SAT Reading Supporting Evidence

Incumbent

• extremely large

• someone who has an official position

• a person, team, or business that competes with another

• the process of thinking about something or looking at something for a long time

rival

• to complete something that you have agreed or planned to do

• an old phrase meaning ‘to promise to get married to someone’

• happening so often that you become annoyed as a result

• a person, team, or business that competes with another

immense

• happening so often that you become annoyed as a result

• to tell someone a secret or discuss your private feelings with them

• extremely large

• a feeling that someone or something is not good enough to deserve your approval or respect

contemplation

• to arrange a formal meeting, or to gather for a meeting

• the feeling that someone or something is not important and does not deserve any respect

• very rude, offensive, or unpleasant

• the process of thinking about something or looking at something for a long time

perpetual

• happening so often that you become annoyed as a result

• an old phrase meaning ‘to promise to get married to someone’

• very rude, offensive, or unpleasant

• to tell someone a secret or discuss your private feelings with them

plight

• to tell someone a secret or discuss your private feelings with them

• happening so often that you become annoyed as a result

• an old phrase meaning ‘to promise to get married to someone’

• to complete something that you have agreed or planned to do

execute

• very bad and deserving no respect

• a feeling that someone or something is not good enough to deserve your approval or respect

• very rude, offensive, or unpleasant

• to complete something that you have agreed or planned to do

confide

• to tell someone a secret or discuss your private feelings with them

• strange and difficult to explain

• very rude, offensive, or unpleasant

• very bad and deserving no respect

obnoxious

• to arrange a formal meeting, or to gather for a meeting

• very rude, offensive, or unpleasant

• if a crowd of people disperses, or if someone disperses it, the people separate and go in different directions

• molten rock, metal, or glass has become liquid because it is very hot

disperse

• molten rock, metal, or glass has become liquid because it is very hot

• separate and go in different directions

• the feeling that someone or something is not important and does not deserve any respect

• to arrange a formal meeting, or to gather for a meeting