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SAT/AP Language Vocab List 3/4

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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.

a)

swaggering

b)

braggart

c)

narcissism

d)

disdainful

2.
 To prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false
a)
refute
b)
approve
c)
endorse
d)
support
3.

If you had a benevolent granny, she might....

a)

Give you money

b)

discipline you

c)

steal your car

d)

make fun of your friends

4.

If Stacy was complacent, she might _____________ after school.

a)

take a nap

b)

study math

c)

go to work

d)

seek tutoring

5.
a riddle or a mystery; a puzzling person
a)
enigma
b)
maverick
c)
aesthetic
d)
belligerent
6.
Because Abby came from a wealthy family, it was not surprising she looked at homeless people with _____.
a)
profound
b)
tenacious
c)
contempt
d)
arrogant
7.

What other adjective is most similar to Prodigal?

a)

Cautious

b)

Moral

c)

thrifty

d)

Lavish

8.

It's _________________ to say mean things behind someone's back, and then to act nice when you want something from her

a)

biased

b)

hypocritical

c)

trivial

d)

benevolent

9.

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

a)

eccentric

b)

riveting

c)

monotonous

d)

interesting

10.

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

a)

valid

b)

vital

c)

vulnerable

d)

virulent

11.

A narrow-minded person would be described as ____________.

a)

provincial

b)

eccentric

c)

receptive

d)

perceptive

12.

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

a)

virtue

b)

diligence

c)

guile

d)

benevolence

13.

Many people are feeling _____________ about the idea of the coronavirus _______________ becoming a pandemic.

a)

contempt/ diligently

b)

apprehensive/ subtly

c)

benevolent/ inevitably

d)

apprehensive/ inevitably

14.

To derive a conclusion by reasoning is to _________________.

a)

resolve

b)

refute

c)

infer

d)

illuminate

15.

To delete objectionable material is to ________________.

a)

deter

b)

censor

c)

abstract

d)

resolve