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Alto SAT Vocabulary Diagnostic

Quiz by Justin Reznick

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  • Q1
    Though the alloy wasn’t ___ at room temperature, when heated it became soft and easy to work with.
    peremptory
    malleable
    fungible
    abstruse
    20s
  • Q2
    I was surprised when Gerald’s worst enemy delivered a moving ___ at the funeral.
    probity
    shunt
    dais
    panegyric
    20s
  • Q3
    Because he was so naturally ___, George found the detailed work of accounting to be perfectly suited to his strengths.
    meticulous
    susceptible
    commodious
    peculiar
    20s
  • Q4
    When Hilary got her twelfth piercing in the same ear I joked that her ear was ___ and could be easily torn off.
    spliced
    prosaic
    perforated
    palatable
    20s
  • Q5
    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.
    bilious
    tendentious
    assiduous
    obsequious
    20s
  • Q6
    Because she’d been ___ in paying her bills for more than four months, Larissa’s electricity was cut off by the power company.
    insolent
    delinquent
    strident
    delineate
    20s
  • Q7
    After a week-long dog training program, Fluffy was more ___ and calm than ever before.
    dubious
    desultory
    fulsome
    docile
    20s
  • Q8
    Because the budget committee hadn’t ___ enough funds, we had to pay for the annual Christmas party with our own money.
    inundated
    advocated
    allocated
    deduced
    20s
  • Q9
    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.
    empirical
    cordial
    exorbitant
    strident
    20s
  • Q10
    Don was ___ by his boss for showing up late again.
    rebuked
    disported
    malingered
    corroded
    20s
  • Q11
    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.
    fundamental
    minute
    stygian
    lucid
    20s
  • Q12
    Sergeant McCoy’s ___ on the battlefield was legendary, but at home he was deathly afraid of both spiders and butterflies.
    skiff
    mnemonic
    valor
    comeuppance
    20s
  • Q13
    Due to a(n) ___ of rain, the region’s farmers faced the prospects of a woeful harvest.
    clemency
    frieze
    litter
    paucity
    20s
  • Q14
    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.
    elysian
    piebald
    seamy
    preposterous
    20s
  • Q15
    Because she was such a(n) ___ defender, Sheryl’s opponents generally avoided passing the ball to her side of the field entirely.
    sophomoric
    tenacious
    tentative
    tenuous
    20s

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