SAT Vocabulary Week 4

Planned in the 1990s, the system was ______ by the time it was implemented.

• archaic

• aspire

• assuage

• askew

• The hand-woven textiles were made by skilled local _____.

• archaic

• artisans

• ajar

• badger

• His glasses had been knocked ______ by the blow.

• abhor

• anterior

• askew

• abominate

She _____ to a scientific career.

• aptituded

• accoladed

• aggranized

• aspired

• His reply did little to _____ my suspicions.

• assuage

• amenable

• affinity

• abut

• She was _____ enough to realize that what Jack wanted was her money.

• ambiance

• altercation

• atrophy

• astute

The families were torn _____ by the revolution

• atypical

• abstruse

• asunder

• aloof

• Are we doing enough to _____ poverty in these countries?

• alleviate

• asunder

• abut

• aftermath

• It was one of the most _____ atrocities of the war.

• alienate

• abominate

• appalling

• adjunct

When the college was established in 1546, it inherited a hall from each of three ______ institutions.

• abyss

• assuage

• amplify

• antecedent