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English SAT Vocab Term 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

strong praise, recognition of achievement

a)

nuance

b)

accolade

c)

affectation

d)

prosaic

2.

an effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed; a fake manner or appearance

a)

proliferate

b)

arbitrary

c)

compulsory

d)

affectation

3.

based solely on personal wishes, feelings, or perceptions, not on facts, reasons, or principles. Chosen at random.

a)

arbitrary

b)

remonstrate

c)

hubris

d)

sagacity

4.

required; mandatory

a)

venerate

b)

rapacious

c)

compulsory

d)

hubris

5.

excessive pride or arrogance

a)

innocuous

b)

hubris

c)

proliferate

d)

resonant

6.

not intended to cause offense or provoke a strong reaction; harmless; Lacking in conflict or drama

a)

innocuous

b)

prosaic

c)

superfluous

d)

nuance

7.

very slight difference in meaning, tone, color or feeling

a)

trepidation

b)

taciturn

c)

accolade

d)

nuance

8.

to increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively

a)

proliferate

b)

ramification

c)

unscrupulous

d)

remonstrate

9.

commonplace or dull; average and unexciting; ordinary; matter of fact

a)

hubris

b)

venerate

c)

prosaic

d)

sagacity

10.

A development or consequence growing out of and sometimes complicating a problem, plan, or statement; what something might mean or lead to

a)

nah, it ain't this answer

b)

unctuous

c)

ramification

d)

trepidation

11.

given to seizing for plunder (taking by force) or the satisfaction of greed; predators or pirates

a)

rapacious

b)

arbitrary

c)

venerate

d)

compulsory

12.

to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval; trying to stop something

a)

proliferate

b)

resonant

c)

taciturn

d)

remonstrate

13.

resounding or echoing;

ex: deep voices or echoing canyons

a)

superfluous

b)

resonant

c)

trepidation

d)

prosaic

14.

the quality of being sound in judgement and wise; someone who makes very rational, well-thought out decisions

a)

sagacity

b)

nuance

c)

ramification

d)

accolade

15.

being more than what is sufficient, required, or necessary

a)

resonant

b)

unscrupulous

c)

compulsory

d)

superfluous

16.

inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join conversation

a)

hubris

b)

taciturn

c)

trepidation

d)

accolade

17.

a state of alarm or dread; apprehension; fearfulness; anxiety; agitation

a)

ramification

b)

affectation

c)

trepidation

d)

sagacity

18.

excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; Someone who is annoyingly religious, moralistic, or self-righteous

a)

nuance

b)

unctuous

c)

innocuous

d)

unscrupulous

19.

not having or showing no regard for what one considers right; someone who would simply do whatever he or she wanted without regard to the consequences for anyone else

a)

ramification

b)

proliferate

c)

innocuous

d)

unscrupulous

20.

to regard with respect tinged with awe;

example: you really respect someone and look up to them in a way that is like worship

a)

sagacity

b)

venerate

c)

arbitrary

d)

hubris