ANSWER KEY
Vocabulary
Review 1
ANSWER KEY
SAT01A-COMPL01
Select the best answer for each blank, defintion or
synonym.
1. He has a degree in landscape
architecture and is
_________ about plants.
5. What hurts us is an
_________ of knowledge that
is empirically false.
A) din
B) allusion
C) acoustics
D) ingenious
E) illusion
A) quiescent
B) virulent
C) concise
D) nefarious
E) passionate
2. In the past security officers
were usually _________ exmilitary types who wore
holsters and brush cuts.
A) acute
B) terse
C) illusion
D) fanatical
E) eloquence
3. In any case, it's _________
to limit your intake of highsodium processed and
prepared food.
A) passionate
B) acute
C) fanatical
D) prudent
E) honorable
4. He is raising a _________
of clanking pots and clumsy
feet, so loud you figure he
must be doing it on purpose.
A) taciturn
B) ominous
C) prattle
D) ingenious
E) din
6. He is in a _________ or
quite confused.
A) cryptic
B) effervescent
C) rancorous
D) euphony
E) quandary
7. The eggs hatch into larvae
which spin cocoons and enter a
_________ pupa stage.
A) quiescent
B) concise
C) perspicacious
D) taciturn
E) quandary
SAT01B-COMPL02
Select the best answer for each blank, defintion or
synonym.
1. E. passionate
2. B. terse
3. D. prudent
4. E. din
5. E. illusion
6. E. quandary
7. A. quiescent
8. E. euphony
8. Avoid the possessive unless
its omission destroys the
_________ of the name or
changes its descriptive
application.
1. The film's style is so
economical it seems almost
_________.
A) acute
B) terse
C) illusion
D) fanatical
E) eloquence
5. Levine told the nerds in
attendance not to hide from
the things they are
_________ about.
A) quiescent
B) virulent
C) concise
D) nefarious
E) passionate
2. As a result, they run the
risk of coming across as
troublemakers or cranks
rather than as reformers or
_________ advocates.
A) quiescent
B) virulent
C) concise
D) ardent
E) honorable
6. If you are asked to
participate in a role-playing
situation, give short but
_________ answers.
A) concise
B) taciturn
C) ingenious
D) effervescent
E) prattle
2. D. ardent
3. E. illusion
4. D. rancorous
5. E. passionate
that has the appearance of
truth.
A) din
B) allusion
C) acoustics
D) ingenious
E) illusion
7. And we'd like to thank you,
Scott, for being such an astute
reader and _________ student
of the environment.
A) effervescent
B) ingenious
C) euphony
D) rancorous
E) perspicacious
play even begins to resemble
that _________ body for the
occasional clumsiness in its
logic.
A) terse
B) pernicious
C) garrulous
D) rancorous
E) deprecate
7.. E. perspicacious
8. A. pithy
8. There is an excellent point in
that _________ excerpt you
chose.
A) pithy
B) terse
C) acute
D) garrulous
E) passionate
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Vocabulary
Review 3
ANSWER KEY
SAT01C-MATCHDEF01
Select the best answer for each blank, defintion or
synonym.
1. uncommunicative
5. brief, short
A) acute
B) terse
C) illusion
D) fanatical
E) eloquence
A) ingenious
B) prattle
C) taciturn
D) euphony
E) rant
1. C. taciturn
2. A. quiescent
3. D. honorable
2. inactive
6. brief, to the point
A) quiescent
B) concise
C) perspicacious
D) taciturn
E) quandary
A) pithy
B) terse
C) acute
D) garrulous
E) passionate
4. D. pernicious
5. B. terse
6. A. pithy
3. reputable
7. loud, continuous noise
A) quandary
B) perspicacious
C) effervescent
D) honorable
E) cryptic
A) garrulous
B) deprecate
C) eloquence
D) pernicious
E) rebuff
1. B. terse
6. A. concise
3. He gives you _________
4. And, come to think of it, the
A) pernicious
B) cacophonous
C) deprecate
D) garrulous
E) euphony
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4. bad, hurtful
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A) taciturn
B) ominous
C) prattle
D) ingenious
E) din
7. E. din
8. C. ominous
8. menacing, foreboding
A) prattle
B) impugn
C) ominous
D) honorable
E) nefarious
Vocabulary
Review 6
SAT01B-POS01
For the term in ALL CAPITALS, select the Part of
Speech as used in the sentence.
