SAT Prep Vocab: English 11 Lesson Three Flashcards

1

fertile; productive

bona fide
adventitious
fecund
optimum

2

open to more than one interpretation

fecund
pedestrian
ambiguous
optimum

3

to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses

extenuate
glower
importune
impale

4

accidental; nonessential

fecund
parochial
adventitious
pedestrian

5

to stare angrily

importune
glower
impale
obfuscate

6

to confuse; to bewilder

glower
importune
deviate
obfuscate

7

a violent change

impediment
cataclysm
maelstrom
labyrinth

8

local; narrow; limited

pedestrian
ambiguous
parochial
optimum

9

to improve someone morally

edify
importune
glower
impale

10

ordinary or dull

fecund
parochial
bona fide
pedestrian

11

in good faith

bona fide
pedestrian
adventitious
optimum

12

best; most favorable; ideal

bona fide
fecund
optimum
ambiguous

13

to turn aside from a course; to stray

deviate
impale
extenuate
obfuscate

14

to pierce with a sharp stake through the body

extenuate
importune
deviate
impale

15

to ask persistently; to beg

extenuate
edify
importune
deviate

SAT Prep Vocab: English 11 Lesson Three

Questions 15

SAT Prep Vocab: English 11 Lesson Three

Questions 15