The document contains 20 multiple choice questions testing vocabulary skills for the SAT exam. The questions test knowledge of synonyms and antonyms for words like analogy, catalyst, ominous, zenith, spurious, capitulate, foster, acumen, precursor and others. The answers to the questions are provided at the end along with definitions of the key words in the questions to help with learning.

1. 5 Sat Words
Answer the following questions to check your English vocabulary skill for the SAT Exam.
(The correct answers are given at the bottom of the questions)
1. What is the synonym of ANALOGY?
(A) unbeliever
(B) tower
(C) likeness
(D) melody
(E) entitlement
2. What is the antonym of ANALOGY?
(A) princess
(B) difference
(C) ornament
(D) tissue
(E) addition
3. What is the synonym of CATALYST?
(A) a person or thing acting as the stimulus in bringing about a result
(B) a raid by police or an arrest made in connection with illegal drugs
(C) not changing one’s mind despite many requests, appeals or logical arguments
(D) not having to do something that everyone normally has the obligation to do
(E) small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
4. What is the antonym of CATALYST?
(A) preciseness

2. (B) prevention
(C) prematurity
(D) recapture
(E) aware
5. What is the synonym of OMINOUS?
(A) unequal
(B) improbable
(C) uncharitable
(D) sinister
(E) unstable
6. What is the antonym of OMINOUS?
(A) panoramic
(B) temporary
(C) toneless
(D) promising
(E) curious
7. What is the synonym of DISSUADE?
(A) make amends
(B) giving up
(C) advise against
(D) restrict motion
(E) sweep over
8. What is the antonym of DISSUADE?
(A) beguiled
(B) aired

3. (C) incite
(D) gather
(E) practice
9. What is the synonym of ZENITH?
(A) pinnacle
(B) prediction
(C) skyward
(D) tissue
(E) starving
10. What is the antonym of ZENITH?
(A) breathless
(B) uncommon
(C) indefinite
(D) nadir
(E) satisfied
11. What is the synonym of SPURIOUS?
(A) captivity
(B) untrue
(C) self-reliant
(D) uncounted
(E) unlucky
12. What is the antonym of SPURIOUS?
(A) godless
(B) bright
(C) captured

4. (D) authentic
(E) inapplicable
13. What is the synonym of CAPITULATE?
(A) make fun of
(B) surrender with conditions
(C) admit as valid
(D) give attention to
(E) watch and direct
14. What is the antonym of CAPITULATE?
(A) accuse
(B) reprove
(C) resist
(D) blink
(E) unlock
15. What is the synonym of FOSTER?
(A) knock down
(B) transform into
(C) help develop
(D) stop working
(E) make sure
16. What is the antonym of FOSTER?
(A) ignore
(B) contact
(C) express
(D) abide

5. (E) connect
17. What is the synonym of ACUMEN?
(A) abundant quantity
(B) careful management
(C) scarcity, inadequacy
(D) television system
(E) accurate judgment
18. What is the antonym of ACUMEN?
(A) lotion
(B) enchantment
(C) ineptness
(D) oil
(E) manager
19. What is the synonym of PRECURSOR?
(A) the act of betraying a person or something
(B) lake used to store water for community use
(C) branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution
(D) a deviation from the normal or the typical
(E) one that precedes and indicates or announces another
20. What is the antonym of PRECURSOR?
(A) successor
(B) misapplication
(C) enlightenment
(D) utilization
(E) deposition

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The above questions are created from the following synonyms and antonyms:
1. ANALOGY
Synonyms: a likeness in some ways between things that are otherwise not alike; correlation; likeness;
point by point comparison; resemblance; similarity; the likening of one thing to another based on some
shared similarity
Antonyms: contrast; difference; dissimilarity
2. CATALYST
Synonyms: activator; anyone or anything that makes something happen without being directly involved;
a person or thing acting as the stimulus in bringing about a result; a person or thing that causes change;
a substance that accelerates the rate of chemical reaction without itself changing; impetus; incentive;
something that brings about a change; something that speeds up an event; substance that increases the
rate of chemical reaction
Antonyms: block; dampener; disincentive; prevention

7. 3. OMINOUS
Synonyms: containing a warning of something evil or bad that will happen; foreboding or foreshadowing
evil; omen; portentous; sinister; threatening
Antonyms: auspicious; favorable; promising
4. DISSUADE
Synonyms: advise against; change someone’s mind from doing something; deter; discourage; divert by
persuasion; persuade someone not to do something
Antonyms: encourage; incite; persuade
5. ZENITH
Synonyms: acme; peak; pinnacle; summit; the highest point; top
Antonyms: bottom; nadir
6. SPURIOUS
Synonyms: bogus; counterfeit; fake; false; forged; lacking authenticity or validity; not being what it
purports to be; not legitimate; not real; not true or genuine; plausible but false; untrue
Antonyms: authentic; genuine; real; true
7. CAPITULATE
Synonyms: give up, or give in; surrender (usually under agreed conditions); surrender with conditions;
yield on conditions
Antonyms: defend; fight; resist
8. FOSTER
Synonyms: encourage; give care or accommodation to; help develop; nourish; nurture; promote the
growth of; support
Antonyms: discourage; ignore; neglect

8. 9. ACUMEN
Synonyms: ability to understand and reason; accurate judgment; insight; intelligence; mental sharpness;
sharpness of insight; the ability to judge things quickly and accurately
Antonyms: inability; ineptness; obtuseness
10. PRECURSOR
Synonyms: forerunner; harbinger; herald; one that precedes and indicates or announces another;
something that comes before another and leads to it; that which comes before; trailblazer
Antonyms: consequence; follower; successor
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