Vocabulary
Test Structure & Scoring
Vocabulary
Sentence Completions
Test Strategies
100
To challenge as false, especially someone's motives.
What is impugn?
100
T/F Sentence Completion questions are presented in order of difficulty.
What is True?
100
Viable
What is capable of surviving, practical and workable?
100
Although the psychiatric profession has clearly defined _______ that enunciate the appropriate behavior of children and adults, few psychiatrists _______ on what comprises appropriate behavior for adolescents. Identify the signal word in this sentence, and what kind of signal word it is.
What is although? What is a sentence shifter/contrast signal word?
100
The minimum number of answer choices you need to eliminate before guessing.
What is two?
200
To estimate the value of something; to measure.
What is assess?
200
The number of answer choices you will have on SAT multiple choice questions.
What is five?
200
Futile
What is hopeless, useless or ineffective?
200
The university must take a firmer stance against _______ in order to encourage students to turn in only original work. +/- connotation?
What is -?
200
What POE stands for.
What is Process of Elimination?
300
Unceasing; never ending.
What is incessant?
300
T/F You may write on your test booklet during the SAT.
What is true?
300
Tentative
What is not fully worked out or developed; uncertain?
300
Sarah was careful when handling the chemical mixture, knowing that it was ______ and could cause a dangerous explosion. a. translucent b. brittle c. frigid d. soluble e. volatile
What is e. volatile?
300
When reading a sentence completion question, you should identify and underline these strong adjectives or verbs in the sentence.
What is a keyword?
400
To think over.
What is ruminate?
400
T/F Difficult questions are worth more points than easy questions.
What is False?
400
Satire
What is irony or sarcasm that is intended to reveal human folly or vice?
400
The rookie centerfielder's love of the game was _____ and created a newfound camaraderie that was ______ in the team's dramatic turnaround. a. undistinguished... pivotal b. singular... antithetical c. infectious... instrumental d. moribund... crucial e. amorous... enmeshed
What is c. infectious... instrumental?
400
Two words that qualify as a sentence shifter.
What are although, however, nonetheless, even though, but rather...
500
To improve; to make more bearable.
What is ameliorate?
500
The number of points deducted for answering one question incorrectly.
What is 1/4 point?
500
Indignation
What is anger that comes from a perceived injustice?
500
She is a woman of ______ talents: an athlete, novelist, actress and fashion designer. a. multifarious b. indigent c. dissident d. distemperate e. idiosyncratic
What is a. multifarious?
500
The only time you should use the +/- strategy.
What is when you cannot fill in the blanks with your own words?
M
e
n
u