New SAT Vocab Quiz: List 9-12

1. The committee deliberated for weeks on the issue of whether to implement a functional public transit system to address the city’s traffic problem, but because the members could not reach a(n)_________________ on how to best finance the project, it was scrapped and never spoken of again.

• CORROBORATE

• CONSENSUS

• PRUDENT

• COMPLIANCE

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

2. The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia opposed justice and fairness with such ____________ that one is hard-pressed to locate a single SCOTUS decision in which he uses his intellect to rationalize a progressive and reasonable outcome.

• CONCISENESS

• PROXIMITY

• CONSISTENCY

• CORROBORATE

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

3. Rather than march in to the auto mechanic’s office and immediately threaten a lawsuit, I instead chose a rather _________________approach, whereby I merely suggested that he get his insurer to pay for the damage caused by the faulty part he had installed.

• CORROBORATE

• CONCILATORY

• COMPLIANCE

• PRESUMPTUOUS

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

4. At a certain point in any discussion of light, one finds oneself facing a logical and________________: if light is an energy wave that has no mass, why does it get sucked into black holes?

• COMPLIANCE

• PRESUMPTUOUS

• CONCEDE

• QUANDARY

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

5. Never use the phrase “and also,” because it is __________________

• CONCISE

• REDUNDANT

• CONCILATORY

• PRODIGAL

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

6. The savvy investor decided it would not be _____________ to purchase stock in the fledgling company until she had more objective evidence of its potential for growth.

• PRODIGAL

• CORROBORATE

• CONSENSUS

• PRUDENT

7. Because of its ___________________ to the Sun, Venus has really hot surface temperatures.

• COMPLIANCE

• CONCILATORY

• PROXIMITY

• CONSTRAINT

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

8. The rich young prince squandered his family’s entire fortune because he could not control his____________spending habits.

• PRODIGAL

• PRESUMPTUOUS

• PRUDENT

• CONSENSUS

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

9. I remember being very __________________ around my neighbors when I was a child; for instance, I would walk into their houses without knocking, ask for candy and soft drinks, and then leave without thanking them.

• PRUDENT

• CONCILATORY

• CONSTRAINT

• PRESUMPTUOUS

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

10. At Aim High, we uphold strict behavioral standards, and if any student is not in _______________ with his or her student enrollment agreement, we reserve the right to issue swift and severe penalties if the behavior in question is not immediately corrected.

• CONCILATORY

• COMPLIANCE

• CORROBORATE

• CONSENSUS

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E