1. The typical safety office will
monitor biohazards produced
from research on, say, a
VIRULENT virus or bacterium.
A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) verb
E) other
A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) verb
E) other
1. A. adjective
2. A. adjective
3. C. noun
2. It is an astonishingly
RANCOROUS and controversial
debate, with far-reaching
implications.
A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) verb
E) other
3. He and his speechwriters
deserve credit for using the
accident of EUPHONY to give
the argument cohesiveness
and force.
A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) verb
E) other
4. Her reaction was so overtly
PRUDENT it sent the others
into an unprecedented panic.
A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) verb
E) other
5. He was an ARDENT lover.
6. Since a rainbow is an optical
ILLUSION, it doesn't have an
actual endpoint.
A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) verb
E) other
7. Mathematical signs and
symbols are often CRYPTIC, but
the best of them offer visual
clues to their own meaning.
A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) verb
E) other
4. A. adjective
5. A. adjective
6. C. noun
7. A. adjective
8. A. adjective
8. Working with the newspaper
and police, they squelched the
NEFARIOUS goings-on in just
two months.
A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) verb
E) other
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Vocabulary
Review 7
ANSWER KEY
SAT01A-COMPL01
Select the best answer for each blank, defintion or
synonym.
1. He has a degree in landscape
architecture and is
_________ about plants.
A) quiescent
B) virulent
C) concise
D) nefarious
E) passionate
5. There are a few _________
inscriptions on the wax discs
and cylinders and some notes
from past curators.
A) pithy
B) rancorous
C) cryptic
D) pernicious
E) prudent
2. Here's a particularly
_________ commentary
about printers.
A) pithy
B) terse
C) acute
D) garrulous
E) passionate
6. Some of their survival
strategies are nothing short of
_________.
A) euphony
B) convalesce
C) cacophonous
D) ingenious
E) ascetic
3. The writer wants to learn
why, but does not tell his
story, hoping that the
_________ ex-leader will
volunteer an explanation.
A) ingenious
B) prattle
C) taciturn
D) euphony
E) rant
4. On good days, her
_________ negativity was
channeled into wit.
A) concise
B) nefarious
C) taciturn
D) perspicacious
E) virulent
7. Birds, which had erupted into
a _________ evensong at the
first hints of the false twilight,
were abruptly silent.
A) illusion
B) garrulous
C) allusion
D) din
E) voluble
1. E. passionate
2. A. pithy
SAT01A-MATCHDEF01
Select the best answer for each blank, defintion or
synonym.
1. very enthusiastic
5. talkative
A) illusion
B) garrulous
C) allusion
D) din
E) voluble
A) quiescent
B) virulent
C) concise
D) ardent
E) honorable
3. C. taciturn
4. E. virulent
5. C. cryptic
8. B. allusion
8. This was a startling
_________ to several bodies
of knowledge simultaneously.
2. clever; brilliant
A) euphony
B) convalesce
C) cacophonous
D) ingenious
E) ascetic
6. brief, to the point
A) pithy
B) terse
C) acute
D) garrulous
E) passionate
5. B. garrulous
7. loud, continuous noise
A) quandary
B) perspicacious
C) effervescent
D) honorable
E) cryptic
A) taciturn
B) ominous
C) prattle
D) ingenious
E) din
7. E. din
8. C. ominous
8. menacing, foreboding
A) prattle
B) impugn
C) ominous
D) honorable
E) nefarious
A) terse
B) pernicious
C) garrulous
D) rancorous
E) deprecate
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Vocabulary
Review 11
ANSWER KEY
SAT01C-MATCHSYN02
Select the best answer for each blank, defintion or
synonym.
