SAT Vocabulary Lesson 80 Review

Question 1

I was deeply saddened when I was voted least cooperative Secretary of the month, a(n)____ honor, to say the least.

Accepted Answer

invidious

Question 2

We were ___ to see two roads leading left where we had expected only one.

Accepted Answer

nonplused

Question 3

not genuine or authentic; false

Accepted Answer

spurious

Question 4

baffled or puzzled at what to say or do

Accepted Answer

nonplused

Question 5

The vain parents thought their 12 year old son so __ that they allowed him to be the bartender at their party.

Accepted Answer

precocious

Question 6

causing anger or ill-will

Accepted Answer

invidious

Question 7

choose the best synonym for garrulous

Accepted Answer

talkative

Question 8

talking too much, esp. about trivia

Accepted Answer

garrulous

Question 9

"These remarks have never been verified in the speeches of Webster, and are probably ____." (T.C.Elliot)

Accepted Answer

spurious

Question 10

choose the best synonym for spurious

Accepted Answer

fake

Question 11

exceptionally early development

Accepted Answer

precocious

Question 12

choose the best synonym for nonplused

Accepted Answer

confused

Question 13

choose the best synonym for precocious

Accepted Answer

advanced

Question 14

choose the best synonym for invidious

Accepted Answer

offensive

Question 15

That's the last time I'll ask that ____ old gossip to be a substitute with my bridge group.

Accepted Answer

garrulous

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