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SAT Words #1-50 (AP)

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(n.) impudence, nerve, insolence

a)

antipathy

b)

effrontery

c)

cupidity

d)

credulity

2.

(v.) to coax by using flattery

a)

burnish

b)

deprecate

c)

abrogate

d)

blandish

3.

(v.) to criticize openly

a)

dither

b)

defile

c)

decry

d)

deride

4.

(n.) praise

a)

aspersion

b)

conflagration

c)

approbation

d)

effrontery

5.

(n.) bitterness, discord

a)

acrimony

b)

credulity

c)

cupidity

d)

alacrity

6.

(n.) a strong dislike, repugnance

a)

effrontery

b)

antipathy

c)

aspersion

d)

acrimony

7.

(n.) readiness to believe

a)

cupidity

b)

credulity

c)

aspersion

d)

effrontery

8.

(adj.) accompanying in a subordinate fashion

a)

concomitant

b)

ebullient

c)

diffident

d)

capricious

9.

(adj.) quiet, modest, reserved

a)

cursory

b)

brusque

c)

desiccated

d)

demure

10.

(v.) to reject, renounce

a)

ebullient

b)

abjure

c)

effrontery

d)

alacrity

11.

(n.) a cursed, detested person

a)

alacrity

b)

aspersion

c)

cupidity

d)

anathema

12.

(adj.) brief to the point of being superficial

a)

brusque

b)

cursory

c)

ascetic

d)

cogent

13.

(v.) to conceal, fake

a)

dissemble

b)

deprecate

c)

burnish

d)

desecrate

14.

(n.) mercy

a)

cacophony

b)

clemency

c)

credulity

d)

alacrity

15.

(adj.) penitent, eager to be forgiven

a)

contrite

b)

ebullient

c)

cogent

d)

cursory

16.

(v.) to take without justification

a)

defile

b)

deride

c)

abrogate

d)

arrogate

17.

(n.) an attempt to spoil someone else's reputation by spreading lies

a)

acrimony

b)

clemency

c)

calumny

d)

acumen

18.

(adj.) shy, quiet, modest

a)

ebullient

b)

assiduous

c)

diffident

d)

desiccated

19.

(adj.) extremely lively, enthusiastic

a)

contrite

b)

egregious

c)

ebullient

d)

effulgent

20.

(adj.) short, abrupt, dismissive

a)

acerbic

b)

diaphanous

c)

contrite

d)

brusque

21.

(n.) great fire

a)

conflagration

b)

approbation

c)

cupidity

d)

conundrum

22.

(v.) to sketch out in a vague way

a)

abrogate

b)

blandish

c)

adumbrate

d)

arrogate

23.

(v.) to be indecisive

a)

defile

b)

dither

c)

dissemble

d)

abjure

24.

(adj.) extremely bad

a)

deleterious

b)

ebullient

c)

egregious

d)

assiduous

25.

(adj.) hard-working, diligent

a)

diaphanous

b)

egregious

c)

assiduous

d)

desiccated

26.

(v.) to laugh at mockingly, scorn

a)

deride

b)

adumbrate

c)

cajole

d)

dither

27.

(v.) to abolish, usually by authority

a)

anathema

b)

cajole

c)

buttress

d)

abrogate

28.

(v.) to urge, coax

a)

defile

b)

abjure

c)

burnish

d)

cajole

29.

(v.) to violate the sacredness of a thing or place

a)

adumbrate

b)

abrogate

c)

desecrate

d)

dissemble

30.

(n.) puzzle, problem

a)

cupidity

b)

aspersion

c)

effrontery

d)

conundrum

31.

(v.) to belittle, depreciate

a)

deprecate

b)

adumbrate

c)

abrogate

d)

dissemble

32.

(v.) to polish, shine

a)

deride

b)

blandish

c)

burnish

d)

abrogate

33.

1. (v.) to support, hold up; 2. (n.) something that offers support

a)

alacrity

b)

buttress

c)

cupidity

d)

buffet

34.

(n.) keen insight

a)

calumny

b)

cacophony

c)

acumen

d)

buffet

35.

(n.) greed, strong desire

a)

alacrity

b)

cupidity

c)

antipathy

d)

credulity

36.

(adj.) harmful

a)

egregious

b)

effulgent

c)

ebullient

d)

deleterious

37.

(n.) tremendous noise, disharmonious sound

a)

credulity

b)

cacophony

c)

acrimony

d)

antipathy

38.

(adj.) light, airy, transparent

a)

assidious

b)

capricious

c)

diffident

d)

diaphanous

39.

(adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste

a)

contrite

b)

acerbic

c)

brusque

d)

cursory

40.

(adj.) practicing restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious

a)

acerbic

b)

brusque

c)

ascetic

d)

cursory

41.

1. (v.) to strike with force; 2. (n.) an arrangement of food set out on a table

a)

antipathy

b)

buffet

c)

clemency

d)

buttress

42.

(n.) eagerness, speed

a)

clemency

b)

cupidity

c)

alacrity

d)

credulity

43.

(n.) a gift or blessing

a)

conundrum

b)

alacrity

c)

boon

d)

acrimony

44.

(adj.) subject to whim, fickle

a)

diaphanous

b)

egregious

c)

capcicious

d)

assiduous

45.

(adj.) radiant, splendorous

a)

desiccated

b)

effulgent

c)

assiduous

d)

diffident

46.

(adj.) rambling, lacking order

a)

effrontery

b)

aspersion

c)

credulity

d)

discursive

47.

(adj.) dried up, dehydrated

a)

desiccated

b)

diaphanous

c)

diffident

d)

capricious

48.

(adj.) intellectually convincing

a)

contrite

b)

demure

c)

cogent

d)

effulgent

49.

(v.) to make unclean, impure

a)

defile

b)

deride

c)

abjure

d)

cajole

50.

(n.) a curse, expression of ill-will

a)

credulity

b)

acrimony

c)

aspersion

d)

cupidity