SAT/ACT Vocab 2nd Six Weeks

There is a(n) _____________________ between effort and results.

Please ___________ next to me. I'm cold.

following continuously

full

Why do teenagers _______________ their peers by speaking bad about them?

recoil in fear

Disapproving comment; evaluation of an issue; problem that might be disastrous;

There was a __________________ in my bank account because of too little money.

The college student was kicked out of college because of _________________________.

The story about the man surviving a hundred story fall was not ___________________________

can be touched

humiliation

The conductor ____________________ a new symphony.

The patient was in critical condition

Depending on your beliefs, one comment could be _______________________ and another not.

Chillingworth's twisted efforts to torture Dimmesdale was ________________________.

improve; make better or clearer

The new furniture was __________________ to move.

Dessert was a ___________________ to the fine meal we ate making it perfect.

Although certain words are synonyms, they each have a different _________________.

decrease in size

to counter; make unimportant

The machinery was ____________ because it was slow, complicated, and inefficient

My wife _________________ for her injured leg by using a crutch.

They were critical of the new president.

There are ________________ all along the way that Dimmesdale was being tormented.

swelling; fluttering; waving

to be in conflict with

an outline, especially one representing the form of something.

going off the main subject

The injury was a __________________ of trying to defy gravity.

petitioner in a court of law

noisy, attacking speech

The way some people act is a(n) __________________ to me because I don't understand them.

The Scarlet Letter __________________ Hester as the heroine.

Having or showing a feeling of superiority

They ___________________ the performance because it was inappropriate.

The _____________________ was full of twists and turns.

The knight's ________________ was known far and wide.

The critical assessment resulted in a sweepstakes for choir.

The news commentator expressed critical views based off his research.