250 SAT words Page i About this book This book is a collection of exercises designed to help learners master Sparknotes’ selection of the 250 most difficult SAT words (http://www.sparknotes.com). All the sentences used in the practice questions are adapted from The Free Library (http://www.thefreelibrary.com/)‚ British National Corpus (http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/)‚ Collin Cobuilds Advanced Learner’s Dictionary‚ Webster’s New World Essential Vocabulary (David A. Herzog)‚ and How to Prepare
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Should the SAT Score be a Factor. In my opinion I don’t think so because it is a test and they are people that are not good at tests but they’re work ethic and understanding of the work is outstanding.There are people who are good at test but don’t do their work. So I think it is unfair for the people working hard. It is basically telling them they that they’re hard work is for nothing. I think they should completely take out the SAT test. I think it is unnecessary for nation wide testing because
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terrified thing a young person would ever have‚ the SAT. Know for its extremely dull black and white pages and its rigorously rough questions‚ I was about to prove myself against its makers‚ The College Board. Opening my eyes‚ I was greeted by the bright‚ shiny sun peeking through the curtains. Getting up I noticed my calendar overfilled with Post-it notes‚ but there was a bright tomato‚ red color one‚ it was something important written as‚ “SAT Today”. My brain shifted into gears‚ I quickly sprang
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MY SAT ONLINE SCORE REPORT SAT TEST NOVEMBER 03‚ 2012 Page 1 of 10 NOT AN OFFICIAL SCORE REPORT Summary of Results Congratulations on taking the SAT Reasoning Test! You’re showing colleges that you are serious about getting an education. The SAT is one indicator of how ready you are to handle college-level work. The test measures what you learned in high school and how well you can apply that knowledge. Both skills are essential to doing well in high school and in college. CRITICAL
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The growing number of SAT/ACT optional universities represents a positive trend in the test optional movement. From students’ perspective‚ winners and losers are kind of different in SAT optional policy. Students with high SAT or ACT scores lose their absolute advantages‚ though high scores can still help them to get an offer from their dreaming schools. Traditional minority students might “take advantage” of this policy and have higher chance to be admitted than before. The negative influence of
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Why do employees with high job satisfaction commit fraud? Erica Miller Southern Technical College Table of Content Abstract 3 Introduction 4 Definition of Terms 5 Methodology 5 Results 6 References 8 Abstract When people who hear about executives that commit fraud the thing that first comes to mind may be: “They must have really hated their job or company to do such a thing”. That may not always be the case. In some cases it is the CEO or even the founder of
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1. The simple and direct images in Dorothea Lange’s photographs provide ------- reflection of a bygone social milieu. (a) an intricate (b) a candid (c) an ostentatious (d) a fictional (e) a convoluted 2. Kate’s impulsive nature and sudden whims led her friends to label her -------. (a) capricious (b) bombastic (c) loquacious (d) dispassionate (e) decorous 3. Neurosurgeon Alexa Canady maintained that choosing a career
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1. Although Rolf is usually quite timorous‚ he was so angered by the salesman’s rude remarks that he insisted on complaining to the manager A. tractable...reassured X B. timorous...angered? C. X plucky...offended? D. X valiant...incensed? E. diffident...satisfied X 2. The new administrator was (old fashioned); he considered new ideas worthy of consideration but ultimately (chose) the old ways. A. an iconoclast...undermined by X B. an opportunist...reminiscent of X C. X a sentimentalist
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Growing up in the United States‚ most people have experience on college preparation tests‚ and so have I. There are two tests that I have done to prepare and also fulfill the prerequisite to enter Arizona State University are the SAT and the ACT. The two test are designed to measure one’s ability in mathematics‚ reading‚ and writing (ACT has an extra section on Science). However‚ there are large quantity of students tend to do well on only one of the two‚ but not usually both. The reason is that
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SAT Style Essay If a teacher asked a class of first graders‚ What do you want to do when you grow up?’ How many of them would say they wanted to be an entrepreneur‚ or a stock broker‚ or a high ranking executive of a large corporation? The answer is none. Generally‚ children picture themselves helping others as Police Officers‚ Firefighters‚ Doctors‚ or Lawyers and so forth. This illustrates the natural motivation of people to achieve by personal satisfaction‚ but unfortunately‚ the influence
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