SHSAT prep (question n answers)graded A+ 2023/2024

SHSAT prepHonorific - correct answer showing respect; (of an office or position) given as a mark of respect, but having few or no duties; Conferring (grant or bestow) respect or honor. Form of direct address used to show respect soubrette - correct answer a secondary female lead, usually a comic role; a minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a comedy; actress, ingenue; a sassy maid or frivolous young woman in comedies sobriquet - correct answer nickname One of Ronald Reagan's sobriquets was "The Gipper." Synonyms: alias; pseudonym briquette - correct answer noun. A block made of compressed charcoal or coal dust or peat burned as fuel. A block made of compressed herbs or tea. morganatic - correct answer marriage between a member of a royal family and a person of lower social rank utilitarian - correct answer practical; useful; stressing usefulness or utility above all other qualities; pragmatic ulterior - correct answer lying beyond what is evident, revealed, or claimed; hidden; concealed; situated beyond. practical - correct answer useful; pragmatic; based on experience. aesthetic - correct answer having to do with the appreciation of beauty; artistic; pertaining to beauty lugubrious - correct answer excessively mournful; looking or sounding sad and dismal; sorrowful; mournful. elation - correct answer a feeling of great joy or pride; excited feelings of pride, triumph, or happiness; state of being elated; euphoria. festive - correct answer joyous; celebratory; relating to a feast or festival funereal - correct answer sad; solemn; suitable for a funeral; rhetoric - correct answer the art of using language effectively and persuasively; effective writing or speaking; the art of presenting ideas in a clear, effective, and persuasive manner; study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) calligraphy - correct answer art of beautiful handwriting; intermittently - correct answer at intervals; from time to time; periodically; occasionally. sardonically - correct answer sarcastically; in a sarcastic manner; mockingly; characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering pertaining - correct answer be appropriate, related, or applicable; related to, to be connected as a part; to belong properly.