Vocabulary University® - The Most Important SAT* #11 Definition MATCH Exercise

SAT* #11 Definition MATCH Exercise

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Alphabetical list of 36 words:
abstinence, affectation, alkaline, auspices, boreal, brogue, carnage, clathrate, cryptic, draconian, expatriate, feckless, fez, fissionable, founder, hegemony, initiative, insolvency, inviolable, lattice, litigious, malleable, myriad, oxymoron, pelagic, polity, postmodern, pretext, proliferation, rapprochement, reactionary, relegate, resonate, revitalize, substrate, template

First 18 of 36 vocabulary words from The Most Important SAT* #11 puzzles.

1. _____ reactionary

2. _____ lattice

3. _____ affectation

4. _____ pretext

5. _____ fissionable

6. _____ myriad

7. _____ draconian

8. _____ postmodern

9. _____ hegemony

10. _____ template

11. _____ founder

12. _____ boreal

13. _____ carnage

14. _____ substrate

15. _____ litigious

16. _____ alkaline

17. _____ polity

18. _____ inviolable
Match the 18 definitions below to the 18 vocabulary words on the left.

a - artificial or pretentious behavior, a pose (noun)

b - a pattern or guide (noun)

c - a great number (adjective)

d - contentious, prone to engage in lawsuits (adjective)

e - surface or medium on which an organism lives or grows (noun)

f - opposed to progress; ultraconservative (adjective)

g - having a pH of more than 7 (adjective)

h - great slaughter, bloody destruction (noun)

i - capable of undergoing fission or splitting (adjective)

j - to collapse, sink, or fail (verb)

k - a framework of crossed strips; a geometrical arrangement, as of atoms in a crystal (noun)

L - pertaining to northern regions (adjective)

m - relating to movements reacting against modern movements, typically reviving traditional elements (adjective)

n - an action or motive used to disguise a different intention or motive (noun)

o - not violated (adjective)

p - influence or authority over others (noun)

q - an organized society with a specific form of government (noun)

r - cruel or severe measures or laws (adjective)

Second 18 of 36 vocabulary words from The Most Important SAT* #11 puzzles.

19. _____ resonate

20. _____ clathrate

21. _____ oxymoron

22. _____ insolvency

23. _____ relegate

24. _____ cryptic

25. _____ expatriate

26. _____ proliferation

27. _____ brogue

28. _____ rapprochement

29. _____ auspices

30. _____ feckless

31. _____ initiative

32. _____ malleable

33. _____ revitalize

34. _____ fez

35. _____ pelagic

36. _____ abstinence
Match the 18 definitions below to the 18 vocabulary words on the left.

aa - to exile or banish (verb)

bb - weak, ineffective (adjective)

cc - to give new life, to renew substrate noun foundation, base, ground (verb)

dd - to respond or reverberate (verb)

ee - beginning step, energy in taking action (noun)

ff - inability to pay debts (noun)

gg - protection and guidance (noun)

hh - dialect or accent, especially Irish (noun)

ii - a combination of words that contradict each other (e.g., jumbo shrimp, original copy, authentic reproduction) (noun)

jj - multiplication; rapid growth in number (noun)

kk - one who lives in a foreign country or has renounced his own (noun)

LL - concord; a coming together again (noun)

mm - voluntary restraint from indulging an appetite, (often sex or food) (noun)

nn - relating to a compound formed by molecules of one or noun within the crystal lattice of another (adjective)

oo - related to the open sea (adjective)

pp - mysterious, secret, having hidden meaning (adjective)

qq - a brimless ,flat-topped, hat, shaped like a truncated cone, usually tassled and made of felt (noun)

rr - capable of being altered or reshaped (adjective)

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SAT* #11 Crossword
SAT* #11 Word Find
SAT* #11 Definition Match - you are here!
SAT* #11 Fill-in-the-Blanks
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We want to acknowledge that the word definitions in these puzzles are used with the permission of Random House Inc. and most come from their "Random House Webster's College Dictionary".

ANSWERS-FIRST 18 of 36:
1 - f; 2 - k; 3 - a; 4 - n; 5 - i; 6 - c; 7 - r; 8 - m; 9 - p; 10 - b; 11 - J; 12 - L; 13 - h; 14 - e; 15 - d; 16 - g; 17 -Q; 18 - o

Word Bank (alphabetically):
abstinence, affectation, alkaline, auspices, boreal, brogue, carnage, clathrate, cryptic, draconian, expatriate, feckless, fez, fissionable, founder, hegemony, initiative, insolvency, inviolable, lattice, litigious, malleable, myriad, oxymoron, pelagic, polity, postmodern, pretext, proliferation, rapprochement, reactionary, relegate, resonate, revitalize, substrate, template

ANSWERS-SECOND 18 of 36:
19 - DD; 20 - NN; 21 - ii; 22 - FF;23 - AA; 24 - PP; 25 - KK; 26 - JJ; 27 - HH; 28 - LL; 29 - GG; 30 - BB; 31 - EE; 32 - RR; 33 - CC; 34 - QQ; 35 - oo; 26 - MM

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