SAT 6 vocabulary

Question 1

I have _______ a little from my previous plan.

Accepted Answer

digressed

Question 2

Her tone was now ___________ and her lip drawn up, giving her not a joyful, but an animal, squirrel-like expression.

Accepted Answer

querulous

Question 3

My son felt ___ after he hit his brother.

Accepted Answer

contrite

Question 4

New words are constantly being coined, some will prove _______, other are here to stay.

Accepted Answer

ephemeral

Question 5

The child ______ to his father when he realized he could not win.

Accepted Answer

capitulated

Question 6

He was at first _________, but eventually learned the truth.

Accepted Answer

incredulous

Question 7

Here he lived a quiet if not an ________ life.

Accepted Answer

ascetic

Question 8

The _______ child was reading by the age of 2.

Accepted Answer

precocious

Question 9

I tend to act _____ around the people that I am closest.

Accepted Answer

inane

Question 10

Because she was innocent, Ralph ____________ the charges against him.

Accepted Answer

repudiated

Question 11

I did what little I could to ________ my guilt.

Accepted Answer

assuage

Question 12

Taran bowed his head in ____________ to his master.

Accepted Answer

deference

Question 13

The _______ student couldn't help but to brag about the high score he received on his last test.

Accepted Answer

supercilious

Question 14

At the same time his rule, if not harsh, was ___________ and demoralizing.

Accepted Answer

enervating

Question 15

There were _____ circumstances requiring immediate help from the principal.

Accepted Answer

exigent

Question 16

The records showed __________ criminal activity.

Accepted Answer

furtive

Question 17

The army had appeared a hard master when it ent its strength to a wise and ________rule.

Accepted Answer

sagacious

Question 18

Howie remained _________ in restricting his gift to the rescue children.

Accepted Answer

intransigent

Question 19

A submarine is a _____ enviornment where no water can enter an no air can escape.

Accepted Answer

hermetic

Question 20

But even in its _________ condition the book had been recognized as remarkable and almost unique.

Accepted Answer

spurious

Questions 20