Alto SAT Vocabulary Diagnostic
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- Q1Though the alloy wasn’t ___ at room temperature, when heated it became soft and easy to work with.peremptorymalleablefungibleabstruse20s
- Q2I was surprised when Gerald’s worst enemy delivered a moving ___ at the funeral.probityshuntdaispanegyric20s
- Q3Because he was so naturally ___, George found the detailed work of accounting to be perfectly suited to his strengths.meticuloussusceptiblecommodiouspeculiar20s
- Q4When Hilary got her twelfth piercing in the same ear I joked that her ear was ___ and could be easily torn off.splicedprosaicperforatedpalatable20s
- Q5Never a particularly ___ employee, Lou was finally fired after showing up more than an hour late and completely unprepared for a meeting with the firm’s biggest clients.bilioustendentiousassiduousobsequious20s
- Q6Because she’d been ___ in paying her bills for more than four months, Larissa’s electricity was cut off by the power company.insolentdelinquentstridentdelineate20s
- Q7After a week-long dog training program, Fluffy was more ___ and calm than ever before.dubiousdesultoryfulsomedocile20s
- Q8Because the budget committee hadn’t ___ enough funds, we had to pay for the annual Christmas party with our own money.inundatedadvocatedallocateddeduced20s
- Q9I was ambivalent about Rory’s generous gift: while of course I loved the beautiful diamond ring, I couldn’t help feeling that it was a bit ___ for just a third date.empiricalcordialexorbitantstrident20s
- Q10Don was ___ by his boss for showing up late again.rebukeddisportedmalingeredcorroded20s
- Q11To a normal person, the difference between an African swallow and a European swallow may seem ___, but to a trained ornithologist, it’s both obvious and significant.fundamentalminutestygianlucid20s
- Q12Sergeant McCoy’s ___ on the battlefield was legendary, but at home he was deathly afraid of both spiders and butterflies.skiffmnemonicvalorcomeuppance20s
- Q13Due to a(n) ___ of rain, the region’s farmers faced the prospects of a woeful harvest.clemencyfriezelitterpaucity20s
- Q14Ned’s excuse for failing to do his homework was ___: he claimed aliens had come to his home and told him if he did it, they’d shoot him with super laser guns.elysianpiebaldseamypreposterous20s
- Q15Because she was such a(n) ___ defender, Sheryl’s opponents generally avoided passing the ball to her side of the field entirely.sophomorictenacioustentativetenuous20s