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SAT/ ACT Final Review

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A direct opposite, a contrast; against the thesis

a)

antithesis

b)

austere

c)

ascend

d)

autonomous

2.

Not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial.

a)

banal

b)

capricious

c)

benign

d)

dawdle

3.

To waste time, to spend time idly, to move in a lackadaisical manner

a)

banal

b)

capricious

c)

dawdle

d)

benign

4.

Concise; short; brief and pithy; succinct

a)

Crass

b)

Terse

c)

Transient

d)

plagiarize

5.

Quickly passing, fleeting; ephemeral (n) a homeless person, moving from location to location

a)

Crass

b)

Terse

c)

Transient

d)

plagiarize

6.

To steal and to use another's writing as ones own;

a)

Crass

b)

Terse

c)

Transient

d)

plagiarize

7.

A hater of mankind;

a)

Crass

b)

Terse

c)

Transient

d)

misanthrope

8.

extreme happiness

a)

animosity

b)

ecstasy

c)

treachery

d)

hedonist

9.

violation of faith; betrayal of trust; treason

a)

animosity

b)

ecstasy

c)

treachery

d)

hedonist

10.

harsh feelings, enmity, resentment, hatred

a)

animosity

b)

ecstasy

c)

treachery

d)

hedonist

11.

one who seeks pleasure as the sole aim in life

a)

animosity

b)

ecstasy

c)

treachery

d)

hedonist

12.

humorous or ridiculous imitation

a)

animosity

b)

ecstasy

c)

trifling

d)

parody

13.

not significant, frivolous

a)

animosity

b)

ecstasy

c)

trifling

d)

parody

14.

something that relieves the effects of poison

a)

antidote

b)

ethereal

c)

placate

d)

poignant

15.

heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible;

a)

antidote

b)

ethereal

c)

placate

d)

poignant

16.

to appease or to pacify by making concessions;

a)

antidote

b)

ethereal

c)

placate

d)

poignant

17.

( of speech or writing..) pompous; overblown; pretentious; inflated

a)

bombastic

b)

diligent

c)

Vex

d)

squander

18.

careful hard work, continued effort; pursued with persevering attention; painstaking

a)

bombastic

b)

diligent

c)

Vex

d)

squander

19.

to annoy or worry (someone); provoke; to torment; trouble, bother, distress;

a)

bombastic

b)

diligent

c)

Vex

d)

squander

20.

right to vote ; enfranchisement

a)

adversity

b)

culpable

c)

decadent

d)

expunge

e)

suffrage

21.

to remove, to erase.

a)

adversity

b)

culpable

c)

decadent

d)

expunge

e)

suffrage

22.

decaying ; deterioration, esp of morality or culture; self-indulgent; filling one's base desires

a)

adversity

b)

culpable

c)

decadent

d)

expunge

e)

suffrage

23.

deserving blame; guilty

a)

adversity

b)

culpable

c)

decadent

d)

expunge

e)

suffrage

24.

misfortune, unfavorable happening; great difficulty; hardship

a)

adversity

b)

culpable

c)

decadent

d)

expunge

e)

suffrage

25.

enthusiasm, fervor

a)

blasphemous

b)

emaciated

c)

implausible

d)

empirical

e)

zeal

26.

irreverent, profane; speaking against God

a)

blasphemous

b)

emaciated

c)

implausible

d)

empirical

e)

zeal

27.

very thin (usually as a result of starvation), wasting away

a)

blasphemous

b)

emaciated

c)

implausible

d)

empirical

e)

zeal

28.

not believable.

a)

blasphemous

b)

emaciated

c)

implausible

d)

empirical

e)

zeal

29.

based on observation or experiment and not on theory

a)

blasphemous

b)

emaciated

c)

implausible

d)

empirical

e)

zeal

30.

extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant

a)

contrite

b)

depravity

c)

dormant

d)

nullify

e)

pacifistic

31.

moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act

a)

contrite

b)

depravity

c)

dormant

d)

nullify

e)

pacifistic

32.

inactive, sleeping

a)

contrite

b)

depravity

c)

dormant

d)

nullify

e)

pacifistic

33.

