PowerScore SAT 50 Hard Repeat Offenders | Day 11

Example: Mr. Abbott tried to teach us how to solve an abstruse math problem, but it was too complicated for us to understand.

Word Forms: abstrusely, abstruseness, abstrusity

Example: Adele’s adulation of the television star began to worry her parents when she started sending him letters every day.

Word Forms: adulate, adulatory, adulator

Example: Alaina impressed her new boss by accepting the task with alacrity; she was both eager and excited to get started.

Word Form: alacritous

Example: Amelia was an outstanding caregiver; she could ameliorate a patient’s discomfort just by smiling kindly.

Word Forms: ameliorable, ameliorableness, ameliorant, ameliorative, amelioratory, ameliorator

Example: Today’s announcement about the impending demolition of the baseball stadium is anachronistic; the stadium was razed early last week.

Word Forms: anachronistically, anachrony, anachronic, anachronism, anachronous, anachronously

Related Word: chronological, chronology

Example: The emerald tree boa is an arboreal snake; it spends all of its life in the trees of the Amazon rainforest.

Word Forms: arboreally, arboreous

Related Word: arbor

Example: Ashley is an assiduous researcher; she was able to find articles on the poet that even the librarian could not locate.

Word Forms: assiduously, assiduousness, assiduity

Example: Austin waited for an auspicious time to ask his father to borrow the car; he finally had his chance on the day that his dad received a sizable raise at work.

Word Forms: auspiciously, auspiciousness

Example: Mr. Aston is the most austere teacher at school; he does not tolerate any talking nor does he accept late assignments.

Word Forms: austerely, austereness, austerity

Example: Avery amassed million-dollar homes, luxury cars, and exquisite jewelry to satisfy her avarice, but still wanted more.

Word Forms: avaricious, avariciously, avariciousness