AVID 11 & 12--SAT Vocabulary #5 Review

Question 1

deserving blame or censure; guilty; blameworthy

Accepted Answer

culpable

Question 2

to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely

Accepted Answer

exasperate

Question 3

a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference

Accepted Answer

predilection

Question 4

to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease

Accepted Answer

mollify

Question 5

to stop developing, growing, progressing, or advancing

Accepted Answer

stagnate

Question 6

neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language

Accepted Answer

terse

Question 7

an insulting or abusive word or expression; vehement or violent denunciation

Accepted Answer

invective

Question 8

capable of being touched; real or actual, rather than imaginary

Accepted Answer

tangible

Question 9

not essential or inherent; not a basic part or quality

Accepted Answer

extrinsic

Question 10

to demolish or crush completely

Accepted Answer

pulverize

Question 11

to come from a source or origin; originated

Accepted Answer

derivative

Question 12

a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation

Accepted Answer

recluse

Question 13

easily provoked to anger; very irritable

Accepted Answer

irascible

Question 14

to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible

Accepted Answer

preclude

Question 15

constant; unremitting

Accepted Answer

assiduous

Questions 15