Here is a combination SAT practice quiz with some questions on critical reading/sentence completion and some questions on SAT maths. This short exercise will help you evaluate your preparation level and see where you stand.
DIRECTIONS- In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words are suggested one f which fits the blank. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
In recommending (1) penalties for drunken driving, parliamentary standing committee on transport, tourism and culture has underlined the imperative of a/an (2) response to a/an (3) problem. Vehicle ownership and alcohol consumption are both on the rise in India. While the increasing number of cars and two wheelers is a visible outcome of (4) growth, rising alcohol consumption is not so (5) . The (6) increase in youngsters taking to alcohol at high levels (7) the risk for all age groups compared to (8) drivers. Equally significant is the survey finding that drunken driving tends to get repeated. Given this context, there is considerable (9) in the parliamentary committee’s recommendation for (10) penalties, made in its report on a bill to amend the Motor Vehicle Act.
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The best way to expand your vocabulary is by reading, reading, and more reading. Whether its a novel, newspaper, or magazine the more we read the more we become familiar with an array of vocabulary (old and new). While reading write down words and definitions you have never heard before and when you finish the reading go back and read the list again, it will help you retain the new words. Below is a list of the top 100 vocabulary words of all time:
- abbreviate — (v) to shorten, abridge
- abstinence – (n) the act of refraining from pleasurable activity, e.g., eating or drinking
- adulation – (n) high praise
- adversity – (n) misfortune, an unfavorable turn of events
- aesthetic – (adj) pertaining to beauty or the arts
- amicable – (adj) friendly, agreeable
- anachronistic – (adj) out-of-date, not attributed to the correct historical period
- anecdote – (n) short, usually funny account of an event
- anonymous – (adj) nameless, without a disclosed identity
- antagonist – (n) foe, opponent, adversary
- arid – (adj) extremely dry or deathly boring
- assiduous – (adj) persistent, hard-working
- asylum – (n) sanctuary, shelter, place of refuge
- benevolent – (adj) friendly and helpful
- camaraderie – (n) trust, sociability amongst friends
- censure – (v) to criticize harshly
- circuitous – (adj) indirect, taking the longest route
- clairvoyant – (adj) exceptionally insightful, able to foresee the future
- collaborate – (v) to cooperate, work together
- compassion – (n) sympathy, helpfulness or mercy
- compromise – (v) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
- condescending – (adj) possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing
- conditional – (adj) depending on a condition, e.g., in a contract
- conformist – (n) person who complies with accepted rules and customs
- congregation – (n) a crowd of people, an assembly
- convergence – (n) the state of separate elements joining or coming together
- deleterious – (adj) harmful, destructive, detrimental
- demagogue – (n) leader, rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice
- digression – (n) the act of turning aside, straying from the main point, esp. in a speech or argument
- diligent – (adj) careful and hard-working
- discredit – (v) to harm the reputation of, dishonor or disgrace
- disdain – (v) to regard with scorn or contempt
- divergent – (adj) separating, moving in different directions from a particular point
- empathy – (n) identification with the feelings of others
- emulate – (v) to imitate, follow an example
- enervating – (adj) weakening, tiring
- enhance – (v) to improve, bring to a greater level of intensity
- ephemeral – (adj) momentary, transient, fleeting
- evanescent – (adj) quickly fading, short-lived, esp. an image
- exasperation – (n) irritation, frustration
- exemplary – (adj) outstanding, an example to others
- extenuating – (adj) excusing, lessening the seriousness of guilt or crime, e.g., of mitigating factors
- florid – (adj) red-colored, flushed; gaudy, ornate
- fortuitous – (adj) happening by luck, fortunate
- frugal – (adj) thrifty, cheap
- hackneyed – (adj) cliched, worn out by overuse
- haughty – (adj) arrogant and condescending
- hedonist – (n) person who pursues pleasure as a goal
- hypothesis – (n) assumption, theory requiring proof Read more…
So, how’s the summer SAT preparation coming along? Ready for the test and admission season that commences in the Fall? Perhaps, you should try taking a few SAT tests such as SAT math online test or SAT critical reading test to check your performance. Here is one such test that we put together for you. So, happy testing!
Mark the words which are most similar in meaning to the words given:
1. Vicariously
a) Loudly
b) Daringly
c) Deliberately
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We had been covering few of the useful iphone applications helpful in SAT preparation. IntelliVocab is another app which personalizes the English vocabulary learning for SAT exam and is now available on the Apple Store for free download.
Being based on the latest research from MIT Computer Science and Web Semantics Lab, IntelliVocab for SAT allows users to master English vocabulary in the most effective and interactive way.
IntelliVocab for SAT completely controls the learning environment, so that users do not have to plan the learning approach. All they need to do is interact. IntelliVocab for SAT uses latest machine learning algorithms, determines user’s level – Expert or Commitment – and builds each practice session based on this level. Read more…
Online SAT Preparation courses are in vogue and so are SAT online Practice tests. However, you should check the credibility of the site and test prep company sponsoring the test, because your aim is to enforce the best possible improvement in your SAT scores efficiently.
Skill-Guru.com is dedicated towards guiding high school seniors in their SAT test prep and provides various math and English practice tests regularly, so that the students can gauze their preparation level. Given below is a set of questions for SAT vocabulary and critical Reading testing. Read more…
Are you wondering how to get high score in SAT? Are you wondering if you are on the right preparation track or not, as far as SAT vocabulary is concerned? If that’s the case, then the answer to your problem is right here: in the form of 20 SAT vocab questions based on antonyms, synonyms, sentence completion and idioms. Take the quiz and see for yourself where you stand.
In each of the following question, choose the alternative which is the most similar in meaning to the word given in capital letters:
1. Wondrous
a) Winning
b) Roaming
c) Marvelous
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Agreed that you any way have a lot of coursework to finish and more than a dozen subjects with altogether a few dozen books. However, nothing beats the power and contribution of regular reading towards your SAT score. Make reading a hobby, learn new words, use them in various suitable situations in life and you will realize that you are falling in love with them. It is when you use ‘clandestine’ for any secret activity, ‘pulchritude’ for something beautiful, and ‘vicissitude’ for changes caused by fate, you know that you are developing a knack for knowing and using the right words in the right places. Read more…
This is a quick SAT vocabulary learning exercise, designed mainly for the students who will be taking the SAT reasoning test on May 7, 2011, barely less than a month away. It is surely revision time but then, there is no way you can tell if the number of words that you have learnt is enough for the SAT exam. Your SAT vocabulary should be replenished every now and then with meaningful words.
This is a short exercise where 15 anagrams with meaning are given followed by 15 fill in the blank sentences. All you have to do is to guess the right word in the rearranged form.
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Did you know that the English language has German roots? Well, it does and this basically explains the connection with so many German etymological roots. However, the main focus of this post is on Homophones, the words that are similar in pronunciation but different in spelling and meaning.
If you aim towards building a strong SAT vocabulary, then you have to pay special attention to the similar sounding words. It is not as if you will come across them for the first time, but never before you may have considered from the homophones point of you. They do have the power to leave you stumped when they appear suddenly in the SAT exam. Read more…
You need a strong vocabulary, good hold over English language and lots of practice to get a high score in the SAT English section. In this Sat vocab quiz, test your knowledge and preparation level and check whether you are prepared adequately to get the perfect SAT score. Read more…
Here is a combination SAT practice quiz with some questions on critical reading/sentence completion and some questions on SAT maths. This short exercise will help you evaluate your preparation level and see where you stand.
