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SAT Vocabulary Lesson and Practice: Lesson 10

Word List with Definitions

1. ameliorate (v) to make something better, particularly a bad situation or condition; to improve

2. banal (adj) overused or common

3. bibliophile (n) one who loves or collects books

4. culprit (n) the person responsible for an unlawful or unallowable act; the guilty party

5. discomfort (n) physical or mental pain or distress

6. exhume (v) to remove from the ground something that was buried, especially removing a body from a grave

7. fray (v) to tear, cut, or pull the edges of a cloth or rope, so that the strings separate from each other

8. granule (n) a small particle; a single grain, as of salt

9. habitual (adj) usual; done by custom or habit

10. horde (n) a large group or crowd; a mass of people or living things

11. inundate (v) to overwhelm as if being bombarded by a large quantity of water

12. jovial (adj) cheerful and joyous

13. kind-hearted (adj) having a kind or gentle disposition

14. loathe (v) to hate or despise

15. monomania (n) an obsession with a single thing or idea

16. nefarious (adj) exceedingly or undeniably evil

17. outrage (n) an action that is outlandishly offensive or vicious

18. philosophize (v) to express an attitude or moral position; to espouse a philosophy

19. purloin (v) to steal

20. resilience (n) the ability to quickly or easily recover or regain a former state

21. suffrage (n) the legal right to vote

22. tremulous (adj) unsteady and shaking

23. unison (n) a state of acting together as one

24. voluble (adj) easily and readily speaking; fluent

25. zenith (n) the highest point; a peak of achievement

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SAT Vocabulary Lesson and Practice: Lesson 10 (cont’d)

Synonyms:
In the space provided, write the word from the list above that means the same or about the
same as the word given.

1. dig up 6. mob

2. merry 7. talkative

3. culmination 8. unoriginal

4. customary 9. deluge

5. fixation 10. criminal

Antonyms:
In the space provided, write the word from the list above that means opposite of the word
given.

11. separateness 16. kind act

12. pleasure 17. exacerbate

13. return 18. steady

14. fragility 19. cruel

15. seal 20. love

Analogies:
Choose the word from the list that best completes the analogy, creating the same
relationship between the second set of words as exists between the first set of words.

21. philatelist : stamp :: : book

22. hero : rescue :: : crime

23. star : galaxy :: : sand

24. license : drive :: : vote

25. nadir : descend :: : ascend

26. angelic : good :: : bad

27. gossip : rumors :: : doctrines

28. swarm : insect :: : person

29. garrulous : talk :: : shake

30. occasional : rarely :: : regularly

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SAT Vocabulary Lesson and Practice: Lesson 10 (cont’d)

In the space provided, write the word from the list above that best completes each given
sentence.

31. The vicious crime was an upon innocent victims.

32. A single of salt is made of box-shaped sodium chloride crystals bound together.

33. He attempted to the painting from the museum to sell it on the black market.

34. Our organization will the senator with letters asking him to vote against the bill.

35. He had a tendency to about moral values, but his actions did not match his words.

36. No one is more in our mass consciousness for war crimes than Adolf Hitler.

37. The of ambition in the American political arena is the presidency.

38. The lady took pity on the child and forgave him for running over her flowers.

39. She showed her by coming back from a knee injury to play out the rest of the
basketball season.

40. The man's for model trains took over his life; he could think about nothing else.

41. Her movements were due to Parkinson's disease, which causes shaking.

42. At the party, his boss was , but the next day at work, he was humorless again.

43. There was some when the doctor gave her the shot, but the pain was minor.

44. A great of soldiers appeared on the horizon, and the unit feared they could not
defend the bridge against the onslaught.

45. The edges of her sleeve had begun to , but she liked the worn look of the jacket.

46. The judge ordered them to the body in order to perform a second autopsy.

47. His drinking was ; every night after work, he would go to the bar.

48. The medicine the doctor prescribed seemed to her cough, but she was still a bit
congested.

49. The was caught trying to fence the stolen jewelry, and she confessed to the crime.

50. At first, I didn't mind it, and then I started to dislike it. Now, I'm beginning to it.

51. He was an indiscriminate and would read anything he could get his hands on.

52. The phrase "last but not least" is ; can't you find a more original way to say it?

53. The man in the seat next to her was ; in fact, she couldn't get a word in edgewise.

54. The Wyoming Territory gave women in 1869, marking the first time women
could vote in the United States.

55. The twins answered in , both choosing the same words at the same moment.

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SAT Vocabulary Lesson and Practice: Lesson 10 Answer Key

Synonyms 26. nefarious 54. suffrage

1. exhume 27. philosophize 55. unison

2. jovial 28. horde

3. zenith 29. tremulous

4. habitual 30. habitual

5. monomania
Sentence Usage
6. horde 31. outrage
7. voluble 32. granule
8. banal 33. purloin
9. inundate 34. inundate
10. culprit 35. philosophize

Antonyms 36. nefarious

11. unison 37. zenith

12. discomfort 38. kind-hearted

13. purloin 39. resilience

14. resilience 40. monomania

15. fray 41. tremulous

16. outrage 42. jovial

17. ameliorate 43. discomfort

18. tremulous 44. horde

19. kind-hearted 45. fray

20. loathe 46. exhume

47. habitual
Analogies
21. bibliophile 48. ameliorate

22. culprit 49. culprit

23. granule 50. loathe

24. suffrage 51. bibliophile

25. zenith 52. banal

53. voluble

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