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SAT Vocabulary List 2

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word 'censorious' mean?

a)

Critical of others

b)

Clean or pure

c)

Vigorous in expression

d)

Exclusion from a group

2.

Which word means 'clean or pure'?

a)

Censorious

b)

Antiseptic

c)

Trenchant

d)

Ostracism

3.

What is the meaning of 'trenchant'?

a)

Critical of others

b)

Clean or pure

c)

Vigorous in expression

d)

Exclusion from a group

4.

What does 'ostracism' refer to?

a)

Critical of others

b)

Clean or pure

c)

Vigorous in expression

d)

Exclusion from a group

5.

What does 'irreverence' mean?

a)

Lack of respect for

b)

Unfortunate

c)

Idealistic

d)

Appearing attractive but having little value

6.

Which word describes someone who is unfortunate?

a)

Censorious

b)

Antiseptic

c)

Hapless

d)

Quixotic

7.

What is the meaning of 'quixotic'?

a)

Critical of others

b)

Clean or pure

c)

Idealistic

d)

Appearing attractive but having little value

8.

What does 'meretricious' mean?

a)

Lack of respect for

b)

Unfortunate

c)

Idealistic

d)

Appearing attractive but having little value

9.

Which word describes someone who is pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner?

a)

Torpid

b)

Grandiloquent

c)

Hapless

d)

Irreverence

10.

What is the meaning of 'torpid'?

a)

Critical of others

b)

Clean or pure

c)

Lethargic; inactive

d)

Exclusion from a group

11.

I hate my piano class. The teacher is very ​ ​ (a)   ​ and picks apart my technique.

Choose from the below words
censorious
grandeliquent
quixotic
antiseptic
12.

The surgical area must be sterile and _​ (a)   .

Choose from the below words
grandeliquent
quixotic
antiseptic
censorious
13.

My brother tends to have (a)   ideas about life in a perfect paradise.

Choose from the below words
grandeliquent
quixotic
antiseptic
censorious
14.

The (a)   businessman lost everything when the stock market crashed.

Choose from the below words
grandeliquent
antiseptic
censorious
hapless
15.

We were deceived by the ​ (a)   plan put forth by the school board.

Choose from the below words
meretricious
trenchant
irreverence
ostracism
16.

After he experienced the ​ (a)   of his former friends, Greg began eating lunch by himself at the picnic table.

Choose from the below words
meretricious
trenchant
irreverence
ostracism
17.

Wearing an inappropriate t-shirt to church is an example of:

a)

irreverence

b)

ostracism

c)

trenchant

d)

hapless

18.

Someone who is grandiloquent is:

a)

very shy

b)

critical of others

c)

probably bragging or showing off

d)

trenchant