QUIZ: SAT Vocabulary List 2

To the Romans, the goddess Venus was the ________ of beauty.

• iconoclast

• bulwark

• recalcitrant

• paragon

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which word means to give the appearance of or to pretend?

• affect

• assume

• effect

• imagine

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

"I hope, for our sake, that Ms. Carr didn't ______ her morning coffee!"

• lament

• vacillate

• forgo

• dearth

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word means talkative?

• garrulous

• bulwark

• jettison

• hamper

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

An iconoclast is __________________.

• one who follows the crowd

• one who goes against the norm

• one who breaks the law

• one who shows the way

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Which word means no longer fashionable?

• recalcitrant

• bulwark

• machination

• outmoded

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Recalcitrant means

• resistant to authority

• crafty scheme

• sluggishness

• to hold back

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

To free from blame is to

• bulwark

• garrulous

• exculpate

• vacillate

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

If something is cryptic, it is ________________.

• changing in nature

• mysterious in meaning

• staying in place

• running on empty

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

I ________ that I can't go to the beach this weekend.

• lament

• vacillate

• affect

• torpor

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4