Alto SAT Vocabulary Diagnostic

Though the alloy wasn’t ___ at room temperature, when heated it became soft and easy to work with.

I was surprised when Gerald’s worst enemy delivered a moving ___ at the funeral.

Because he was so naturally ___, George found the detailed work of accounting to be perfectly suited to his strengths.

When Hilary got her twelfth piercing in the same ear I joked that her ear was ___ and could be easily torn off.

Never 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.

Because she’d been ___ in paying her bills for more than four months, Larissa’s electricity was cut off by the power company.

After a week-long dog training program, Fluffy was more ___ and calm than ever before.

Because the budget committee hadn’t ___ enough funds, we had to pay for the annual Christmas party with our own money.

I 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.

Don was ___ by his boss for showing up late again.

To 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.

Sergeant McCoy’s ___ on the battlefield was legendary, but at home he was deathly afraid of both spiders and butterflies.

Due to a(n) ___ of rain, the region’s farmers faced the prospects of a woeful harvest.

Ned’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.

Because she was such a(n) ___ defender, Sheryl’s opponents generally avoided passing the ball to her side of the field entirely.