SAT/ACT vocab quiz

Abstinence

the act or practice of doing without some or all food, drink, or other pleasures (noun)

syn, ant, and alt for abstinence

syn- sobriety ant- indulgence alt- abstain (verb), abstinent (adj) abstinently (adv)

adulation

flattery or praise that is very great or excessive (noun)

syn, ant, and alt for adulation

syn- worshipping ant- hatred alt- adulate (verb), adulatory (adj)

asylum

a place where one is safe and secure; refuge (noun)

syn, ant, and alt for asylum

syn- shelter ant- danger alt- none

benevolent

doing, or tending to do, good (adj)

syn, ant, and alt for benevolent

syn- loving ant- unkind alt- benevolently (adv), benevolence (noun)

circuitous

not straight or direct (adj)

syn, ant, and alt for circuitous

syn- indirect ant- direct alt- circuitously (adv), circuity (noun)

clairvoyant

seeming to have the ability to see things that are not in sight (adj)

syn, ant, and alt for clairvoyant

syn- seer ant- none alt- clairvoyant (noun) clairvoyantly (adv)