SAT Vocab Quiz 1

Someone who uses flattery to try to get what he/she wants from an authority figure

• sycophant

• sociopath

• precursor

• pedestrian

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

intending to cause harm

• evil

• wily

• pernicious

• insipid

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

appearing everywhere

• viral

• scarce

• fracas

• ubiquitous

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

a statement that does not logically follow a conversation's flow

• non sequitur

• repetition

• tangent

• sojourn

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a forceful and bitter verbal attack

• debacle

• diatribe

• ruminate

• fracas

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

showing a lack of care or thought

• haughty

• gregarious

• slipshod

• lampoon

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

wicked or criminal

• persnickety

• tenacious

• inept

• nefarious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

a person or thing that comes before another of a similar kind

• fracas

• kismet

• ennui

• precursor

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

unable to be captured or broken into

• pedestrian

• impregnable

• gregarious

• palpable

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

shy or modest

• coquette

• covert

• demure

• futile

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6