SAT Vocab Set #2 Quiz

Over the decades, his choice of roles has defined the __________ we have of him as a decent, even righteous man of honor.

• aesthetic

• perception

• immunity

• miser

Like previous national meetings, the NAS conference proceeded in a mostly serious, yet occasionally __________ and lighter mood.

• pessimistic

• uniform

• lucid

• jocular

Her position seemed ever more __________ by the minute, and it was clear that I would have to rescue her.

• jocular

• precarious

• superficial

• perceptive

The impossibility of bringing this tale to the big screen would __________ any sane filmmaker.

• daunt

• bolster

• reprove

• corroborate

If you can't reach the floor, use a pillow or __________ to prop up your feet.

• daunt

• corroborate

• bolster

• profligate

Images entered should be able to stand alone as a work of art and will be judged on their __________ values only.

• uniform

• cursory

• precarious

• aesthetic

He is a power-hungry __________, a greedy manipulator of people, who robs the inhabitants of the town of which he is mayor.

• pessimist

• miser

• caricature

• perception

Don't be surprised if you are __________ for being consistently late to work.

• daunted

• bolstered

• reproved

• prolifigated

If you are run down and your __________ system is weak, the bacteria that cause thrush may also multiply.

• immune

• jocular

• superficial

• explanatory

Naturally, one can be overly __________ in assessing worst-case scenarios.

• reproved

• precarious

• lucid

• pessimistic