Category: Vocabulary

Critical Reading

B

C

D

Inferences

expound

altercation

formidable

hyperbole

inscrutable

Related Words

D

E

C

B

Deep>

rage

dour

harry

formidable

incisive

Crossword Puzzle

Across
3. gadfly
6. exp>8. galvanize
10. humility
15. omniscient
16. cajole
17. ominous
18. sycop>
Down
1. Exult
2. Balk
4. Agrarian
5. Acrimony
7. incognito
9. ep>11. incarcerate
12. p>13. grimace
14. hyperbole

Subject Promp>

The athletic programs should be the first to be cut, because most schools overfund their athletic programs from the get go, and there are many ways children can get quality exercise on even an extremely low budget.

Words in Context

artful, latent, inert, pernicious, myriad, circumvent

jocose, barrister, acquit, deprecated, frugal

adulation, culinary, bawdy, deprecate

Sentence Comp>

five-star restaurant.

he lost the trial.

reflections danced across the walls.

taking the last slice of pizza.

she worked in tourist-heavy locations.

jump out and ruin the presentation.

he was guilty.

lose his entire crop of corn.

growing fame.

offensive.

buy new clothes, even when his own were falling apart.

the thesis committee.

wash them in the sink.

working at the construction site.

rerouted the power supply.

Words in Context

arduous, affable, sycophants, grimace, grandiloquent, gadflies, humility, harangue

dolorous, avid, formiddable, gargantuan, agrarian, explicit, epistles

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. a p>B. the state of being grateful
C. with p>D. a drive to move
E. moved away from things
F. moved down

aptitude, motivator

gratitude

fictional
benefactor
faction
facet
manufacture
gratin
gratification
immigration
certification
confection
effect
perfect

Inference

behaved poorly.

either unionize or quit.

had an appointment with the mechanic later that day.

Critical Reading

B

D

C

D

Words in Context

emulate, collaborate, contrite, impound, magnanimous

frowsy, expatriate, enhance, sere, inane

Words in Context

evoke, unctuous, postulated, heinous, impeccable

Sentence Comp>

wearing makeup.

murder and robbery.

of the extensive drought.

paintings and sculptures.

robbing the bank.

her home country.

forgetfulness.

Sentence Comp>

parked in a reserved spot.

a religious service.

the widow’s husband.

without modern amenities for years.

copying the way she dresses.

appearing uninformed.

were rude to the waitstaff last time.

the war.

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

A. not known
B. the p>C. in a state of knowing
D. flesh eater
E. p>F. again in the flesh

I think, therefore I am.

last flesh eating

cognitive
cognition
recognize
carnival
incarnate
carnage
carnelian

Inference

buy an indoor plant.

dumping water on pretend fires.

how she used to suffer under its corrupt government.

Writing

George Bernard Shaw’s quotation contrasts people whose curiosity is limited by reality and people whose curiosity can change their reality.