Change Words
One economic crisis can galvanize a generation. Another lets a nascent industry stagnate before it ever gets started. Change words are precise, and the SAT expects you to pick the exact right one.
1. Quiz 1
Practice identifying the right verb by reading for context clues that tell you the direction and degree of change each passage describes.
10 questions
average score: 75% (all users)
2. Quiz 2
This quiz features slightly longer passages and answer choices that are sometimes close in meaning, so read each sentence in full before deciding.
10 questions
average score: 77% (all users)
3. Quiz 3
In this quiz, some distractors are near-synonyms of the correct answer, so use every clue in the passage to find the word that fits most precisely.
10 questions
average score: 78% (all users)
4. Quiz 4
Each passage in this quiz is longer than before, and some answer choices are close enough in meaning that only a careful reading of the full context will reveal the best fit.
10 questions
average score: 72% (all users)
5. Quiz 5
This final quiz has the longest passages and the most closely matched answer choices in the set; getting to the right answer requires reading carefully for the subtle distinctions each passage signals.
10 questions
average score: 83% (all users)
Group these words by direction: growth (augment, proliferate, catalyze) vs. decline (erode, diminish, wane). Two common mistakes: assuming "fluctuate" means decline (it means vary in both directions), and treating "obsolete" as just "old" (it means no longer in use). Context is everything.