High-utility SAT words (set A)
11th grade (Year 12 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: L.11-12.4.A, L.11-12.6 · England: SAT Reading and Writing (Words in Context), ACT Reading, A-level English
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Question 1
Type the word (in English) that matches this description. capable of working successfully
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Question 2
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word? Although the plan looked good on paper, engineers doubted it was ___ in the harsh desert climate.
- A. viable
- B. inadvertent
- C. ambivalent
- D. superfluous
Question 3
Which word matches this description? to make pain or a problem easier to bear
- A. alleviate
- B. ambivalent
- C. tentative
- D. mitigate
Question 4
Type the word (in English) that matches this description. having mixed or contradictory feelings about something
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Question 5
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word? The committee took a ___ approach, choosing the plan that could realistically be funded rather than the most ambitious one.
- A. pragmatic
- B. superfluous
- C. candid
- D. tentative
Question 6
Which word matches this description? to notice or recognise something that is not obvious
- A. tentative
- B. discern
- C. exacerbate
- D. alleviate
Question 7
Type the word (in English) that matches this description. to make pain or a problem easier to bear
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Question 8
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word? Cutting the trees would only ___ the erosion problem, as their roots hold the soil in place.
- A. alleviate
- B. exacerbate
- C. corroborate
- D. mitigate
Question 9
Which word matches this description? not intended; accidental
- A. tentative
- B. compelling
- C. inadvertent
- D. viable
Question 10
Type the word (in English) that matches this description. dealing with things sensibly and realistically
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Question 11
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word? Inspectors will ___ every line of the contract before it is signed.
- A. alleviate
- B. scrutinise
- C. mitigate
- D. corroborate
Question 12
Which word matches this description? found everywhere
- A. plausible
- B. ubiquitous
- C. mitigate
- D. scrutinise
Question 13
Type the word (in English) that matches this description. seeming reasonable or likely to be true
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Question 14
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word? The detective found the suspect's alibi ___ at first, but it fell apart under questioning.
- A. ubiquitous
- B. inadvertent
- C. superfluous
- D. plausible
Question 15
Which word matches this description? to make pain or a problem easier to bear
- A. discern
- B. superfluous
- C. inadvertent
- D. alleviate
Question 16
Type the word (in English) that matches this description. to notice or recognise something that is not obvious
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