Vocabulary Power Plus for the New SAT: Book 4 Chapter 17

5 Written Questions

1. adj. pertaining to food, nutrition or digestion.
2. n. compensation; payment.
3. adj. pertaining to the sense of touch.
4. adj. first in time; original.
5. v. to reduce, weaken, or lessen.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. adj. dating from birth; inherent or natural.
   1. Celerity
   2. Alimentary
   3. Ethereal
   4. Congenital
2. n. swiftness of action; speed.
   1. Celerity
   2. Ethereal
   3. Congenital
   4. Depravity
3. n. formal praise; a tribute.
   1. Tactile
   2. Encomium
   3. Depravity
   4. Ascetic
4. adj. light or airy; intangible; heavenly.
   1. Ethereal
   2. Attenuate
   3. Primordial
   4. Celerity
5. n. having delusions of grandeur; an obsession with grandiose things.
   1. Remuneration
   2. Alimentary
   3. Megalomania
   4. Encomium

5 True/False Questions

1. Attribute → v. to reduce, weaken, or lessen.

   True        False

2. Discourse → n. a discussion; a conversation.

   True        False

3. Depravity → n. swiftness of action; speed.

   True        False

4. Ascetic → n. a person who renounces material comforts and practices extreme self-denial.

   True        False

5. Mutable → adj. subject to change.

   True        False