ACT/SAT Vocabulary - Set #1

Question 1

Since we had stuffed ourselves with burritos, the three pies served for dessert were superfluous.

Accepted Answer

excessive

Question 2

The Wilsons, those reckless spendthrifts, could no longer pay their rent and had to move in with relatives in Ohio.

Accepted Answer

squanderer

Question 3

Anyone scrupulous as Caitlin would never plagiarize a term paper.

Accepted Answer

upright

Question 4

The judge was so prejudiced that he made a travesty out of the defendant's right to a fair trial.

Accepted Answer

mockery

Question 5

Owen's taciturn manner left his teacher wondering whether the lad was shy or whether he merely had nothing to say.

Accepted Answer

quiet

Questions 5