SAT Vocabulary Set #1

We saw an ___ of the movie Gone With the Wind on TV last night; it only lasted 2 hours.

to border upon

It is a fact that most people ___ the thought of public speaking.

Elizabeth's directions to the party were very ___.

Sylvia ___ her relatives when they came to visit and tracked mud on her new white carpet.

The chairman accepted an ___ from the claimant, who was too ill to appear before the commission

to hate very much

The lost spaceship wandered aimlessly in the vast ___ of the galaxy.

to shorten; to condense; to diminish; to curtail

to dislike strongly

bottomless pit

The ___ she received for making the varsity swim team quickly went to her head.

a sworn written statement

Max had an ___ for sports and excelled at football, basketball, and tennis.

Hang gliding is only an ___ to Roseanna's real love, which is skydiving.

an award, an honor; approval, praise

a natural attraction

something added

hard to understand

The ___ rocks formed a perfect wall for riflemen to defend the castle