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Try these 18 SAT/ACT words in our NEW INTERACTIVE puzzle activities that allow answers to be emailed to teachers, parents and friends at this link:
http://www.vocabulary.com//index.php?dir=test_prep&file=test_listing&test_prep_id=14
The updated and improved Fill-in-the-Blanks and Definition Match puzzles on the new pages are also INTERACTIVE with the ability to email!
You can still use the 4 additional exercises below.

SAT* #11 Word Find
SAT* #11 Crossword
SAT* #11 Definition MATCH
SAT* #11 Fill-in-the-Blanks
For fun (and NOT for memory) visit 24 top-tough-words
See a list of all TOP 180 SAT* words we have put in puzzles from SAT#1 -thru- SAT#10. We have just added SAT #11 (you are here!) and SAT #12.
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Solve the ACT/SAT #11 CROSSWORD Puzzle

Clues to the 36 words from the ACT/SAT #11 crossword are below. Note that the hardest 6 words are already solved for you and their definition marked with an asterisk (*).
(Puzzles answers are at the very bottom of this page.)

ACROSS:

1 - pertaining to northern regions (adjective)
6 - one who lives in a foreign country or has renounced his own (noun)
7 - weak, ineffective (adjective)
8 - dialect or accent, especially Irish (noun)
10 - contentious, prone to engage in lawsuits (adjective)
11 - having a pH of more than 7 (adjective)
12 - voluntary restraint from indulging an appetite, (often sex or food) (noun)
13 - capable of being altered or reshaped (adjective)
16 - a framework of crossed strips; a geometrical arrangement, as of atoms in a crystal (noun)
18 - relating to movements reacting against modern movements, typically reviving traditional elements. (adjective)
19* - an organized society with a specific form of government (noun)
21 - artificial or pretentious behavior, a pose (noun)
22 - great slaughter, bloody destruction (noun)
23 - mysterious, secret, having hidden meaning (adjective)
24* - relating to a compound formed by molecules of one or noun within the crystal lattice of another (adjective)
27 - a combination of words that contradict each other (e.g., jumbo shrimp, original copy, authentic reproduction) (noun)
28 - to give new life, to renew substrate noun foundation, base, ground (verb)
30 - a pattern or guide (noun)
31 - cruel or severe measures or laws (adjective)
32* - influence or authority over others (noun)
33 - to collapse, sink, or fail (verb)
34* - surface or medium on which an organism lives or grows (noun)
DOWN:
2 - concord; a coming together again (noun)
3 - capable of undergoing fission or splitting (adjective)
4 - multiplication; rapid growth in number (noun)
5* - a brimless ,flat-topped, hat, shaped like a truncated cone, usually tassled and made of felt (noun)
9 - an action or motive used to disguise a different intention or motive (noun)
14 - inability to pay debts (noun)
15 - not violated (adjective)
17 - beginning step, energy in taking action (noun)
18* - related to the open sea (adjective)
20 - opposed to progress; ultraconservative (adjective)
25 - a great number (adjective)
26 - to respond or reverberate (verb)
28 - to exile or banish (verb)
29 - protection and guidance (noun)

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We have one other exercise using these 36 puzzle words:

SAT* #11 Word Find
SAT* #11 Crossword
For "fun" (and NOT for memory) visit 24 top-tough-words
See a list of all TOP 180 SAT* words we have put in puzzles from SAT#1-thru SAT#10.

Please try all our previous SAT*/ACT*features:
Most Important SAT* Words #1
Most Important SAT* Words #2
Most Important SAT* Words #3
Most Important SAT* Words #4
Most Important SAT* Words #5
Most Important SAT* Words #6
Most Important SAT* Words #7
Most Important SAT* Words #8
Most Important SAT* Words #9
Most Important SAT* Words #10
Most Important SAT* Words #11 - you are here!
Most Important SAT* Words #12
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None of the trademark holders are affiliated with Vocabulary University or this website.
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Interactive, grade level puzzles: ["S140 Level 1"] -- ["S140 Level 2"] -- ["S140 Level 3"]
Fill-in-the-Blanks: ["S140Level 1-FITB"] -- ["S140Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S140Level 3-FITB"]
Crosswords: ["S140Level 1 C/W"] -- ["S140Level 2 C/W"] -- ["S140Level 3 C/W"]
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Synonym/Antonym Encounters: [S140Level 1-Syn/Ant] -- [S140Level 2-Syn/Ant] -- [S140Level 3-Syn/Ant]
Find the Words: ["S140Level 1 WF"] -- ["S140Level 2 WF"] -- ["S140Level 3 WF"]
Contextual Stories: ["S140Level 1 Story"] -- ["S140Level 2 Story"] -- ["S140Level 3 Story"]
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ANSWERS across:
1 - Boreal, 6 - Expatriate, 7 - Feckless, 8 - Brogue, 10 - Litigious, 11 - Alkaline, 12 - Abstinence, 13 - Malleable, 16 - Lattice, 18 - Postmodern, 19* - Polity, 21 - Affectation, 22 - Carnage, 23 - Cryptic, 24* - Clathrate, 27 -Oxymoron, 28 - Revitalize, 30 - Template, 31 - Draconian, 32* - Hegemony, 33 - Founder, 34* - Substrate
ANSWERS down:
2 - Rapprochement, 3 - Fissionable, 4 - Proliferation, 5* - Fez, 9 - Pretext, 14 - Insolvency, 15 - Inviolable, 17 - Initiative, 18* - Pelagic, 20 - Reactionary, 25 - Myriad, 26 - Resonate, 28 - Relegate, 29 - Auspices
Note that the hardest 6 words are already solved and their definitions and answers marked with an asterisk (*).

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