1. aloof
5. ambiguous
A) pithy
B) rancorous
C) cryptic
D) pernicious
E) prudent
A) ingenious
B) prattle
C) taciturn
D) euphony
E) rant
1. C. taciturn
2. D. ingenious
2. inventive
6. deception
A) euphony
B) convalesce
C) cacophonous
D) ingenious
E) ascetic
A) din
B) allusion
C) acoustics
D) ingenious
E) illusion
4. D. pernicious
5. C. cryptic
1. very enthusiastic
5. secret; obscure in meaning
A) pithy
B) rancorous
C) cryptic
D) pernicious
E) prudent
A) quiescent
B) virulent
C) concise
D) ardent
E) honorable
7. reasonable
A) pernicious
B) cacophonous
C) deprecate
D) garrulous
E) euphony
A) passionate
B) acute
C) fanatical
D) prudent
E) honorable
7. D. prudent
8. C. ominous
8. prophetic
A) prattle
B) impugn
C) ominous
D) honorable
E) nefarious
1. D. ardent
2. D. ingenious
3. D. honorable
2. clever; brilliant
A) euphony
B) convalesce
C) cacophonous
D) ingenious
E) ascetic
6. false appearance; false belief
A) din
B) allusion
C) acoustics
D) ingenious
E) illusion
6. E. illusion
3. harmony
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SAT01A-MATCHDEF01
Select the best answer for each blank, defintion or
synonym.
3. E. euphony
A) garrulous
B) deprecate
C) eloquence
D) pernicious
E) rebuff
4. D. rancorous
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4. noxious
2. D. ingenious
6. A. pithy
3. reputable
4. resentful
A) acoustics
B) allusion
C) acclaim
D) honorable
E) nefarious
1. D. ardent
3. D. honorable
6. D. ingenious
7. B. garrulous
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4. D. rancorous
5. C. cryptic
6. E. illusion
3. reputable
7. loud, continuous noise
A) quandary
B) perspicacious
C) effervescent
D) honorable
E) cryptic
4. resentful
A) terse
B) pernicious
C) garrulous
D) rancorous
E) deprecate
A) taciturn
B) ominous
C) prattle
D) ingenious
E) din
7. E. din
8. E. passionate
8. sensual, desirous
A) quiescent
B) virulent
C) concise
D) nefarious
E) passionate
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Name: ___________________
Vocabulary
Review 1
Date: ____________________
SAT01A-COMPL01
Select the best answer for each blank, defintion or synonym.
1. He has a degree in landscape
architecture and is _________ about
plants.
A) quiescent
B) virulent
C) concise
D) nefarious
E) passionate
2. In the past security officers were
usually _________ ex-military types
who wore holsters and brush cuts.
A) acute
B) terse
C) illusion
D) fanatical
E) eloquence
3. In any case, it's _________ to limit
your intake of high-sodium processed
and prepared food.
A) passionate
B) acute
C) fanatical
D) prudent
E) honorable
knowledge that is empirically false.
A) din
B) allusion
C) acoustics
D) ingenious
E) illusion
6. He is in a _________ or quite
confused.
A) cryptic
B) effervescent
C) rancorous
D) euphony
E) quandary
7. The eggs hatch into larvae which spin
cocoons and enter a _________ pupa
stage.
A) quiescent
B) concise
C) perspicacious
D) taciturn
E) quandary
4. He is raising a _________ of clanking
pots and clumsy feet, so loud you figure
he must be doing it on purpose.
A) taciturn
B) ominous
C) prattle
D) ingenious
E) din
5. What hurts us is an _________ of
8. Avoid the possessive unless its
omission destroys the _________ of
the name or changes its descriptive
application.
