Vocabulary Puzzles The Fun Way to Ace Standardized Tests

DEFINITION
SAMPLE SENTENCE
_____ start (a fire); ignite; light up; 
A.) The bank teller ABSCONDed with the 
arouse
money.
_____ hold back; hinder
B.) The army unit’s FORAY across enemy
linescaught their opponents by surprise.
_____ exile; send away to another 
C.) The editor PERUSEd the article to 
place or country
check for errors.
_____ copying or virtually copying 
D.) It took a while to KINDLE the camp-
someone else’s work
fire because the wood was damp.
_____ temporary craze; fad
E.) The LABYRINTH of streets in the
town made it hard to find one’s way
around.
_____ tract of land
F.) Fierce wind HAMPERed the fire-
fighters’ efforts to put out the blaze.
_____ quick, sudden attack; sudden 
G.) The writer of a book about a child 
excursion into enemy territory
wizard named Larry Trotter would
almost certainly be guilty of
PLAGIARISM.
_____ leave secretly so as to avoid 
H.) The old leader was BANISHed when 
capture
the new regime took over.
_____ read thoroughly
I.) The hilly TERRAIN made walking 
tiresome.
_____ intricate maze
J.) Miniskirts were the VOGUE in the 
sixties.
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Step 3: Write Sentences
For each word write two sentences that indicate you know the meaning of the word. Then
read aloud quickly three times each set of sentences that came to you. If you hesitated
before coming up with the sentences or had to look up a word, say each of those sen-
tences six times and write the vocabulary word you are studying at least three times. You
can write them anywhere—on the lines after the sentences, in the margin, or on a piece of
paper—as long as you write them.
Word:
ABEYANCE
Sentence 1: