11th grade vocabulary

Example

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word? The historian's account is notably ___: she presents the evidence for each interpretation without favouring any one of them.

1. The best word matches the precise meaning required by the context.
2. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "The historian's account is notably evenhanded: she presents the evidence for each interpretation without favouring any one of them."
3. So the answer is: evenhanded

Answer: evenhanded

Example

Which word matches this description? having mixed or contradictory feelings about something

1. High-utility academic words appear across SAT texts in science, history and literature.
2. ambivalent: having mixed or contradictory feelings about something
3. So the answer is: ambivalent

Answer: ambivalent

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Which word matches this description? open to more than one interpretation; unclear

1. These words frequently describe research, argument and change in SAT passages.
2. equivocal: open to more than one interpretation; unclear
3. So the answer is: equivocal

Answer: equivocal

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Which tone word matches this description? showing deep respect

1. Precise tone words let you describe a writer's attitude exactly in analysis.
2. reverent: showing deep respect
3. So the answer is: reverent

Answer: reverent

Example

Choose the word that is correct in formal English. The heat in the stuffy exam hall was ___.

1. Advanced writers distinguish near-identical words precisely; examiners notice when they don't.
2. 'Torturous' = causing great suffering.
3. Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "The heat in the stuffy exam hall was torturous."
4. So the answer is: torturous

Answer: torturous