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Unit 7: Vocabulary Practice (SAT/ACT)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

adj. relating to hostile opposition

a)

anecdotal

b)

adversarial

c)

allusion

d)

imposition

2.

v. to make a secretive mention of something

a)

allude

b)

disdain

c)

endow

d)

tentative

3.

n. the use of payment to request something (e.g., a service or product)

a)

fiscal

b)

imposition

c)

commission

d)

endow

4.

v. to put limits on; to restrict

a)

divide

b)

combine

c)

fiscal

d)

confine

5.

Choose the correct usage of the noun disdain.

a)

He disdain the request to meet for lunch.

b)

I disdain you from talking to me that way.

c)

She was happy to disdain him from making bad choices.

d)

He looked at me with such disdain that I immediately knew the job wouldn’t work out.

6.

v. to equip or bestow (usu. a quality or ability)

a)

disdain

b)

endow

c)

impose

d)

probihit

7.

adj. related to (government) money

a)

commission

b)

confine

c)

fiscal

d)

materialistic

8.

If it’s not too much of an imposition, could you proofread my paper?

What does the word imposition mean?

a)

an agreement

b)

a simple request

c)

an unneccesary burden

d)

a hopeful outcome

9.

adj. superficial; focus on material possessions

a)

maturation

b)

meticulous

c)

inornate

d)

materialistic

10.

v. to die; to pass away

a)

rash

b)

prohibit

c)

parish

d)

perish

11.

v. to command against, to outlaw

a)

inhibit

b)

probibit

c)

antipathy

d)

confine

12.

Select the correct definition of the word rash as it is used in the following sentence:

Her rash decision to pass the car nearly resulted in a crash.

a)

adj. great attention to danger or risk

b)

n. a red and itchy patch on the skin

c)

adj. without attention to danger or risk

d)

n. a series of things of the same type

13.

n. the act of keeping something

a)

materialistic

b)

retention

c)

liberation

d)

freedom

14.

Which word in NOT a synonym for scrupulous?

scrupulous- adj. paying great attention to detail

a)

conscientious

b)

fastidious

c)

precise

d)

lenient

15.

What part of speech is represented by the word taut as used in this sentence:

The rubberband was taut and ready to be fired.

a)

adverb

b)

adjective

c)

noun

d)

verb

16.

Which part of speech is represented by the word urge as it is used in the following sentence:

He had the urge to tell his parents about his acceptance to Columbia but decided against it.

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adverb

d)

adjective

17.

Which part of speech is represented by the word urge as it is used in the following sentence:

She urged her sister to apply to Stanford.

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

18.

n. a strong feeling of dislike

a)

scrupulous

b)

rash

c)

antipathy

d)

allude

19.

The prefix anti- means...

a)

opposite to something

b)

around something

20.

The prefix dis- means...

a)

not or opposite of

b)

the study of