to cause not to be in effect, to negate

a)

contrite

b)

depravity

c)

dormant

d)

nullify

e)

pacifistic

34.

opposed to war or use of force. (from pacify - to make peaceful)

a)

contrite

b)

depravity

c)

dormant

d)

nullify

e)

pacifistic

35.

lacking liveliness, animation, or interest, dull

a)

atrophy

b)

garrulous

c)

paradoxical

d)

vapid

36.

something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct ; a self-contradictory and false proposition

a)

atrophy

b)

garrulous

c)

paradoxical

d)

vapid

37.

talkative, rambling

a)

atrophy

b)

garrulous

c)

paradoxical

d)

vapid

38.

to waste away, to wither ; degeneration, decline, or decrease, as from disuse (Gr. not fed)

a)

atrophy

b)

garrulous

c)

paradoxical

d)

vapid

39.

wealth, affluence, abundance

a)

acrimonious

b)

buoyant

c)

calamity

d)

opulence

40.

a serious event causing distress or misfortune

a)

acrimonious

b)

buoyant

c)

calamity

d)

opulence

41.

capable of floating, cheerful

a)

acrimonious

b)

buoyant

c)

calamity

d)

opulence

42.

caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior,

a)

acrimonious

b)

buoyant

c)

calamity

d)

opulence

43.

figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared with the word "like"

a)

patronize

b)

rhetoric

c)

satirical

d)

simile

e)

omnipresent

44.

present everywhere at the same time

a)

patronize

b)

rhetoric

c)

satirical

d)

simile

e)

omnipresent

45.

To make fun of, ridicule

a)

patronize

b)

rhetoric

c)

satirical

d)

simile

e)

omnipresent

46.

question is asked for effect, without expectation of an answer;

a)

patronize

b)

rhetoric

c)

satirical

d)

simile

e)

omnipresent

47.

Treat as inferior unduly, talk down to, treat condescendingly. - To support / make oneself a regular customer of a business

a)

patronize

b)

rhetoric

c)

satirical

d)

simile

e)

omnipresent

48.

arrogant, exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic ; (2) characterized by stately display.

a)

assuage

b)

contentious

c)

dogmatic

d)

gluttonous

e)

pompous

49.

greedy for food and drink, excessive indulgence

a)

assuage

b)

contentious

c)

dogmatic

d)

gluttonous

e)

pompous

50.

strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner , arrogant assertion of improvable principles, not a free-thinker, not open-minded

a)

assuage

b)

contentious

c)

dogmatic

d)

gluttonous

e)

pompous

51.

quarrelsome, stirring controversy

a)

assuage

b)

contentious

c)

dogmatic

d)

gluttonous

e)

pompous

52.

to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm

a)

assuage

b)

contentious

c)

dogmatic

d)

gluttonous

e)

pompous

53.

to honor, to regard with respect

a)

revere

b)

lament

c)

embellish

d)

ambivalent

54.

to mourn or express sorrow in a demonstrative manner,

a)

revere

b)

lament

c)

embellish

d)

ambivalent

55.

to decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation; the exaggerate (a story)

a)

revere

b)

lament

c)

embellish

d)

ambivalent

56.

uncertain; having contrary feelings or attitudes, uncertain as to course of action

a)

revere

b)

lament

c)

embellish

d)

ambivalent

57.

a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings ; One who is insincere or deceitful

a)

esoteric

b)

gregarious

c)

melancholy

d)

venerate

e)

hypocrite

58.

To honor, to revere; to respect highly

a)

esoteric

b)

gregarious

c)

melancholy

d)

venerate

e)

hypocrite

59.

Depression of spirits ; sad

a)

esoteric

b)

gregarious

c)

melancholy

d)

venerate

e)

hypocrite

60.

Sociable and outgoing; very talkative

a)

esoteric

b)

gregarious

c)

melancholy

d)

venerate

e)

hypocrite

61.

Understood only by a small group or a select few

a)

esoteric

b)

gregarious

c)

melancholy

d)

venerate

e)

hypocrite