Definition
become less intense, violent, or severe
A. abolish
B. subside
C. abrupt
D. sink
B. subside
Yvette kept her voice ________ of all emotion.
A. bursting
B. conserved
C. lowered
D. devoid
D. devoid
Angela's SAT score experienced a momentary decline before shooting up to a 1600.
A. increase
B. bottom
C. decrease
D. damage
C. decrease
linger
Because he could be studying for the SAT at Gateway, Thomas had no desire to linger at home.
filled with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement
A. exuberant
B. diverse
C. eccentric
D. elevated
A. exuberant
widespread destruction
A. earthquake
B. garish
C. havoc
D. vestibule
C. havoc
Mia was able to _______ the solution by utilizing her excellent mathematics skills.
A. experience
B. subside
C. facilitate
D. derive
D. derive
Ella was brazen in her attempt to steal hot pockets from the freezer as Brian was only a few feet away.
A. emphatic
B. shameless
C. spontaneous
D. confident
B. shameless
incessant
Because of the incessant noise outside her window, Regina was only able to sleep for 3 hours last night.
rebuke
All of Yvette's friends decided to rebuke her for skipping too many days of SAT class.
not able to be seen through; not transparent.
A. esoteric
B. resistant
C. ephemeral
D. opaque
D. opaque
Caitlyn was _________ when she found out that she had won $1,000,000 from the local lottery.
A. tremendous
B. melodramatic
C. surly
D. ecstatic
D. ecstatic
Thomas had the arduous task of pulling 50 pounds of equipment up a mountain during a 5 mile hike.
A. strenuous
B. bombastic
C. entertaining
D. cognizant
A. strenuous
prudence
In the name of prudence, Angela decided not to drive 100 mph down the empty freeway and maintained a speed of 65 mph instead.
ruse
Mia attempted to think of a ruse to get her friend to come to her house for a birthday surprise.
the state or process of falling into decay or being in disrepair.
A. lapidation
B. trepidation
C. dilapidation
D. relentless
C. dilapidation
Ella devised a plan to convince her _________ friend to buy dinner for the entire group.
A. destitute
B. parsimonious
C. contentious
D. venerable
B. parsimonious
To the author's dismay, his first book was greeted with derision by the first group to finish reading it.
A. hate
B. animosity
C. quarrel
D. mockery
D. mockery
scrupulous
Jane was scrupulous in her attention to detail as she wrote her essay for English class.
After winning the talent show, Regina accepted the certificate and her prize money with felicity.
A. pride
B. gratitude
C. joy
D. disbelief
C. joy
oppressively hot, parching.
A. surly
B. cynosure
C. torrid
D. ambular
C. torrid
The panda sat in its cage looking _______ when the zookeeper passed by without stopping to drop off its favorite snack.
A. lugubrious
B. loquacious
C. ineluctable
D. atrophied
A. lugubrious
Angela worked hard toward the relief of poverty as she spent her summer volunteering in the poorest areas of town.
A. surfeit
B. indigence
C. exigency
D. bankruptcy
B. indigence
taciturn
Caitlyn was uncharacteristically taciturn during class.
mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an exaggerated manner.
A. loquacious
B. garish
C. lugubrious
D. vociferous
C. lugubrious