1000 SAT Words

Sentence Completions

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1.

Because King Philip's desire to make Spain the dominant power in sixteenth-century Europe ran counter to Queen Elizabeth's insistence on autonomy for England, ------- was -------.

2.

There is no doubt that Larry is a genuine ------- : he excels at telling stories that fascinate his listeners.

3.

Although some think the terms "bug" and "insect"

are ------- , the former term actually refers to ------- group of insects.

4.

The novel's protagonist, a pearl diver, naïvely expects that the buyers will compete among themselves to pay him the best price for his pearl, but instead they ------- to ------- him.

5.

The addition of descriptive details to the basic information serves to ------- the book by producing a fuller account.

6.

Ramona had never visited Niagara Falls, but she could appreciate their splendor ------- through the descriptions of others.

7.

Members of the research team were initially so adversarial that ---------- seemed impossible; the project's inauspicious start made its final success all the more ---------- .

8.

Joshua's radical ideas were frowned on by most of his coworkers, who found them too ------- for their conservative tastes.