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Rock the SAT: Spitball in the Eye

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It was activity day, and there was an electricity and excitement in the air that was almost _______

a)

palpable

b)

obsequious

c)

impending

d)

demure

2.

If I were more ___________,

If I didn’t show emotion

If I were more stoic

Wouldn’t feel all this commotion.

a)

tangible

b)

gregarious

c)

stolid

d)

impending

3.

Much to my ________, I discovered that I had been wearing my shirt inside out all day.

a)

facetious

b)

chagrin

c)

demure

d)

quixotic

4.

He showered his boss with compliments and gifts, but in spite of his _________ behavior, the promotion went to the employee who actually did the work.

a)

quixotic

b)

facetious

c)

obsequious

d)

imminent

5.

foolishly idealistic and impractical

a)

obsequious

b)

baneful

c)

stoic

d)

quixotic

6.

The sailors were ____________ by the beautiful song of the sirens and, in that charmed state, they crashed their ship on the rocks.

a)

abashed

b)

summoned

c)

beguiled

d)

cogitated

7.

embarrassed, ashamed

a)

facetious

b)

insipid

c)

demure

d)

abashed

8.

boring, dull, uninspired

a)

insipid

b)

abashed

c)

impending

d)

demure

9.

Ants, dogs, lions, and geese are all examples of _______ animals

a)

frenetic

b)

gregarious

c)

abashed

d)

beguiled

10.

Due to an ________ tropical storm, the school was closed and teachers were required to close the typhoon shutters and move all electronic equipment away from the windows.

a)

quixotic

b)

frenetic

c)

facetious

d)

impending

11.

A gregarious person is most likely to be

a)

introverted

b)

extroverted

c)

a cat person

d)

kind of annoying

12.

A synonym for redress is

a)

uniform

b)

remedy

c)

injury

d)

maroon dress

13.

harsh and grating to the ears, dissonant, noisy

a)

Taylor Swift

b)

insipid

c)

baneful

d)

cacophonous

14.

hectic and disorganized, frantic, wildly and messily energetic

a)

abashed

b)

cacophonous

c)

frenetic

d)

Mr. Fee's 6th Period Class

15.

Who is least likely to be stoic?

a)

Buddhist monk

b)

A cowboy in a Western. (The strong, silent type)

c)

A toddler

d)

An English teacher

16.

joking in an often clumsy and inappropriate way

a)

facetious

b)

insipid

c)

imminent

d)

abashed

17.

harmful, poisonous, destructive, lethal, toxic

a)

baneful

b)

stolid

c)

stoic

d)

insipid

18.

to think deeply, ponder, concentrate

a)

demonstrate

b)

explicate

c)

cogitate

d)

ameliorate

19.

They clung to what remaining scraps of hope they had left, but they knew that their rescue was not ______________, and they might have to survive in the barricaded Kmart for a few more weeks.

a)

imminent

b)

insipid

c)

baneful

d)

quixotic