150 MCGRAW-HILL’S SAT
Vocabulary Unit 6 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.- Those used to his frequent equivocation in
describing his business dealings were shocked
by his ------ description of his latest acquisition.
(A) forthright
(B) apocryphal
(C) esoteric
(D) boorish
(E) indefatigable - Heidi’s sudden indolence was ------ to her col-
leagues; until recently she had been an assidu-
ous and exemplary employee.
(A) an insurrection
(B) a satire
(C) an enigma
(D) an indiscretion
(E) an indictment - Decades after being appointed ------ of the renow-
ned museum, Charles confessed to be only ------
who scarcely appreciated the significance of the
great works he oversaw.
(A) curator.. a dilettante
(B) lampoon.. a dabbler
(C) entrepreneur.. an amateur
(D) fanatic.. a nihilist
(E) philanthropist.. an ascetic - The film is a collection of lowbrow ------ that
lampoon some of the more popular movies of
recent years.
(A) parodies
(B) epics
(C) anthologies
(D) strategems
(E) bards - The villager’s ------ behavior was ------ to the
queen, who was not used to being treated with
such effrontery.
(A) tenacious.. a malapropism
(B) crass.. a witticism
(C) jocular.. a moratorium
(D) downtrodden.. an insult
(E) insolent.. an affront
6. The press lambasted the congresswoman for
her part in the scandal, but she knew that since
she was not ------, the ------ was unfair.
(A) seditious.. digression
(B) guilty.. candor
(C) veracious.. prevarication
(D) jocular.. castigation
(E) culpable.. censure
7. Helga was so ------ that she didn’t even make eye
contact with us as we greeted her at her door.
(A) garrulous
(B) glacial
(C) loquacious
(D) rapacious
(E) industrious
8. The other medical residents were tired of Dr.
Bob’s ------; every other word out of his mouth
was an obsequious compliment to a high-ranking
doctor or hospital official.
(A) belligerence
(B) eloquence
(C) munificence
(D) xenophobia
(E) sycophancy
9. Tom’s ------ ideas contrasted sharply with the
conventional views held by the strongly ortho-
dox community.
(A) truculent
(B) diligent
(C) iconoclastic
(D) scrupulous
(E) candid - They expected the funeral to be a sedate and
somber affair, but were shocked by the grieving
husband’s ------.
(A) orthodoxy
(B) mirth
(C) irrelevance
(D) simplicity
(E) decorum