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Unit 2: Vocabulary Practice (SAT / ACT)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

extremely bad

a)

nuance

b)

clout

c)

peculiar

d)

abysmal

2.

to support, strengthen, or fortify

a)

bolster

b)

clout

c)

teeming

d)

undulate

3.

to use to your advantage

a)

diligence

b)

capitalize

c)

entail

d)

indiscriminately

4.

clout

a)

verb; to include

b)

adjective; barren empty

c)

noun; special power or advantage

d)

verb; to prove untrue

5.

bare, barren, or empty

a)

decisive

b)

debacle

c)

diligence

d)

desolate

6.

the quality of being committed to a task

a)

dialect

b)

diligence

c)

delusion

d)

abysmal

7.

entail (verb): to involve or include.

Choose the sentence that has the correct usage of the word entail.

a)

A doctoral program entails long nights and a heavy workload.

b)

A doctoral program entail long nights and a heavy workload.

c)

A doctoral program entailing long nights and a heavy workload.

8.

erratic (adjective): having no fixed course; deviating from the course.

Choose the sentence that contains the correct usage of erratic.

a)

The car became erratics after slipping on ice.

b)

The car became erratic after slipping on ice.

c)

The car became eradicated after slipping on ice.

9.

publicly shameful or humiliating

a)

bolster

b)

abysmal

c)

ignominious

d)

omnipotent

10.

randomly; with little to no distinction

a)

indiscriminately

b)

indescribably

c)

innuendo

d)

distinctively

11.

harmful; spiteful

a)

tenuous

b)

nuance

c)

refute

d)

malicious

12.

a subtle difference in meaning

a)

indiscriminately

b)

erratic

c)

nuance

d)

abysmal

13.

omnipotent (adjective): almighty and powerful.

Choose the correct usage of the word omnipotent.

a)

Gods have omnipotence and can control human destiny.

b)

Gods are omnipotents beings who can control human destiny.

c)

Gods are omnipotently beings who can control human destiny.

d)

Gods are omnipotence beings who can control human destiny.

14.

strange; bizarre

a)

peculiar

b)

erratic

c)

teeming

d)

abysmal

15.

To undulate is to...

a)

move in a wavy pattern

b)

move in a circular motion

c)

move away from each other

16.

She was transparent about her plans to end her marriage.

What does the word transparent mean?

a)

changing

b)

truthful

c)

deceptive

d)

unsure

17.

Doorknobs are not as clean as they look and are often teeming with germs.

What does the word teeming mean?

a)

abundantly filled

b)

cooperating

c)

alive and well

d)

locked up

18.

to prove to be untrue

a)

claim

b)

thesis

c)

refute

d)

ratio

19.

The bald eagle is a potent symbol of the U.S.

What does the word potent mean?

a)

flying away

b)

having a great influence

c)

having little influence

d)

imagined and symbolic

20.

I am of the sentiment that you should never give out your passwords to anyone.


What does the word sentiment mean as used in this sentence?

a)

an opinion

b)

a tender gesture