Definition Matches

SAT #6 Definition MATCH — myVocabulary.com

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  • Common Core alignment to a Definition Match puzzle is to the key phrase "Precise Meaning". CCSS Alignment Strand Numbers for Specific Grades: Precise Meaning: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4e, 3.4d, 4.4c, 5.4c, 6.4c, 7.4c, 8.4c, 9-10.4c, 11-12.4c
Directions:

MATCH the SAT test prep #6 vocabulary list with its definition. Use the pull down menu bar to select the letter match.
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Clue:

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Word List

1) loquacious
2) paradigm
3) epiphany
4) vacuous
5) unctuous
6) acumen
7) incognito
8) kinetic
9) sanguine
10) deleterious
11) lugubrious
12) precipitous
13) homogeneous
14) obsequious
15) facetious
16) chicanery
17) nihilism
18) xenophile

Definition List

A) Characteristic of a salve or ointment; oily; greasy; excessively suave or smug (adjective)
B) Empty; lacking in or showing a lack of ideas, content, substance or intelligence; purposeless (adjective)
C) An example serving as a model; pattern (noun)
D) Of the nature of a situation of great peril; extremely steep (adjective)
E) Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful or confident; reddish; ruddy (adjective)
F) Characterized by deference; fawning; sycophantic (adjective)
G) Belief that all existence is senseless (noun)
H) Mournful or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated manner (adjective)
I) Characterized by excessive talk; garrulous; wordy (adjective)
J) Characterized by movement or caused by motion (adjective)
K) Not meant to be taken seriously or literally (adjective)
L) Composed of the same kind or nature; not heterogeneous (adjective)
M) With an identity hidden, disguised or unknown (adjective)
N) A sudden, intuitive perception of or insight (noun)
O) Injurious to health; having a harmful effect (adjective)
P) The use of sly language, reasoning etc. to trick or deceive (noun)
Q) Keen insight; shrewdness (adjective)
R) A person who is attracted to foreign people, cultures, or customs (noun)