a person who gets blamed for others or suffers in their place

SAT Vocabulary Words Flashcards

1

Supple means

rigid
stiff
unbending
flexible

2

If you are pretentious, that means you are:

realistic
humble
honest about your abilities
making unjustified claims about your abilities

3

Turmoil means:

quiet
order
disorder/chaos
peace and serenity

4

Serenity and __________ mean the same thing.

Agitation
Irritation
Stress
Calm

5

To aerate means to:

fly a plane
drown something in water
bring more oxygen to something
do acrobatics

6

Stifle means:

to repress or discourage
to make obvious
to outwardly express
to encourage

7

Unscrupulous

transparent
principled
lacking principles
honest

8

The definition of preclude is:

to see the results and then decide to say yes
to approve in advance
to see the results and then decide to say no
to rule out in advance

9

Prominence= _____________________

All three options are correct
Importance
Eminence
Renown

10

After the fire, Ms. Han tried to ______________________ her family photos.

salvage
all of these options work because they are all synonyms.
preserve
save

11

A scapegoat is

a nice person
a person who does wrong
Yom Kippur
a person who gets blamed for others or suffers in their place

12

If you act in pretense, it means you have:

true intentions
a trustworthy cause
false intentions or purpose
a truthful purpose

13

The opposite of servile is

weak and nervous
fearfully submissive
defiant and unafraid
obedient and worried

14

A trove is a(n)

Valuable collection
Empty garage
Garbage heap
something that is not valuable

15

Solace means a person has

sadness
longing
comfort
stress

16

Proximity means

Far away
all answers are correct
Closeness
None of these

17

Adversary means enemy and is a noun.

False
True

SAT Vocabulary Words

Questions 17

SAT Vocabulary Words

Questions 17