Vocabulary Puzzles The Fun Way to Ace Standardized Tests

Part 2 


Overstudying
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DEFINITION
SAMPLE SENTENCE
_____ omen; sign
A.) The editor PERUSEd the article to
check for errors.
_____ lucky
B.) The judge was a BIGOT who always
ruled against minorities.
_____ tract of land
C.) It was hard to follow the lecture 
because the professor kept going off
on a TANGENT.
_____ hurry
D.) Vocabulary words can be difficult to
master when there are so many
NUANCEs in meaning.
_____ withdraw into retirement; 
E.) The symphony ended with a dramatic 
seclude
CODA.
_____ closing musical passage
F.) Melting snow and warming tempera-
tures are HARBINGERs of spring.
_____ read thoroughly
G.) It was FORTUITOUS that Jim’s friend
drove by just after Jim’s car broke down;
otherwise Jim would have had to walk
home.
_____ subtle difference in meaning
H.) The hilly TERRAIN made walking 
tiresome.
_____ digression; straying from the 
I.) We had to HASTEN to the theater to 
point
make the show on time.
_____ intolerant person
J.) Sometimes juries are SEQUESTERed
to keep them from having any contact
with outsiders.
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DEFINITION
SAMPLE SENTENCE
_____ majestic; heroic
A.) Fierce wind HAMPERed the fire-
fighters’ efforts to put out the blaze.
_____ delay in impending 
B.) The army unit’s FORAY across enemy 
punishment
lines caught their opponents by surprise.
_____ intensify; magnify
C.) Her poetry was REPLETE with color-
ful images.
_____ irritate or annoy
D.) Rap and jazz are two very different
rhythmic musical GENREs.
_____ quick, sudden attack; sudden 
E.) Homer’s Iliad is an example of an EPIC 
excursion into enemy territory
poem.
_____ vague, indistinct
F.) The sharp edge of the paper caused a
LACERATION to her finger.
_____ continuous pain; ache
G.) The prisoner got a REPRIEVE when
new evidence was presented in his case.
_____ hold back; hinder
H.) It IRKed her to wait in line at the 
market.
_____ abundantly provided (with)
I.) He had only a NEBULOUS memory of
the events just before the accident.
_____ rough, jagged tear
J.) Tomato and onions ENHANCE the
flavor of a hamburger.
_____ artistic or musical category
K.) Because he hadn’t eaten since breakfast,
he had hunger PANGs all afternoon.
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