1. benevolent – friendly and helpful
Mr. Alpert is a benevolent dictator.
2. diligent – careful and hardworking
Julie is the most diligent and humble person in the world.
3. haughty – arrogant, stuck-up
George is always haughty and brags to everyone around him about how great he is.
4. inevitable – certain, unavoidable
“Death is inevitable,” the philosopher stated.
5. mundane – ordinary, boring
Mr. Alpert’s class is never mundane.
6. prudent – careful, cautious, wise
My parents told me to make a prudent decision.
7. spurious – lacking authenticity, fake
On Halloween, Mr. Alpert wore spurious hair.
8. superficial – shallow, lacking depth
Mr. Alpert was superficial; he spent hours each morning looking at his luxurious hair in the mirror.
SAT #2
1. counterfeit – fake; false
The counterfeit money was used to buy a car; the robbers even got away with it.
2. covert – hidden; undercover
I saw him walk to the closet and uncover a covert door.
3. renown – fame
Damian Lillard’s renown has grown substantially these last few years.
4. credible – believable
Your report about aliens seemed credible because you usually tell the truth.
5. blatant – obvious
The answer to the single-choice multiple choice question was rather blatant.
6. headstrong – stubborn; willful
Mr. Alpert is very headstrong about making sure we have a test every Friday.
7. lackluster – dull
The movie was very lackluster.
8. tangible – can be touched
It was so humid outside that the air felt tangible.
SAT #3
1. hangar – storage area (like a garage) for a plane
The pilot parked his plane in the hangar.
2. labyrinth – a maze
I got lost in the labyrinth and used my new GPS to find my way out.
3. reprehensible – very bad
My baby brother’s behavior was reprehensible. He threw up over everything.
4. plausible – can be believed; reasonable
He had a plausible theory about UFOs.
5. enshroud – cover
The rumors about the pyramids being haunted enshrouded the location with mystery.
6. tedium – boredom
The tedium of today’s (not Mr. Alpert’s) class drove me crazy.
7. cryptic – puzzling
Mr. Alpert’s statement about the test was cryptic.
8. curtail – cut short
Because of the weather, our boat ride was curtailed.
SAT #4
1. lucid (adj) – clear; easily understood
2. precipice (n) – a steep cliff with a vertical face
3. impious (adj) – disrespectful
4. truncate (v) – to shorten
5. ameliorate (v) – to improve
6. desist (v) – to stop
7. predicament (n) – a difficult situation
8. savant (n) – a learned scholar