WorksheetsSAT/AP Language Vocab List 3/4
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Peter has a (an) _________________ air about him; when he speaks to his colleagues, it's as if he addresses them from up on a big, high horse.
swaggering
braggart
narcissism
disdainful
If you had a benevolent granny, she might....
Give you money
discipline you
steal your car
make fun of your friends
If Stacy was complacent, she might _____________ after school.
take a nap
study math
go to work
seek tutoring
What other adjective is most similar to Prodigal?
Cautious
Moral
thrifty
Lavish
It's _________________ to say mean things behind someone's back, and then to act nice when you want something from her
biased
hypocritical
trivial
benevolent
At times, the grayness of the place was consumed by its own_____________ noise, of bars clanging, of inmates being led through the corridors, of guards yelling out orders …
— Benjamin Weiser
eccentric
riveting
monotonous
interesting
The other thing that contributes to the severity of the infection is the proteins the virus produces, Different genes mean different proteins; more _____________ coronaviruses may have spike proteins better at latching onto human cells.
— Sara Harrison
valid
vital
vulnerable
virulent
A narrow-minded person would be described as ____________.
provincial
eccentric
receptive
perceptive
The going was painfully slow, but Chickenhound consoled himself on the long journey by boosting his own ego. "Maybe a silly bunch of rats could put one over on Sela. Huh, she was old and had lost a lot of her____________. Not like me! They hadn't reckoned with a smart intelligent young fox like I am."
— Brian Jacques
virtue
diligence
guile
benevolence
Many people are feeling _____________ about the idea of the coronavirus _______________ becoming a pandemic.
contempt/ diligently
apprehensive/ subtly
benevolent/ inevitably
apprehensive/ inevitably
To derive a conclusion by reasoning is to _________________.
resolve
refute
infer
illuminate
To delete objectionable material is to ________________.
deter
censor
abstract
resolve
