SAT Vocabulary (fifth lecture)

Question 1

Complete the sentence: There is no more noble goal to which all Members of the United Nations could ___.

Accepted Answer

aspire

Question 2

Complete the sentence: This legal principle is well known and means that most judicial systems ___ duty alongside right.

Accepted Answer

juxtaposes

Question 3

Complete the sentence: In reality, ___ nature of the State served as a guarantor of the safety of people of all beliefs.

Accepted Answer

secular

Question 4

The word "irreconcilable" is a synonym for ...

Accepted Answer

incompatible

Question 5

The word "ambivalent" is closest in meaning to ...

Accepted Answer

equivocal

Question 6

Complete the sentence: She ___ a series of portraits of her family by the artist.

Accepted Answer

commissioned

Question 7

Complete the sentence: The Otomi are an ___ people of central Mexico.

Accepted Answer

indigenous

Question 8

"Onset" is closest in meaning to ...

Accepted Answer

outset

Question 9

The verb "to encompass" is an antonym to the word ...

Accepted Answer

omit

Question 10

Complete the sentence: It is unfortunate that the UN is constrained by the ___ views of some of the countries of the EU.

Accepted Answer

parochial

Question 11

"Fastidious" is a synonym for the word "meticulous".

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

The word "integrity" is an antonym for...

Accepted Answer

deceit

Question 13

"Adamant" is an antonym for "unbending".

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

"Disillusionment" is a synonym for ...

Accepted Answer

disenchantment

Question 15

Complete the sentence: I won't allow this committee to ___ my sister because of her faith.

Accepted Answer

persecute

Question 16

The verb "to flourish" is closest in meaning to ...

Accepted Answer

thrive

Question 17

Complete the sentence: The Committee notes the persistence of ___ traditional stereotyping of women's roles.

Accepted Answer

entrenched

Questions 17