SAT vocabulary quiz 5

She construed the gesture as insulting. 

Her bedroom decorations were whimsical and frilly. 

The distance between school and Costco is a jaunt. 

People at the funeral had doleful faces. 

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

Her nasty behavior began to exasperate him. 

Their incessant chatter made studying impossible. 

The surly old man kept people at bay. 

Deciding not to play poker was prudent.