SAT Wild Card
Robert wants to make changes; to the essay before we submit it.
A) No Change B) changes. to C) changes - to
D) No punctuation between changes and to
What is D, No punctuation between changes and to
To become less active, less intense or less in amount.
A) Abstract B) Abate C) Abysmal D) Adept
What is B, Abate
The bank said they couldn't provide a loan for the house.
A) No Change B) he C) it D) they'd
What is C, it
Bats are nocturnal creatures; they come out only during the night.
A) No Change B) creatures. They
C) creatures, they D) creatures - they
What is A, No Change
DAILY DOUBLE
The old mansion was IMPOSING in its huge size and gothic architecture.
A) No Change B) imprudent C) geriatric D) erratic
What is A, No Change
(Imposing: Impressive in size and appearance)
He traveled to other countries often including France and Germany.
A) No Change B) often: including
C) often; including D) often, including
What is D, often, including
The act of gaining a skill or possession of something.
A) Advent B) Allude C) Analogous D) Acquisition
What is D, Acquisition
The audience quiet down as the play begins.
A) No Change B) quiet's C) quiets D) quiter
What is C, quiets
When I turn 16 I'm going to buy a car.
A) No Change B) 16; I'm C) 16. I'm
D) 16, I'm
What is D, 16, I'm
ORNATE children are especially difficult to care for.
A) No Change B) Plausible C) Petulant D) Novel
What is C, Petulant
(Petulant: Cranky, pouty, irritable)
To work in opposition to.
A) Convey B) Corroborate C) Counteract
D) Cultivate
What is C, Counteract
Relating to beauty or refined taste.
A) Aesthetic B) Agitate C) Antipathy D) Austere
What is A, Aesthetic
Us students are always studying hard in class.
A) No Change B) You's C) We D) We'd
What is C, We
Everywhere we traveled in Japan there were vending machines: some served green teas while others carried only juice.
A) No Change B) machines - some
C) machines; some D) machines: some
What is B, machines - some
The father SECTRETED his son's marriage.
A) No Change B) prescribed C) fluctuated
D) repudiated
What is D, repudiated
(Repudiate: To refuse to recognize as true)
To belittle or speak down to.
A) Discord B) Diversification C) Dubious
D) Disparage
What is D, Disparage
Kind or generous.
A) Bolster B) Brawl C) Benevolent D) Brevity
What is C, Benevolent
She likes to read, running and play guitar.
A) No Change B) runned C) runs D) run
What is D, run
Cambridge is home to two of the best universities in the world. MIT and Harvard.
A) No Change B) world: MIT C) world - MIT
D. World; MIT
What is B, world: MIT
I noticed a QUALITATIVE change in her paintings.
A) No Change B) quantitative C) renounced
D) squalid
What is A, No Change
(Qualitative: Involving qualities of something.
The Thai restaurant serves noodle dishes such as: pad thai, pad see ew and gai.
A) No Change B) such as pad C) such as; pad
d) such as - pad
What is B, such as pad
DAILY DOUBLE
The trait of being honest and frank.
A) Candor B) Candid C) Civic D) Course
What is A, Candor
I must remember to always learn from our mistakes.
A) No Change B) my C) ours D) their
What is B, my
She was waiting, at the train station.
A) No Change B) waiting: at C) waiting - at
D) No punctuation between waiting and at
What is D, No punctuation between waiting and at
Cell phones are UNDERMINDED these days.
A) No Change B) transparent C) imprudent
D) ubiquitous
What is D, ubiquitous
(Ubiquitous: Being everywhere at once)