High-utility SAT words (set B)

Question 1

Type the word (in English) that matches this description. an opinion formed without complete evidence

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Question 2

Which word matches this description? to increase rapidly in number

• A. proliferate
• B. extrapolate
• C. nuanced
• D. conjecture

Question 3

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word? The biography tries to ___ the poet's public cheerfulness with the despair in her letters.

• A. reconcile
• B. proliferate
• C. vindicate
• D. extrapolate

Question 4

Type the word (in English) that matches this description. based on observation or experiment rather than theory

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Question 5

Which word matches this description? to show that someone or something was right

• A. lucrative
• B. vindicate
• C. deference
• D. resilient

Question 6

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word? Judges must remain ___, giving equal weight to both sides.

• A. impartial
• B. volatile
• C. lucrative
• D. equivocal

Question 7

Type the word (in English) that matches this description. to make two ideas or people agree or coexist

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Question 8

Which word matches this description? something that differs from what is normal or expected

• A. anomaly
• B. conjecture
• C. futile
• D. nuanced

Question 9

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word? The farmers switched to growing herbs, which proved far more ___ than wheat.

• A. inherent
• B. lucrative
• C. futile
• D. equivocal

Question 10

Type the word (in English) that matches this description. to make two ideas or people agree or coexist

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Question 11

Which word matches this description? to estimate beyond known data by extending a trend

• A. volatile
• B. vindicate
• C. inherent
• D. extrapolate

Question 12

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word? The court's earlier ruling set a ___ that later judges followed.

• A. conjecture
• B. anomaly
• C. precedent
• D. deference

Question 13

Type the word (in English) that matches this description. an opinion formed without complete evidence

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Question 14

Which word matches this description? an opinion formed without complete evidence

• A. empirical
• B. vindicate
• C. deference
• D. conjecture

Question 15

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word? The critic offers a ___ reading of the poem, noting how its tone shifts subtly between hope and grief.

• A. nuanced
• B. volatile
• C. lucrative
• D. futile

Question 16

Type the word (in English) that matches this description. to estimate beyond known data by extending a trend

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