SAT VOCAB Lesson 1 - 3

My father is a __________ who has hundreds of coins from ancient Rome.

• paucity

• pensive

• numismatist

• epigram

The ___________ student sat in the detention hall and stared out the

window.

• elated

• lackadaisical

• beleaguer

• antiquated

The great leader _________ many small tribes into his own to make a

singular, powerful nation.

• amalgamated

• antiquated

• demented

• fatalistic

You were

concentrating intently at the work on your desk, so I did not wish to

__________.

• alienate

• gorge

• dally

• obtrude

The ___________ woman could write both left- and right-handed.

• egalitarian

• ambidextrous

• ostentatious

• licentious

The

equal rights amendment for women was founded on _________ principles.

• egalitarian

• ambidextrous

• berserk

• demented

The palace was not just a home; it was an _________ that created envy among

foreign rulers.

• edifice

• chauvinist

• caricature

• paucity

The _______ of jobs in the small town forced Jack to find work elsewhere.

• numismatist

• paucity

• epigram

• edifice

The fast-talking salesman could not _______ us into buying the dilapidated truck.

• knead

• animate

• hone

• delude

My father

almost went _________ when I told him I had dented his new car.

• ambidextrous

• berserk

• ostentatious

• demented