SAT Words Lessons #1-3

Using few words in speaking or writing

• eloquence

• braggart

• concise

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

to wander off from the subject or topic spoken about

• digress

• swagger

• taciturn

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

having pride in oneself and dislike for others

• terse

• garrulous

• haughty

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

pertaining to common everyday speech; conversational

• quiescent

• colloquial

• complacent

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; rude

• verbose

• pithy

• insolent

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

not talking much; reserved

• prattle

• reticent

• disdainful

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

self-satisfied; smug

• verbose

• terse

• complacent

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

quiet; still; inactive

• ostentatious

• grandiloquent

• quiescent

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

spread out; not concise; wordy

• diffuse

• succinct

• pretentious

The principal's _____ reply was clear: "No dogs on school grounds."

• supercilious

• eloquent

• terse

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B