Name:___________________

Mr. Sudol
SAT Vocabulary Activity Sheet # 4

Directions: Below, you will see the SAT vocabulary words for this cycle, as well as their parts of
speech. Below these, you will see ten sentences, each with a blank space in it; you must look up their
definitions on your own. Please fill each blank in with one of the words in the box below; each word will
only be used once.

SAT Word Part of Speech

Adept Adj.
Alleviate Verb
Ambiguous Adj.
Censure Verb
Challenge Verb
Comprehensive Adj.
Derelict Adj.
Dubious Adj.
Inept Adj.
Infusion Noun

1. Emmy is at computing math problems in her head.

2. The police’s ___________ handling of the evidence caused the criminal to be found “not guilty” at
trial.

3. It remains to be seen whether the senate will one of its members for his poor conduct.

4. The escaped convict was found by the police in the nearby house.

5. Not even the strongest pain reliever will ___ pain of being cheated-on in a relationship.

6. The legal ___________, brought by the landlord to the court, stated that the residents should be evicted
for failure to pay their rent.

7. America is called the “Melting Pot” because it represents an of several different world
cultures, races, and religions.

8. The semester exam is a assessment, testing students on all of their material from
September through January.

9. After his best friend lied three times, Chris was of Victor’s story.

10. The pregnancy test results were , preventing the woman from telling whether or not she
was actually pregnant.