A) pernicious
B) cacophonous
C) deprecate
D) garrulous
E) euphony
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Name: ___________________
Vocabulary
Review 2
Date: ____________________
SAT01B-COMPL02
Select the best answer for each blank, defintion or synonym.
1. The film's style is so economical it
seems almost _________.
A) acute
B) terse
C) illusion
D) fanatical
E) eloquence
not to hide from the things they are
_________ about.
A) quiescent
B) virulent
C) concise
D) nefarious
E) passionate
2. As a result, they run the risk of
coming across as troublemakers or
cranks rather than as reformers or
_________ advocates.
A) quiescent
B) virulent
C) concise
D) ardent
E) honorable
3. He gives you _________ that has the
appearance of truth.
A) din
B) allusion
C) acoustics
D) ingenious
E) illusion
6. If you are asked to participate in a
role-playing situation, give short but
_________ answers.
A) concise
B) taciturn
C) ingenious
D) effervescent
E) prattle
7. And we'd like to thank you, Scott, for
being such an astute reader and
_________ student of the environment.
A) effervescent
B) ingenious
C) euphony
D) rancorous
E) perspicacious
4. And, come to think of it, the play even
begins to resemble that _________
body for the occasional clumsiness in its
logic.
A) terse
B) pernicious
C) garrulous
D) rancorous
E) deprecate
5. Levine told the nerds in attendance
8. There is an excellent point in that
_________ excerpt you chose.
A) pithy
B) terse
C) acute
D) garrulous
E) passionate
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Vocabulary
Review 3
Date: ____________________
SAT01C-MATCHDEF01
Select the best answer for each blank, defintion or synonym.
1. uncommunicative
A) ingenious
B) prattle
C) taciturn
D) euphony
E) rant
2. inactive
A) quiescent
B) concise
C) perspicacious
D) taciturn
E) quandary
5. brief, short
A) acute
B) terse
C) illusion
D) fanatical
E) eloquence
6. brief, to the point
A) pithy
B) terse
C) acute
D) garrulous
E) passionate
3. reputable
A) quandary
B) perspicacious
C) effervescent
D) honorable
E) cryptic
7. loud, continuous noise
4. bad, hurtful
A) garrulous
B) deprecate
C) eloquence
D) pernicious
E) rebuff
8. menacing, foreboding
A) taciturn
B) ominous
C) prattle
D) ingenious
E) din
A) prattle
B) impugn
C) ominous
D) honorable
E) nefarious
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Name: ___________________
Vocabulary
Review 6
Date: ____________________
SAT01B-POS01
For the term in ALL CAPITALS, select the Part of Speech as used in the sentence.
1. The typical safety office will monitor
biohazards produced from research on,
say, a VIRULENT virus or bacterium.
A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) verb
E) other
2. It is an astonishingly RANCOROUS and
controversial debate, with far-reaching
implications.
A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) verb
E) other
3. He and his speechwriters deserve
credit for using the accident of
EUPHONY to give the argument
cohesiveness and force.
A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) verb
E) other
5. He was an ARDENT lover.
A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) verb
E) other
6. Since a rainbow is an optical ILLUSION,
it doesn't have an actual endpoint.
A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) verb
E) other
7. Mathematical signs and symbols are
often CRYPTIC, but the best of them
offer visual clues to their own meaning.
A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) verb
E) other
4. Her reaction was so overtly PRUDENT
8. Working with the newspaper and
it sent the others into an unprecedented police, they squelched the NEFARIOUS
panic.
goings-on in just two months.
A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) verb
E) other
A) adjective
B) adverb
C) noun
D) verb
E) other
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Vocabulary
Review 9
Date: ____________________
SAT01A-MATCHDEF01
Select the best answer for each blank, defintion or synonym.
