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MidtermTHS
LitHonors - Part IV SAT Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Capricious | subject to changing one's mind without much thought; erratic; whimsical / Characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable. |
| 2. Diligent | careful and persevering in carrying out tasks or duties / -- constant and earnest in effort and application; persistent in doing something |
| 3. Dogmatic | Characterized by an authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles / asserting opinions in a dictatorial manner |
| 4. Fallacious | Tending to mislead; deceptive ; based on fallacy ;falsehood / deceptive; logically unsound; misleading |
| 5. Meticulous | taking or showing extreme care about minute details; painstaking; thorough / Extremely or excessively concerned with details / Extremely careful and precise |
| 6. Reticent | reserved ; quiet ; shy ; timid ; unresponsive ; disposed to be quiet or not speak freely |
| 7. Soporific | state of being at rest ; dignified calmness ; sleep |
| 8. Virulent | actively poisonous ; intensely noxious ; deadly |
| 9. Ostentatious | characterized by a pretentious show in order to impress |
| 10. Prevaricate | to speak falsely or misleadingly so as to avoid the truth ; to lie |
| 11. Quiescent | being at rest; quiet or still ; inactive or motionless |
| 12. Candid | frank or outspoken ; free from reservation or disguise |
| 13. Hackneyed | made common place or trite by overuse ; banal |
| 14. Reclusive | living in seclusion ; shut off or apart from the world |
| 15. Reverence | feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe ; veneration |
| 16. Jocular | jovial and playful ; given to jesting |
| 17. Futile | completely ineffective ; serving no useful purpose |
| 18. Innocuous | done maliciously or cruelly AND without a motive |
| 19. Mundane | of this world or earth ; not heavenly ; worldly or secular |
| 20. Resilient | having power to return to the original form ; able to recover readily from misfortune |
| 21. Sedentary | characterized by a sitting position posture , inactivity and lack of exercise |
| 22. Wanton | lewd ; immoral ; |
| 23. Zenith | the upper region of the sky ; the highest point or state |
| 24. Succinct | effectively brief and to the point ; pithy ; neatly concise |
| 25. Ubiquitous | being everywhere at the same time ; omnipresent |
| 26. Wanton | Isabelle, an artist, never immersed herself in the ________ details of daily living. |
| 27. Innocuous | Vandals committed ____________ destruction of the homne owner's lawn, his mailbox and his garder. |
| 28. Sedentary | Sherry turned down an offer for a ____________job where she would work at a desk in a room without windows. |
| 29. Reverence | Six privileged guests met the Pope and spoke to him with great ___________. |
| 30. Futile | Even though Pam watered the seeedlings, her efforts to save the tiny sprouts were ________. |
| 31. Jocular | The idea of serious surgery with potential life-threatening consequences was no _______matter. |
| 32. Hackneyed | Bob was dissapointed in the plot of the film because of the _________ storyline that had no surprises. |
| 33. Reclusive | Molly's dog is not at all _______ and greets even strangers with a wagging tail. |
| 34. Capricious | The ________ child kept whinning and changing her mind about eating dessert. |
| 35. Meticulous | Donna is a ______ housekeeper who takes pride in keeping an immaculate home. |
| 36. Diligent | Susie proved to be such a _____ assistant that the dentist gave her a raise. |
| 37. Reticent | Arthur was __________ to ask the bride's parents if he could bring a date, someone uninvited to the wedding. |
| 38. Mundane | I was given the ________ task of photocopying and filing. |
| 39. Quiescent | Marge experienced intense _________ when the temperatures soard to 95 degrees. |
| 40. Soporific | The nurse assured the family that their _______ mother was content to stay inside and watch tv. |
| 41. Candid | Rather than choosing a cheerful movie, Rachel chose a _______ film with a tragic ending. |
| 42. Ostentatious | For the ceremony, Gloria chose an inappropriate and ______ red dress. |
| 43. Virulent | Jack needed to be hospitalized becaise of a _____infection in his hand. |
| 44. Prevaricate | Timmy did not want ot get into trouble and decided he would ________ rather than confess. |
| 45. Fallacious | As a result of Peter's ________ allegations, Rich was suspected for something he never did. |
| 46. Resilient | Greg Wears boots that are so ________ that he has ownem them for thirty years |
| 47. Zenith | Marilyn gave her sister a ___________ evaluation of the baby product. |
| Succint | Three girls meet at lunch to share _________ tales about their daily routine. |
| 49. Uniquitous | The computer is ___________ in most classrooms and house holds today. |
| 50. Dogmatic | The teacher instructed his class in a _______ manner. |
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