Honors English I Final Exam Review
Part I: 67 SAT Vocabulary Words> Know definitions, application of the word, and parts of speech
Talisman
Abhor
Remuneration
Bigot
Placid
Counterfeit
Enfranchise
Hamper
Noxious
Kindle
abasement
billowing
cower
enhance
harangue
labyrinth
nullify
replete
tangible
Abrasive
Bilk
Covert
Engender
Knotty
Nuance
Plagiarism
Renown
Tangent
abrogate
blasphemy
credible
harbingers
labyrinthine
nuzzle
plaudit
reprehensible
enigma
absolution
blatant
creditable
ensconce
hasten
laceration
obdurate
plausible
reprieve
tawdry
Abstain
Blighted
Credulous
Enshroud
Haughtiness
Lachrymose
Obfuscate
Plethora
Repudiate
Tedium
Abstemious
Blithe
Crepuscular
Enunciation
Headstrong
Lackluster
Objective
Pliable
Rescind
Temper
Part II: Rhetorical, Literary, and Language Terms > Know definitions and be able to identify an example
which uses the term. The Literary Terms list is on the web site with highlighted words to know.
Part III: Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes> Apply the meaning of these word parts to determine the meaning
of an unknown word
1. phob
2. –al/ial
3. curr/curs/cours
7. port
8. over-
9. Dict
13. mono/uni 14. re-
20. mater/pater
24. Ambul
25. Anim
30. Min
10. sym/syn
15. prim/prin/proto
19. ness
4. mis-
21. bene/bon
26. Apt/Ept
27. Act
16. -less
5. phil/phile
6. –er/-or
11. miss
12. Man
17. rota/volv
18. ject/jet
22. non
28. Carn/corp
23. Alter
29. –ing
Part IV: Grammar
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Parts of speech> preposition, noun, verb, adjective, adverb, conjunction, article, Proper vs.
Common nouns
Be able to convert parts of speech (i.e. noun to adjective)
Identify and correct sentence errors: fragments, run-on’s, comma splices
Formal vs. Informal language
Subject/Verb agreement and tense agreement (parallel structure)
Active vs. Passive voice
Apostrophes (possessive and contraction)
Capitalization rules