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SAT List #3

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of the word 'inane'?

a)

intelligent and meaningful

b)

profound and insightful

c)

thought-provoking and deep

d)

lacking sense or meaning

2.

Which word means an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority?

a)

edict

b)

request

c)

command

d)

suggestion

3.

What is the definition of the word 'cavort'?

a)

run or walk slowly

b)

jump or dance around excitedly

c)

sit or stand still

d)

sing or play an instrument

4.

Which word means extremely bad or unpleasant?

a)

execrable

b)

toady

c)

umbrage

d)

profligate

5.

What is the meaning of the word 'toady'?

a)

a person who behaves obsequiously to someone important in order to gain advantage

b)

a person who behaves indifferently towards someone important

c)

a person who behaves arrogantly towards someone important

d)

a person who behaves aggressively towards someone important

6.

Which word means offense (as in to take offense at something) ?

a)

umbrage

b)

pleasure

c)

delight

d)

satisfaction

7.

What is the definition of the word 'fractious'?

a)

friendly or agreeable

b)

calm or peaceful

c)

cooperative or harmonious

d)

irritable or quarrelsome

8.

Which word means a person who behaves dishonestly or unprincipled?

a)

toady

b)

saint

c)

edict

d)

reprobate

9.

What is the meaning of the word 'profligate'?

a)

careful and frugal

b)

recklessly extravagant or wasteful

c)

generous and charitable

d)

efficient and productive

10.

Which word means a fortunate discovery or pleasant surprise?

a)

inane

b)

misfortune

c)

serendipity

d)

unfortunate

11.

A loud, confused noise

a)

injunction

b)

carouse

c)

clamor

d)

onerous

12.

If you have a proclivity to do something,

a)

You tend to do it or you like to do it.

b)

You avoid doing it.

c)

You are afraid of it.

d)

You don't know how to do it.

13.

Which word is a synonym of "neophyte"?

a)

expert

b)

rookie

c)

idiot

d)

toady

14.

A person who is loudly and stubbornly defending his opinion can be described as

a)

censorious

b)

trenchant

c)

hapless

d)

antiseptic

15.

Someone who is grandiloquent is:


a)

very shy

b)

probably bragging or showing off

c)

critical of others

d)

a toady