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SAT Vocabulary Practice Week 5
SAT Vocabulary Practice Week 5
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1
_____________ need to be surreptitious in order to do their job effectively.
Spies
Farmers
Mechanics
Teachers
2
Pretentious:
part of speech
adverb
adjective
noun
verb
3
Which one of the following words and parts of speech is incorrect?
prudently: adverb
prudent: verb
prude: noun
4
Which of the following are the correct corresponding examples of
mundane
and
insipid
.
Doing DLWs / eating bland food
plain white rice / writing the letter B a thousand times
going to school / doing homework
watching paint dry / plain white bread
5
synonym: ambivalent
sneaky
undecided
sure
shy
6
Synonym for
morose
:
ecstatic
melancholy
angry
happy
7
If you make your friend angry by stealing his tots, you can _________ his anger by apologizing.
disdain
mitigate
lament
placate
8
Which of the following sentences uses
obstinate
correctly?
Nate is obstinate about Steve.
Tina is obstinate about her devotion to her family.
Betty's is obstinate about feelings and emotions.
Ben is obstinate about cookies when he is hungry.
9
prestige / prestigious
noun / adjective
verb / adjective
verb / noun
noun / adverb
10
Which of the following sentences uses the word
lament
correctly?
Please don't touch my lament. It's private.
He told a lament story about how he regrets dropping out.
I lament giving up on my dream to be a foot model.
I lament myself every day for not finishing college.
11
You would be likely to receive a ________ comment from someone who ________ you.
rancorous / disdains
benevolent / laments
morose / placates
pretentious / abates
12
If you have a
transient
thought,...
it is brief.
it gets you off track.
you are digressing.
it is wrong.
13
Which of the following sentences uses the word
ambivalent
correctly.
I sometimes walk ambivalently.
I had a very ambivalent day. I couldn't make up my mind.
My ambivalent makes it hard to choose.
She is ambivalent as to whether or not she wants children.
14
Which of the following would substantiate your innocence in a court case?
A witness that saw you at the scene of the crime.
Your testimony in which you say, "I didn't do it."
An alibi that could be verified by many people.
A murder weapon with your prints on it.
15
The girls did not _______ all of their hard work in practice after winning a _______ trophy.
revere / benevolent
placate / morose
lament / prestigious
disdain / surreptitious
16
If you are trying to get in shape, what should you
abstain
from?
exercise
overeating
drinking water
taking vitamins
17
Increase, intensify, grow, enlarge
are antonyms for...
substantiate
placate
lament
abate
18
Which of the following is a synonym for rueful?
morose
pretentious
mundane
placate
19
Which of the following words is a noun?
placate
mundane
benevolent
prestige
20
Which of the following would be considered a
fortuitous
event?
Retiring to Florida after 30 years of hard work.
Creating a video game more popular than Fortnite.
Graduating college with a 4.0 gpa.
Winning 100 million dollars by purchasing one ticket.
21
Antonym for
reverence
:
love
honored
bored
disrespect
22
Scrutinize
is a ________ and
scrutiny
is a _______.
adjective / noun
adjective / verb
noun / verb
verb / noun
23
_________ placate while _________ abate.
People / feelings and emotions
Feelings and emotions / people
Feelings and emotions / fishing hooks
Pain / liars
24
Fact: it is not _______ to blow off a 400 point assignment.
ambivalent
mundane
obstinate
prudent
25
Which of the following words is a synonym for friendly and outgoing?
fortuitous
rancorous
gregarious
benevolent
26
Synonym for
digression
:
on topic
off track
attack
bad deed
27
Which of the following is the best example of a benevolent act?
Spending all of your holidays working at soup kitchens.
Saying, "God bless you," when someone sneezes.
Showing respect to a disabled war veteran.
Giving your girlfriend an expensive piece of jewelry.
28
Part of speech: mundane
verb
pickle
noun
adjective
29
Politicians usually attempt to ________ their opponents during elections.
mitigate
placate
abate
discredit
30
Replace the word in parentheses: Teachers that are never boring are (honored and respected)!
revered
hackneyed
mundane
benevolent
31
Corresponding antonyms for
obstinate
and
pretentious
:
flexible / awesome
yielding / modest
stubborn / conceited
smart / stuck-up
32
Which of the following words has the wrong part of speech.
digression: noun
placate: verb
benevolent: noun
reverence: noun
33
It is
prudent
to
disdain
someone who
surreptitiously
spreads
rancorous
lies to
discredit
you.
False
True
34
Which sentence demonstrates correct usage?
Trent transiented Tina at school.
Sebastian tried to avoid an abstain on his shirt.
Mo is considered morose by everyone he meets.
Tina stubbornly asked me to hold on to her obstinate.
