SAT 6 Practice Test

His request for a large loan for an indefinite length of time was met with a _______________ refusal.

• brusque

• vicarious

Answer explanation

brusque (adjective) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

After he ______________ the unruly children, they settled down to study quietly.

• transgressed

• castigated

Answer explanation

castigated (verb) to punish severely, to criticize severely

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Scientists labored to discover a set of __________________ laws of the universe.

• immutable

• demagogue

Answer explanation

immutable (adjective) not subject to change, constant

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

She can _____________________ wonderful excuses, but when she tries to offer them, her uneasiness gives her away.

• disabuse

• contrive

Answer explanation

contrive (verb) to plan with ingenuity, invent, to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The old phrase "chain gang" refers to prisoners made to work each joined to the next by linked _____________.

• fetters

• sinecures

Answer explanation

fetter (noun) a chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural) anything that confines or restrains

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Often a show of angry concern conceals the self-serving tactics of a ________________.

• demagogue

• sinecure

Answer explanation

demagogue (noun) a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The penitent citizens promised to never again _____________ the laws of the land.

• cajole

• transgress

Answer explanation

transgress (verb) to go beyond a limit or boundary, to sin, violate a law

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

In search of _______________ excitement, we watched movies of action and adventure.

• vicarious

• insurgent

Answer explanation

vicarious (adjective) performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

It is said that good inventors do not ____________ themselves with conventional thinking.

• trangress

• fetter

Answer explanation

fetter (verb) to chain or shackle, to render helpless or important

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Think twice before casting _____________ on his honesty, for he might be telling the truth.

• aspersions

• demagogues

Answer explanation

aspersion (noun) a damaging or derogatory statement, the act of slandering or defaming.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4