Solve the SAT #4 FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS

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Word bank for the sentences below (words are listed alphabetically): Please put your answers in the blanks within the sentences. The correct word choice answers are at the bottom of this page.

1. Greg wears old rubber boots that are so __________ that he has owned them for thirty years!

2. The company will __________ this parcel by sending it by overnight delivery.

3. The fortune-teller professes to be __________ and possess acute intuition.

4. Jerry's company produced its highest sales in 2003, with the __________ at $55 million per quarter.

5. Marilyn quickly gave her sister a __________ evaluation of the baby product.

6. Three girls meet at lunch to share __________ tales about their daily routine.

7. Bobby tried to __________ his father because he admired him for so many reasons.

8. The computer is __________ in most classrooms and households today.

9. Isabelle, an artist, never immersed herself in the __________ details of daily living.

10. Doris has an __________ to travel and spends at least two weeks in a new place every year.

11. Vandals committed __________ destruction of the homeowner's lawn, his mailbox and his garden.

12. Heather was very __________ about having broken the little vase when she threw the ball inside the house.

13. Colin uttered such a __________ reply to his mother's question that she asked for more information.

14. Sherry turned down an offer for a __________ job where she would work at a desk in a room without windows.

15. Was it necessary for Sally to make such __________ remarks about the coworker who took her job?

16. Dave has a __________ for Italian food and usually visits Italy every summer.

17. Janet studied accounting but had trouble understanding the explanation about a __________ tax.

18. If Marian had not been so __________, she could have saved a lot of money by waiting for the sales.

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    ANSWERS:
    1. RESILENT, 2. EXPEDITE, 3. CLAIRVOYANT, 4. ZENITH, 5. SUCCINCT, 6. INNOCUOUS, 7. EMULATE, 8. UBIQUITOUS, 9. MUNDANE, 10. AFFINITY, 11. WANTON, 12. PENITENT, 13. TERSE, 14. SEDENTARY, 15. VINDICTIVE, 16. PROPENSITY, 17. REGRESSIVE, 18. IMPETUOUS

    affinity, clairvoyant, emulate, expedite, impetuous, innocuous, mundane, penitent, propensity, regressive, resilient, sedentary, succinct, terse, ubiquitous, vindictive, wanton, zenith

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