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SAT Vocabulary Test

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
bad tempered or irritable
a)
cantankerous
b)
belligerent
c)
superfluous
d)
fastidious
2.
If you ________ someone or something, you laugh and make fun of it.
a)
eclipse
b)
appraise
c)
deride
d)
glut
3.

A sudden failure or fiasco

a)

Reprove

b)

Aplomb

c)

Debacle

d)

Amble

4.
Which vocabulary word means reckless; a foolish disregard of danger?
a)
temerity
b)
coerce
c)
extraneous
d)
dogmatic
5.
Which vocabulary word means sociable; fond of the company of others?
a)
temerity
b)
gregarious
c)
insipid
d)
divulge
6.

Which vocabulary word is a synonym for these words?

collapse, fiasco, havoc

a)

adept

b)

incredulous

c)

debacle

d)

vex

7.
Which word is spelled correctly?
a)
gragerious
b)
gregarious
c)
gergarious
d)
greggarious
8.
Mrs. Baker is ___ in the morning before she has a cup of coffee.
a)
cantankerous
b)
belligerent
c)
enigma
d)
superfluous
9.

Deride

a)

adjective

b)

adverb

c)

verb

d)

noun

10.

Temerity

a)

adjective

b)

adverb

c)

verb

d)

noun

11.

Ennui

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

c)

Verb

d)

Noun

12.

I feel a great deal of ____________________when I spend countless hours inside

a)

Temerity

b)

Deride

c)

Debacle

d)

Ennui

13.

We were shocked Ann Marie had the ___________________to challenge our teacher's authority in class

a)

temerity

b)

flinched

c)

scowl

d)

bewildered

14.

A vegetarian _______ from eating meat.

a)

absorbs

b)

abducts

c)

abrupts

d)

abstains

15.

to refrain from; to stay away from participating

a)

abstain

b)

absolve

c)

absurd

d)

abduct

16.

Dissatisfaction or exhaustion caused by boredom

a)

Ennui

b)

Cantankerous

c)

Deride

d)

Debacle

17.
enthusiastic : excited ::
a)
haughty : contempt
b)
haughty : king
c)
haughty : proud
d)
haughty : lowly
18.

Having or showing arrogant superiority

a)

hedonist

b)

hypothesis

c)

hackneyed

d)

haughty

19.

A rescue dog that can search for disaster victims for hours without giving up is:

a)

impatient

b)

affectionate

c)

tenacious

d)

timid

20.

Spell it right!

a)

tenacius

b)

tenacious

c)

tennacious

d)

tenaciuos

21.

Verb: to accept as inevitable; to comply passively

a)

acquiese

b)

acquiesce

c)

acquiece

d)

aquiesce

22.

It is always funny when comedians ___________ politicians during election time.

a)

brevity

b)

reproach

c)

lampoon

d)

heist

23.

Fill in the blank:

Johnny's grandpa sure is a _________, he was so cranky when we played on his grass.

a)

Grumble

b)

Lousy

c)

Logical

d)

Threading

e)

Curmudgeon

24.

Match the word to the definition:

bad tempered person, usually an old person

a)

Grumble

b)

Lousy

c)

Logical

d)

Threading

e)

Curmudgeon

25.

What part of speech is the word Lampoon?

a)

noun

b)

adjective

c)

verb

d)

pronoun

26.

Don't say you're taking a vacation, instead claim to be taking one of these:

a)

an artifice

b)

a sojourn

c)

a redress

d)

an adversary

27.
(n.) a temporary stay; (v.) to stay for a time
a)
Sojourn
b)
Precedent
c)
Inclement
d)
Artifice
28.

What part of speech is 'insidious'?

a)

Noun

b)

Adjective

c)

Verb

d)

Adverb

29.

To increase

a)

Augment

b)

Transgression

c)

Pernicious

d)

Adversary

30.

Intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous

a)

Insidious

b)

Bereft

c)

Fortitude

d)

Opulent

31.

"A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance". Choose the correct vocabulary word to go with this statement.

a)

abstract

b)

advocate

c)

figurative

d)

animated

32.

The professor ________ his salary by moonlighting as a book editor.

a)

curmudgeon

b)

augment

c)

insidious

d)

sojourn