SAT Vocabulary G11

adj. extremely bad

v. to declare formally and with authority

v. to make perfect or complete

n. viciousness, violence

What do you do when a chemist dies?

adj. tinged with a feeling of sadness

What's a foot long and slippery?

n. conscientiousness; the quality of being committed to a task

What did the snail hope people would say after they saw the new 'S' on its car?

What do you call an eyeless fish?

A journal or diary entry should be in the first-person point of view

adj. extremely plain; adj. stern and forbidding; adj. relating to self-denial

n. disagreement

v. to provide evidence for; to back up (a claim)

What happens when you remove the shell of a racing snail?

Finish this sentence: "We need to make like a tree..."

adj. sad, gloomy, dull

adj. kind, generous

adj. having knowledge or skill (usu. in a particular area)

adj. unclear or vague in meaning

adj. extremely bad

v. to destroy or cause devastating destruction

Descriptive writing should use lots of imagery

adj. derived from experience, observation, or an experiment

adj. satisfied, with no desire to change or improve

Mr. Sims can, sometimes, be funny

v. to use to your advantage

Which is the nosiest kind of pepper?

n. a strong feeling of dislike

Mr. Sims is hilarious

Descriptive writing needs a plot

adj. relating to hostile opposition

Which profession is often met with the exclamation "Put it out, dude!"?

v. to make a secretive mention of something

How do you say "goodbye in Korean"?