SAT Preperation
SAT preperation quiz. This quiz tests vocab.
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It took Congress a lot of time to convince the president to ____________ their suggestion.
- A.
Extol
- B.
Sanction
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Acclaim
- D.
Laud
- E.
Disinclinate
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B. SanctionExplanation
sanction means to ratify or approve.Rate this question:
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The ____________ smell of chicken from the kitchen reached my nose as I sat on the toilet seat on the second floor.
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Strident
- B.
Superflous
- C.
Hackneyed
- D.
Pervasive
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Fastidious
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D. PervasiveExplanation
pervasive means spreading througout every partRate this question:
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She got tierd of being a ___________ since everything she did was all by herself.
- A.
Maverick
- B.
Conviction
- C.
Conjecture
- D.
Flippant
- E.
Mercenery
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A. MaverickExplanation
Maverick means one who is independentRate this question:
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As it got late, I started to feel a bit _________ but I knew I had to keep on studying for the finals.
- A.
Eccalectic
- B.
Mundane
- C.
Profane
- D.
Taciturn
- E.
Lethargic
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E. LethargicExplanation
lethargic means to be drowsy or dull.Rate this question:
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Nobody is perfect. Not everybody can act with such great _______ as you can even if they're the most well-manered people.
- A.
Pessimism
- B.
Debacle
- C.
Decorum
- D.
Conflageration
- E.
Callous
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C. DecorumExplanation
decorn means orderliness and good taste in manners.Rate this question:
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Do you like getting stuck in a/an _________ every single day when you wake up late for school and urge the driver to hurry up?!
- A.
Concur
- B.
Digression
- C.
Hierachy
- D.
Quandary
- E.
Opulence
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D. QuandaryExplanation
qquandary means dilemma.Rate this question:
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Lying is a ___________ way of getting what you want by not earning it.
- A.
Fallacious
- B.
Rhetorical
- C.
Supplant
- D.
Astute
- E.
Placid
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A. FallaciousExplanation
fallacious means false and misleading.Rate this question:
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- 8.
After breaking up with Jim, Alison told me that she would __________ everything that Jim gave her.
- A.
Acclaim
- B.
Disparage
- C.
Repudiate
- D.
Assimilate
- E.
Abridge
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C. RepudiateExplanation
repudiate means to disown or disavow.Rate this question:
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In court the witness ___________ the convict for doing all the bad things in the world and causing war to the country.
- A.
Renounced
- B.
Stymied
- C.
Expurgated
- D.
Censured
- E.
Eradicated
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D. CensuredExplanation
censure means to blame or to criticize.Rate this question:
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- 10.
That boy proved to be very __________ since he lost both his parents during war and died of cancer at the age of 10.
- A.
Extraneous
- B.
Rancorous
- C.
Credible
- D.
Solicitous
- E.
Pragmatic
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B. RancorousExplanation
Rancorous means marked by bitter ill-will.Rate this question:
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We had a/an ___________ of food left, enough for only a child while there was 7 of us.
- A.
Autonomy
- B.
Entourage
- C.
Raze
- D.
Adversary
- E.
Paucity
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E. PaucityExplanation
Paucity means scarcity.Rate this question:
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I felt _________ after studying every day and night for the SAT exam.
- A.
Tenuous
- B.
Staid
- C.
Litigious
- D.
Surreptitous
- E.
Dogmatic
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A. TenuousExplanation
tenuous means to have little substence or strength.Rate this question:
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- 13.
The act of supporting my husband and sticking by him is, in my book, very ___________.
- A.
Husbandry
- B.
Precocious
- C.
Magnanimous
- D.
Soporific
- E.
Prosaic
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C. MagnanimousExplanation
Magnanimous means noble.Rate this question:
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That guy was a total _________, always smiling at you and calling you a king, it was like he was in love with you!
- A.
Compliance
- B.
Depravity
- C.
Enigma
- D.
Adversity
- E.
Sycophant
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E. SycophantExplanation
sycophant means one who flatters.Rate this question:
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Breaking my sidetable already __________ my attitide towards him after he smoked in my room and killed my plants.
- A.
Vilified
- B.
Exacerbated
- C.
Instigated
- D.
Precluded
- E.
Dismissed
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B. ExacerbatedExplanation
exacerbate means to worsenRate this question:
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Going back a grade for no good reason and learning everything I excelled in all over again seemed like a very ___________ experience to me.
- A.
Expedient
- B.
Innocuous
- C.
Articulate
- D.
Insipid
- E.
Insolent
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D. InsipidExplanation
insipid means unchallenging or uninteresting.Rate this question:
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- 17.
This year's readers of the reading club were very __________ and found out lots of mistakes in the book's plot and blamed the librarian for giving them such a dull book to read.
- A.
Frivolous
- B.
Somber
- C.
Censorious
- D.
Malicious
- E.
Homogeneous
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C. CensoriousExplanation
Censorious means critical.Rate this question:
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Word Bank: Profane, taciturn, debacle, cajole, callous, quandary, fallicious, gaffe, disparage, censure, stymied, expurgated, abased, eradicate, rebuttal. After making that ___________ and getting laughed at, Tom tried to defend himself by an uneffective ____________. He finally had to make away with his head _________.Diane tried to _________ her Dad into letting her drive the family car.
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gaffe
rebuttal
abased
cajoleExplanation
1) gaffe, which means a social error.
2) rebuttal, which means to fight back or defend and in the sentence it means that he's trying to defend himself by fighting back.
3) abased means lowered and in the sentence it means that his head was lowered.
4) Cajole, which means to coax or to trick and it means that she tricked her dad into giving her the car.Rate this question:
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