SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #13

 

Review of some of the past words
Word	Meaning
benefactor	(n) 1: a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help);
illicit	(adj) 1: contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention;
pedestrian	(n) 1: a person who travels by foot; , (adj) 1: lacking wit or imagination;
cryptic	(adj) 1: of an obscure nature;
chasm	(n) 1: a deep opening in the earth's surface
creditable	(adj) 1: worthy of often limited commendation;
eccentric	(n) 1: a person with an unusual or odd personality 2: a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); , (adj) 1: conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;
blight	(n) 1: a state or condition being blighted 2: any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting, (v) 1: cause to suffer a blight;
bemused	(adj) 1: deeply absorbed in thought;
transitory	(adj) 1: lasting a very short time;
increment	(n) 1: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important;
qualitative	(adj) 1: involving distinctions based on qualities; 2: relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities
benign	(adj) 1: not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor);
abash	(v) 1: cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
delude	(v) 1: be false to; be dishonest with
purported	(adj) 1: commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds;
flora	(n) 1: all the plant life in a particular region or period; 2: a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
preeminent	(adj) 1: greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement;
profess	(v) 1: practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about;
affable	(adj) 1: diffusing warmth and friendliness;
monarchy	(n) 1: an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
clique	(n) 1: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose;
surrogate	(n) 1: someone who takes the place of another person 2: a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others, (adj) 1: providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties;
criterion	(n) 1: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;

 

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Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	terse	A	leading	1:		1	bemused	A	concentric	1:
2	profess	B	limbo	2:		2	clique	B	decrement	2:
3	transitory	C	passing	3:		3	flora	C	composed	3:
4	oblivion	D	mannerism	4:		4	copious	D	malign	4:
5	portent	E	plant	5:		5	affable	E	scant	5:
6	criterion	F	rebound	6:		6	subordinate	F	dislike	6:
7	preeminent	G	supposed	7:		7	acrid	G	dull	7:
8	subordinate	H	nice	8:		8	inane	H	licit	8:
9	discriminate	I	touchstone	9:		9	incisive	I	dominant	9:
10	purported	J	pretend	10:		10	eccentric	J	fauna	10:
11	flora	K	lost	11:		11	illicit	K	outsider	11:
12	repercussion	L	subdue	12:		12	increment	L	nice	12:
13	hypothetical	M	omen	13:		13	benign	M	thoughtful	13:
14	bemused	N	hypothetic	14:		14		N		14:
15	idiosyncrasy	O	crisp	15:		15		O		15:

 

Match Definitions
1	lasting a very short time	A	malefactor	1:
2	a state or condition being blighted	B	oblivion	2:
3	the state of being disregarded or forgotten	C	clique	3:
4	conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual	D	nostalgia	4:
5	an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose	E	flora	5:
6	longing for something past	F	beget	6:
7	commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds	G	transitory	7:
8	make subordinate, dependent, or subservient	H	blight	8:
9	make children	I	creditable	9:
10	worthy of often limited commendation	J	eccentric	10:
11	someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime	K	purported	11:
12	practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about	L	subordinate	12:
13	be false to; be dishonest with	M	profess	13:
14	a living organism lacking the power of locomotion	N	criterion	14:
15	the ideal in terms of which something can be judged	O	delude	15:

 

Recent Words Learned: clique, extrapolate, transitory, criterion, profess, flora, affable, nostalgia, preeminent, hypothetical, pedestrian, delude, cryptic, terse, frenetic, exacting, malefactor, portent, copious, increment Answer to Crossword in worksheet 12: Across: 1: illicit, 4: clique, 6: exacting Down: 1: incisive, 2: oblivion, 3: portent, 4: chasm, 5: beget