162 MCGRAW-HILL’S SAT
Vocabulary Unit 7 Exercise Set I
Time—8 minutes
For each question, select the best answer among the choices given. Note any vocabulary words to
review on the Hit List below.- While most people would probably be ------ in
her position, Stacey somehow managed to
remain upbeat and was convinced that things
would get better.
(A) elated
(B) diminutive
(C) defamed
(D) anemic
(E) despondent - Seemingly without scruples, the professor ------
the work of his graduate students and published
papers on topics he himself had not even
researched.
(A) isolated
(B) relegated
(C) appropriated
(D) annexed
(E) eulogized - It is shocking that someone who was once so
------ by the public can so quickly become ------
after just one social blunder.
(A) belittled.. a malady
(B) disparaged.. a pariah
(C) saturated.. an exile
(D) lionized.. an outcast
(E) ostracized.. a recluse - The dearth of ------ land in this region of the
country makes it very difficult to maintain
plentiful harvests.
(A) desiccated
(B) arable
(C) fallow
(D) celestial
(E) arid - The entrance of the cavern was so ------ that the
indigenous tribes took advantage of its ------
shelter to keep entire clans dry during the heavy
rain season.
(A) voluminous.. capacious
(B) enormous.. scanty
(C) cavernous.. meager
(D) fecund.. spacious
(E) astral.. copious
6. Although many consider “Deadman’s Run” to
be the most ------ ski trail on the mountain,
Tommy was able to maneuver through the
course without ------ after having just learned to
ski.
(A) simple.. trouble
(B) difficult.. speed
(C) arduous.. exertion
(D) pedestrian.. concern
(E) pragmatic.. practical
7. Zach’s knowledge of ------ helped him to identify
and avoid the rare and poisonous African spit-
ting beetle.
(A) entomology
(B) etymology
(C) ethics
(D) pathology
(E) sociology
8. The spy was immediately ------ back to his coun-
try after he was caught attempting to pilfer
information from the CIA database.
(A) quarantined
(B) secluded
(C) disseminated
(D) distended
(E) deported
9. It is hard to imagine that this barren desert with
little to no plant life was once ------ with farms
and wildlife.
(A) doleful
(B) replete
(C) germinated
(D) rarefied
(E) afflicted - After finishing a good novel, I’m always eager to
see if an ------ follows to tell me what happened
to the main characters after the conclusion of
the narrative.
(A) elegy
(B) epitaph
(C) epilogue
(D) encore
(E) eulogy