c)

The highest point, peak, or culmination of something.

d)

To avoid or bypass an obstacle, rule, or problem, often cleverly.

2.

Ambiguous / Ambiguity

a)

Open to more than one interpretation; unclear or uncertain.

b)

To admit or acknowledge a point, often reluctantly or after resistance.

c)

Powerfully convincing or persuasive; difficult to ignore.

d)

To adjust carefully for accuracy or effectiveness, often through fine-tuning.

3.

Ameliorate

a)

To support or strengthen an idea, argument, or structure.

b)

To increase the strength, intensity, or effect of something.

c)

Opposed, hostile, or resistant to something or someone

d)

To make a bad situation better; to improve something negative.

4.

Analogous

a)

Comparable in key ways; similar enough to allow a meaningful comparison.

b)

Something that deviates from what is normal, expected, or typical.

c)

The highest point, peak, or culmination of something.

d)

To admit or acknowledge a point, often reluctantly or after resistance.

5.

Anomaly

a)

Something that deviates from what is normal, expected, or typical.

b)

To decrease in intensity, amount, or severity (often used with problems, emotions, or conditions).

c)

Opposed, hostile, or resistant to something or someone.

d)

To adjust carefully for accuracy or effectiveness, often through fine-tuning.

6.

Antagonistic

a)

To admit or acknowledge a point, often reluctantly or after resistance.

b)

To avoid or bypass an obstacle, rule, or problem, often cleverly.

c)

Opposed, hostile, or resistant to something or someone.

d)

Something that deviates from what is normal, expected, or typical.

7.

Apex

a)

Requiring great effort; difficult and demanding.

b)

To increase the strength, intensity, or effect of something.

c)

To decrease in intensity, amount, or severity (often used with problems, emotions, or conditions).

d)

The highest point, peak, or culmination of something.

8.

Arduous

a)

To support or strengthen an idea, argument, or structure.

b)

Requiring great effort; difficult and demanding.

c)

Opposed, hostile, or resistant to something or someone.

d)

The highest point, peak, or culmination of something.

9.

Austere

a)

Something that deviates from what is normal, expected, or typical.

b)

Severely simple, plain, or strict; lacking luxury or decoration.

c)

Powerfully convincing or persuasive; difficult to ignore.

d)

To admit or acknowledge a point, often reluctantly or after resistance.

10.

Amplify

a)

To support or strengthen an idea, argument, or structure.

b)

The highest point, peak, or culmination of something.

c)

To make a bad situation better; to improve something negative.

d)

To increase the strength, intensity, or effect of something.

11.

Buttress

a)

To adjust carefully for accuracy or effectiveness, often through fine-tuning.

b)

Opposed, hostile, or resistant to something or someone.

c)

To support or strengthen an idea, argument, or structure.

d)

Requiring great effort; difficult and demanding.

12.

Calibrate

a)

To avoid or bypass an obstacle, rule, or problem, often cleverly.

b)

To admit or acknowledge a point, often reluctantly or after resistance.

c)

Something that deviates from what is normal, expected, or typical.

d)

To adjust carefully for accuracy or effectiveness, often through fine-tuning.

13.

Circumvent

a)

To avoid or bypass an obstacle, rule, or problem, often cleverly.

b)

To admit or acknowledge a point, often reluctantly or after resistance.

c)

Something that deviates from what is normal, expected, or typical.

d)

The quality of being unclear or having multiple meanings.

14.

Compelling

a)

To admit or acknowledge a point, often reluctantly or after resistance.

b)

Powerfully convincing or persuasive; difficult to ignore.

c)

To increase the strength, intensity, or effect of something.

d)

To support or strengthen an idea, argument, or structure.

15.

Concede

a)

To adjust carefully for accuracy or effectiveness, often through fine-tuning.

b)

Opposed, hostile, or resistant to something or someone.

c)

To avoid or bypass an obstacle, rule, or problem, often cleverly.

d)

To admit or acknowledge a point, often reluctantly or after resistance.