SAT Vocabulary # 3

In Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, her fictional monster is considered an:

• abberation
• allusion
• ordeal
• appellation 

The cultured lady was _____ when her date showed up at the fancy restaurant wearing dirty blue jeans.

• havoc
• salient
• aghast
• litigious

Madame Martinez earned the _____ of "Doctor" when she finished her dissertation.

• tincture
• notorious
• appellation 
• chattle

Often, young children ____ their parents with confusing questions that are hard to answer.

• ostrasize
• hinderance
• minimize
• bewilder

It is inconceivable to think that before The Civil War, slaves were considered _____ of their household.

• chattle
• prosaic
• salient
• detest

During the last presidential election, each candidate had a _____ look for the other.

• contemptuous 
• havoc
• pecadillo
• salient

Cary Grant, an old movie star, was considered to have a _____ personality.

• rectitude
• spurious
• debonaire 
• ordeal

I must admit: I ________ eating peas with my dinner.

• salient
• detest
• spurious
• vigilance 

My sweatpants are very comfortable because of their ______.

• hindrance
• elasticity 
• placid
• notorious 

In Shakespeare's play, Romeo had a ____ nature and could not decide which girl to be in love with.

• fickle
• hindrance
• vigilance 
• prosaic