1. very enthusiastic
A) quiescent
B) virulent
C) concise
D) ardent
E) honorable
2. clever; brilliant
A) euphony
B) convalesce
C) cacophonous
D) ingenious
E) ascetic
5. talkative
A) illusion
B) garrulous
C) allusion
D) din
E) voluble
6. brief, to the point
A) pithy
B) terse
C) acute
D) garrulous
E) passionate
3. reputable
A) quandary
B) perspicacious
C) effervescent
D) honorable
E) cryptic
7. loud, continuous noise
4. resentful
A) terse
B) pernicious
C) garrulous
D) rancorous
E) deprecate
8. menacing, foreboding
A) taciturn
B) ominous
C) prattle
D) ingenious
E) din
A) prattle
B) impugn
C) ominous
D) honorable
E) nefarious
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Vocabulary
Review 11
Date: ____________________
SAT01C-MATCHSYN02
Select the best answer for each blank, defintion or synonym.
1. aloof
A) ingenious
B) prattle
C) taciturn
D) euphony
E) rant
2. inventive
A) euphony
B) convalesce
C) cacophonous
D) ingenious
E) ascetic
5. ambiguous
A) pithy
B) rancorous
C) cryptic
D) pernicious
E) prudent
6. deception
A) din
B) allusion
C) acoustics
D) ingenious
E) illusion
3. harmony
A) pernicious
B) cacophonous
C) deprecate
D) garrulous
E) euphony
7. reasonable
4. noxious
A) garrulous
B) deprecate
C) eloquence
D) pernicious
E) rebuff
8. prophetic
A) passionate
B) acute
C) fanatical
D) prudent
E) honorable
A) prattle
B) impugn
C) ominous
D) honorable
E) nefarious
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Review 15
Date: ____________________
SAT01A-MATCHDEF01
Select the best answer for each blank, defintion or synonym.
1. very enthusiastic
A) quiescent
B) virulent
C) concise
D) ardent
E) honorable
2. clever; brilliant
A) euphony
B) convalesce
C) cacophonous
D) ingenious
E) ascetic
5. secret; obscure in meaning
A) pithy
B) rancorous
C) cryptic
D) pernicious
E) prudent
6. false appearance; false belief
A) din
B) allusion
C) acoustics
D) ingenious
E) illusion
3. reputable
A) quandary
B) perspicacious
C) effervescent
D) honorable
E) cryptic
7. loud, continuous noise
4. resentful
A) terse
B) pernicious
C) garrulous
D) rancorous
E) deprecate
8. sensual, desirous
A) taciturn
B) ominous
C) prattle
D) ingenious
E) din
A) quiescent
B) virulent
C) concise
D) nefarious
E) passionate
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Vocabulary
Review 7
Date: ____________________
SAT01A-COMPL01
Select the best answer for each blank, defintion or synonym.
1. He has a degree in landscape
architecture and is _________ about
plants.
A) quiescent
B) virulent
C) concise
D) nefarious
E) passionate
inscriptions on the wax discs and
cylinders and some notes from past
curators.
A) pithy
B) rancorous
C) cryptic
D) pernicious
E) prudent
2. Here's a particularly _________
commentary about printers.
A) pithy
B) terse
C) acute
D) garrulous
E) passionate
6. Some of their survival strategies are
nothing short of _________.
A) euphony
B) convalesce
C) cacophonous
D) ingenious
E) ascetic
3. The writer wants to learn why, but
does not tell his story, hoping that the
_________ ex-leader will volunteer an
explanation.
A) ingenious
B) prattle
C) taciturn
D) euphony
E) rant
7. Birds, which had erupted into a
_________ evensong at the first hints
of the false twilight, were abruptly
silent.
A) illusion
B) garrulous
C) allusion
D) din
E) voluble
4. On good days, her _________
negativity was channeled into wit.
A) concise
B) nefarious
C) taciturn
D) perspicacious
E) virulent
5. There are a few _________
8. This was a startling _________ to
several bodies of knowledge
simultaneously.
A) acoustics
B) allusion
C) acclaim
D) honorable
E) nefarious
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