Vocab 1 practice - Foundations

Question 1

The root of words like "acrid", "acute", and "acupuncture" means.....

Accepted Answer

sharp

Question 2

It was a _ to the Democratic Party that Bernie Sanders' revolutionary approach to voting worked

Accepted Answer

revelation

Question 3

The candidate was avoiding the main subject of the debate; he spoke in a ___ manner

Accepted Answer

circumlocutory

Question 4

The root of words like "apathy, asymmetric, amoral" means.....

Accepted Answer

without

Question 5

The root of words like "paintable, indomitable, malleable" means.....

Accepted Answer

able to be

Question 6

YA Fiction novels like Twilight are not considered __ by literary critics.

Accepted Answer

erudite

Question 7

Being called an ___ is a very bad thing; it is often used to describe pro-fascist perspectives

Accepted Answer

apologist

Question 8

Our president is anything but __; his use of Twitter to discuss policy is unprecedented

Accepted Answer

orthodox

Question 9

The root of words like "demagogue, pedagogy, and synagogue" (agog) means....

Accepted Answer

leading/teaching

Question 10

A synonym of "provincial is....

Accepted Answer

insular

Question 11

Would you please ___ the handouts to each member of the class?

Accepted Answer

disseminate

Question 12

The root of words like "action, agent, agenda, agile" means.....

Accepted Answer

to act/perform

Question 13

Your essay was a little too ___; you did not connect your ideas to their real-world context.

Accepted Answer

abstract

Question 14

The teacher said, "You really need to __ your argument with evidence".

Accepted Answer

bolster

Question 15

Ms. Sport ____ that the most important thing to study for the SAT is vocabulary.

Accepted Answer

postulates

Questions 15