S.A.T. Vocabulary Quiz #1 Practice Fill-in-the-Blank

The brave soldiers responded to their commanding officers orders with great ___________.

• euphemism

• deleterious

• alacrity

• burgeon

Saying that someone "passed away" is often used as a ________________ for death.

• ogle

• postulate

• tractable

• euphemism

The ____________ student was very helpful to the teacher and rarely ever spoke out of turn in class.

• deleterious

• hypocritical

• tractable

• lethargic

Carbon emissions can be _______________ to the health of our environment.

• deleterious

• postulate

• robust

• tractable

The lion had a ____________ frame and was clearly the leader of the pride.

• hypocritical

• robust

• tractable

• lethargic

It's _______________ to say one thing and do another.

• hypocritical

• burgeon

• postulate

• ogle

Jona had a great deal of _______________ towards cooking. Sometimes he loved to cook, and sometimes it felt like a chore.

• deleterious

• ambivalence

• alacrity

• cantankerous

The __________ student barely had enough energy to keep their eyes open during 1st period.

• hypocritical

• burgeon

• lethargic

• postulate

The baseball player had been ________ at the expensive bat online for months, but now he finally had enough money to order it.

• ogling

• postulating

• burgeoning

Crime scene investigators often ___________ what happened at the scene of a crime based off of the evidence that they find.

• postulate

• burgeon

• ambivalence

• cantankerous