SAT Vocabulary #3

SAT Vocabulary #3

antagonist (n)

foe, opponent, adversary

benevolent (adj)

friendly and helpful

conformist (n)

person who complies with accepted rules and customs

Multiple Choice

The homeless shelter workers were very ___ when Sarah came in for food.

• antagonist

• benevolent

• conformist

emulate (v)

to imitate, follow an example

florid (adj)

red-colored, flushed; gaudy, ornate

fortuitous (adj)

happening by luck,

fortunate

Multiple Choice

The young boy wanted to ___ his father who had served in the military by joining the Navy.

• emulate

• florid

• conformist

frugal (adj)

thrifty, cheap

hypothesis (n)

assumption; theory requiring proof

impetuous (adj)

rash, impulsive, acting without thinking

Multiple Choice

The ___ child suddenly ran away from his mother and started throwing grass at people walking by.

• fortuitous

• frugal

• impetuous

impute (v)

to attribute an action to a particular person of group

perfidious (adj)

faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy

restrained (adj)

controlled, repressed, restricted

Multiple Choice

The ___ in the story of Beauty and the Beast is not the Beast, who actually turns out to be nice.

• impute

• antagonist

• perfidious

sagacity (n)

wisdom

spurious (adj)

lacking authenticity; false

transient (adj)

temporary; short-lived; fleeting

Multiple Choice

His face was ___ when he realized that he had come out of the bathroom with toilet paper stuck to his heel.

• florid

• sagacity

• spurious