SAT Vocabulary List #7

Question 1

I had to ____________________ time with my friends, so I could get home on time.

Accepted Answer

curtail

Question 2

My _______________________, makes it hard for me to attend school.

Accepted Answer

paranoia

Question 3

If someone is "congenial", what does that mean?

Accepted Answer

S/he is agreeable., S/he is easy to be around.

Question 4

An investigator must ______________________ every crime scene.

Accepted Answer

scrutinize

Question 5

Which word means "cowardly"?

Accepted Answer

craven

Question 6

If someone trunkates or abridges something, what do they do?

Accepted Answer

Shorten that thing.

Question 7

The scene with the Cliffs of Dover in "The Princess Bride" took place within _________________.

Accepted Answer

fjords

Question 8

If people make another feel hostile, unwelcome, or estranged, what are they doing?

Accepted Answer

"Alienating" that person

Question 9

As a teacher, I try to "facilitate" your learning; what does this mean I do?

Accepted Answer

I make it easier; I help bring it about.

Question 10

You need to stop being so __________________; you should try to learn.

Accepted Answer

obtuse

Question 11

The teacher will _________________ the students' essays.

Accepted Answer

scrutinize

Question 12

Because the ________________ was narrow, the ship had a difficult time navigating through it.

Accepted Answer

inlet, channel, fjord

Question 13

The word meaning, "A way of doing something," is what?

Accepted Answer

mode

Question 14

I helped ______________________ the room, so Mr. Snow could deliver the test tomorrow.

Accepted Answer

facilitate

Question 15

I __________________ to pass the Aspire Test this year.

Accepted Answer

intend, hope, aspire, yearn

Question 16

The ____________ student's friends had to pull him into the haunted house.

Accepted Answer

craven

Question 17

Xavi is rarely ____________ when he comes in late from lunch.

Accepted Answer

congenial

Question 18

What is the word that means, "a mental illness of unreasonable anxiety?"

Accepted Answer

paranoia

Question 19

When a person "aspires" to something, what does that person do?

Accepted Answer

The person hopes to achieve that thing.

Question 20

My mother's _____________ for cleaning is weird; she gets everything out, and puts it all away.

Accepted Answer

mode

Question 21

If someone is "obtuse," what might you want to avoid with that person?

Accepted Answer

Emotional conflicts, Joining that person for a study hall.

Question 22

The new student felt ________________d on her first day at the new school.

Accepted Answer

scrutinize, alienate

Question 23

She had to _________________ her presentation because lunch was being served.

Accepted Answer

curtail

SAT Vocabulary List #7

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SAT Vocabulary List #7

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