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SAT Word Families
groups of words on the SAT that help with the Comprehensive Reading section.
Question | Answer |
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accolade, adulation, command, eulogize, exalt, extol, laud, lionize, plaudit, revere | PRAISE |
chastigate, chastise, deride, derisive, derogate, diatribe, harangue, lambaste, oppung, pillory, rebuke, remonstrate | CRITICISM |
allay, alleviate, anodyne, assuage, liniment, mitigate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate | SOOTHE |
adversarial, bellicose, belligerent, fractious, irascible, obstraperous, pugnacious, quibble | ARGUMENTATIVE |
acumen, adept, adroit, agile, astute, cogent, deft, dexterous, erudite, literate, lithe, lucidity, sagacious, trenchant | ABILITY/INTELLIGENCE |
buffoon, dolt, dupe, fatuous, imbecile, insane, insipid, obtuse, simpleton, vacuous, vapid | STUPID |
affected, aloof, bombastic, grandiloquent, grandiose, malioquent, mannered, ostentatous, pontificate, supercilious | HAUGHTY |
altruistic, beneficient, benevolent, bestow, largess, liberal, magnanimous, munificient, philanthropic | KIND |
indolent, lackadaisical, laggard, languid, lassitude, lethargic, listless, phelgmatic, sluggard, somnolent, torpid | LAZY |
abhor, anathema, animosity, antipathy, aversion, contentious, deplore, odious, rancor | HOSTILITY |