Vocab Group 3 SAT Prep Quiz

1.      to become dry; dried-up, shriveled

• Affidavit

• Cajole

• Giddy

• Wither

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

2. to shorten; to condense; to diminish

• Abridge

• Oust

• Grandiose

• Procrastinate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

3. 3. depressing, gloomy, dark

• Accolade

• Lieu

• Somber

• Infamy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

4. 4. hard to understand

• Accolade

• Abstruse

• Cathartic

• Bleak

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

5.  an award, an honor

• Accolade

• Wither

• Grandiose

• Connoisseur

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

6.   instead of; in place of

• Somber

• Badger

• Circa

• Lieu

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

7.   to slander; take away a good name

• Affidavit

• Defame

• Decree

• Docile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

8. 8. to launch; a device for hurling objects

• Catapult

• Grandiose

• Gloat

• Ajar

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

9. 9. an emotional or psychological cleansing that brings relief or renewal

• Cathartic

• Wither

• Cajole

• Gloat

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

10. 10. coax or persuade someone to do something they did not want.

• Bleak

• Circa

• Cerebral

• Cajole

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E