SAT Word Exercise #2: Difficult words

Which is a synonym of captious? (The second day he became very moody and captious, the third day no one knew what to do with him.)

Which is a synonym of discomfit? (He will be particularly discomfited by the minister's dismissal of his plan.)

Which is a synonym of impecunious? (He came from a respectable if impecunious family.)

Which is a synonym of trenchant? (He was shattered and bewildered by this trenchant criticism.)

What is the best definition of funambulist? (He earned his reputation as a funambulist by winning the trivia competition 10 weeks in a row.)

Which is a synonym of redoubtable? (He had never met a more redoubtable fighter.)

Which is a synonym of bibulous? (He was already mildly drunk, and Amy knew from experience that it would be a long, bibulous evening)

Which is a synonym of profligate? (The profligate use of antibiotics has led to the evolution of resistant bacteria.)

Which is a synonym of turpitude? (He was considered unfit to hold office because of moral turpitude.)

Which is a synonym of insouciance? (He replied with characteristic insouciance: "So what?")