SAT vocabulary quiz 5

Her nasty behavior began to exasperate him. 

Their incessant chatter made studying impossible. 

The surly old man kept people at bay. 

She construed the gesture as insulting. 

Her bedroom decorations were whimsical and frilly. 

The distance between school and Costco is a jaunt. 

The King’s Speech was a movie about a king who needed to be eloquent. 

People at the funeral had doleful faces. 

Deciding not to play poker was prudent.