STELLAR SAT #1

WORDS TO CAPTURE TONE

DEFINITIONS

CONTEXT CLUES

SYNONYMS

ANTONYMS

100

fraught with uncertainty or doubt

a. dismay

b. malicious

c. contradictory

d. dubious

100

marked by care and persistent effort

a. haughty

b. assiduous

c. arid

d. abstinent

b. assiduous

100

But something else bothered him - a cold sense of ________ , as if he hadn't heard the worst news yet.

a. dismay

b. rejection

c. foreboding

d. callous

c. foreboding

100

shorten

a. abbreviate

b. prolong

c. extend

d. protract

a. abbreviate

100

collaborate

a. unite

b. combine

c. merge

d. resist

collaborate

200

the quality of being honest and straightforward

a. dire

b. conciliatory

c. averse

d. candor

200

marked by sound judgment

a. daft

b. querulous

c. prudent

d. deleterious

c. prudent

200

In their opening remarks, they _________ the jury to consider only evidence presented in the trial.

a. admonished

b. perpetuated

c. bewildered

d. navigated

a. admonished

200

sanctuary

a. circus

b. menace

c. asylum

d. hazard

c. asylum

200

arid

a. conditional

b. fertile

c. amicable

d. melancholy

b. fertile

300

disdainfully or ironically humorous

a. jovial

b. sardonic

c. morose

d. puerile

b. sardonic

300

withdrawn from society; seeking solitude

a. reclusive

b. ephemeral

c. enervating

d. opulent

a. reclusive

300

No, it's just something to encourage people to step out and stand up for themselves and not be ________.

a. self-centered

b. arboreal

c. apathetic

d. bane

c. apathetic

300

ostentatious

a. rancorous

b. pretentious

c. dubious

d. haughty

b. pretentious

300

prosperity

a. nonchalant

b. ephemeral

c. destitution

d. opulent

c. destitution

400

He rolled his eyes and walked away in ________.

a. puerile

b. sincerity

c. disgust

d. enthusiasm

c. disgust

400

the act of improving by renewing and restoring

a. circuitous

b. renovation

c. consolidation

d. censure

b. renovation

400

The other patients died, but Silva’s tumors virtually vanished, to the _________ of her doctors.

a. reluctance

b. astonishment

c. brevity

d. chicanery

b. astonishment

400

diligent

a. industrious

b. primitive

c. oppressive

d. genuine

a. industrious

400

querulous

a. irritable

b. affable

c. testy

d. contradictory

b. affable

500

having or showing a ready disposition to fight

a. bellicose

b. dire

c. jovial

d. derisive

a. bellicose

500

someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures

a. hedonist

b. conformist

c. iconoclast

d. pacifist

a. hedonist

500

There’s a common perception of entrepreneurs as bold, _______, and exceedingly confident individuals.

a. brash

b. friar

c. diverse

d. pugnacious

a. brash

500

revamp

a. deconstruct

b. speculate

c. ponder

d. overhaul

500

inevitable

a. certain

b. likely

c. avertable

d. destined

c. avertable