SAT Vocabulary Unit 1 2023-2024

to increase in size;to cause to appear greater in power

Chris has had a champion's ___________for tennis since she was four years old.

to dislike strongly, to regard with intense aversion or loathing

to lecture, berate; a long bombastic speech

The steam engine was the ____________of the gasoline engine.

The sargeant ______________his recruits for not keeping in step.

to come between, to mediate, to occur between times

capacity for learning; natural ability

to ask earnestly; to implore, plead, beg

Julia ____________vegetables, she doesn't even want them on her dinner plate.

truthfulness, sincere honesty

The ___________ dolphin was easily approached by its new trainer.

The cafeteria at Warde has a _______________ eating space. It is large enough to seat 500 people at a time.

Without regard to feelings, our teacher said she would criticize our term papers with absolute____________.

easily taught or controlled; obedient, easy to handle

Our entire family __________ our father to take us on summer vacation to Europe.

roomy; able to hold much

Joe and his sister might have argued all day if their mother hadn't ___ and said that if they couldn't decide she would.

To ____________his achievements Paul would make up unbelievable stories of personal accomplishments.

going before; preceding; an occuence or event preceding another