Week 28 SAT Word Wall Vocabulary Pre-Assessment

Define "ardent."

• passionate; enthusiastic

• arbitrary; random

• dim; unimaginative

• advocate; champion

Define "avow."

• to distance oneself from

• to complain; to argue

• to claim; to declare boldly; to admit

• to criticize; to find fault with

Define "charisma."

• Latin for "zero."

• an absence of self-confidence

• an ability to create disloyalty amongst one's followers

• a magical-seeming ability to attract followers or inspire loyalty

Define "hypocrisy."

• insincerity; two-facedness

• sincerity; honesty

• paradigm; model behavior

• open; blunt; frank

Define "ignominy."

• honor; honorable

• reverence; sacred

• to be held in high esteem

• deep disgrace

Define "invoke."

• to entreat or pray for; to call on as in prayer; to declare to be in effect

• to disavow; excommunicate

• to shun; to expel

• to revoke a request or favor

Define "odyssey."

• a brief excursion, marked by good fortune

• a long, difficult journey, usually marked by many changes of fortune

• a passage by ship (e.g., by sea)

• a vision; a spiritual revelation

Define "patronize."

• to treat as an equal; to address with reverence

• to boycott a merchant and/or business

• humble; addressing others with humility

• to treat as an inferior; to condescend to

Define "repose."

• rest; tranquility; relaxation

• tiredness; weariness

• frantic; unnerved

• chaos; disorder

Define "surreptitious."

• in the open; disclosed

• blatant; blunt

• sneaky; secret

• aboveboard; evident