SAT Word Exercise #2: Difficult words

Which is a synonym of captious? (The second day he became very moody and captious, the third day no one knew what to do with him.)

• hypercritical

• adept

• fastidious

• coherent

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Which is a synonym of discomfit? (He will be particularly discomfited by the minister's dismissal of his plan.)

• eliminate

• supersede

• nonplus

• soothe

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Which is a synonym of impecunious? (He came from a respectable if impecunious family.)

• fail-safe

• fastidious

• prosperous

• penniless

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Which is a synonym of trenchant? (He was shattered and bewildered by this trenchant criticism.)

• smooth

• keen

• long-term

• apathetic

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What is the best definition of funambulist? (He earned his reputation as a funambulist by winning the trivia competition 10 weeks in a row.)

• a singer in a choir

• tightrope walker

• promptness in response

• a traveller

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which is a synonym of redoubtable? (He had never met a more redoubtable fighter.)

• disinteresting

• vacillating

• esoteric

• formidable

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Which is a synonym of bibulous? (He was already mildly drunk, and Amy knew from experience that it would be a long, bibulous evening)

• absorbent

• supreme

• bedraggled

• clearheaded

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Which is a synonym of profligate? (The profligate use of antibiotics has led to the evolution of resistant bacteria.)

• compelling

• thoughtful

• enigmatic

• squandering

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Which is a synonym of turpitude? (He was considered unfit to hold office because of moral turpitude.)

• significance

• tenuousness

• depravity

• maxim

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which is a synonym of insouciance? (He replied with characteristic insouciance: "So what?")

• nuance

• nonchalance

• resentment

• parody

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E