Exploring SAT Vocabulary List #7

This video tutorial covers SAT vocabulary list number seven, introducing and explaining 14 words. Each word is defined, with examples and context provided to aid understanding and memorization. The words include adjectives, verbs, and nouns, such as 'superfluous', 'annihilate', 'castigate', 'deviate', 'fastidious', 'pliable', 'jovial', 'mutilate', 'persist', 'regenerate', 'scholastic', 'subside', 'translucent', 'visage', and 'cunning'. The tutorial aims to enhance vocabulary skills by providing clear definitions and relatable examples.

What does the word 'superfluous' mean?

• Required

• More than enough

• Insufficient

• Necessary

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Which word means to destroy completely?

• Persist

• Deviate

• Annihilate

• Castigate

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does 'castigate' mean?

• To reward

• To ignore

• To praise

• To punish

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

If someone is described as 'fastidious', they are likely to be:

• Always happy

• Hard to please

• Easy to please

• Very flexible

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.L.1.6

Which word describes something that is easily bent or flexible?

• Opaque

• Pliable

• Rigid

• Stiff

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What does 'jovial' mean?

• Serious

• Happy

• Angry

• Sad

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.L.1.6

What does it mean to 'persist'?

• To relax

• To give up

• To deviate

• To continue steadfastly

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.L.1.6

Which word means to reproduce or regrow?

• Subside

• Regenerate

• Mutilate

• Persist

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4B

What does 'translucent' mean?

• Opaque

• Allowing light to pass through

• Reflective

• Completely dark

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which word describes someone who is very shrewd and sly?

• Pliable

• Fastidious

• Cunning

• Jovial

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6