PowerPlus SAT Vocabulary Book H Lesson 8

The teacher tried to overcome the general _______ among students in he ancient history class.

The youngest child was afraid to go into the _____ cellar alone.

adj. clear, expressive, and moving in speech

v. to refuse bluntly

___________ : few :: immeasurable : little

Being mistaken for a wanted criminal was an ____ he hoped would never happen again.

tile : porcelain :: _____ : cotton

_____ : tribulation :: easy : cakewalk

_______ : unprincipled :: conscientious : immoral

bird : _______  :: flower : dandelion

n. the forwardmost units of an advancing army

ultimatum : threat :: _____ : apparition

The ___ miners in the photo, covered w/ coal dust & bruises, didn't appear capable of smiling.

adj.  cloudy; unclear

adj. dark and gloomy

n.  cloth made from weaving or knitting

demand : ______  :: spectre :: apparition

adj.  extremely attentive to detail; meticulous

adj.  wretched, hopeless, and pitiful

Archeologists found depictions of a _____ painted on the walls of the ancient tomb.

n.  a mental image of an unsettling thing or event

n. a final demand or threat

The ____ of an erupting volcano destroying the village woke Felipe from his nightmare.

n.  Egyptian mythological bird -periodically burned itself & rose from ashes w/ renewed youth  

Through the airplane window, the city seemed to contain an __________ number of buildings.

_____ : articulate :: numerable : countless

Most early ______ were made from cotton or wool.

n.  a ghostly apparition

She turned each corner of the haunted house with the expectation of seeing a frightening ___.

______ : Marine Corp :: infantry:: Army

adj.  very attentive to what is right and wrong

Guards failed to notice the hole in the fence during a(n) ______ patrol of the border.

hasty : ________ :: thorough : meticulous

With _____ effort, the artist crafted the tiny, detailed, crystal figurines.

She continually _____ (s) his requests for a date.

reject : ______ :: accept : consent

murky : cloudy :: ______ : club

His _____ voice can be  heard on dozens of television advertisements.

n. a blunt refusal

n. a lack of interest or opinion

In her _____, she threatened to quit her job if her employer did not raise her salary.

adj.  too numerous to be counted

The ___ student could have kept the money she found but she turned it over to the owner.

The _____ will weaken the enemy's defenses before the infantry advances.

He received a ______ before he even finished voicing his request.

adj. performed quickly with little attention to detail

He ____ (ed) the swamp monster until it stopped moving.

shadowy : bright :: _______ : illuminated

The dinosaur used its spiked tail as a(n) ____

n. a short, heavy club with one end heavier than the other

He decided not to go swimming when he saw the ____ water of the lake.

______ : concern :: lassitude : fascination

v. to strike with a club

joyful : unhappy :: cheery : ______

The research division of the corporation is the _______of the robotics industry.

n. a person or thing of unmatched quality

n.  a painful or difficult experience