SAT Vocabulary Quiz #16

Kent was a __________ gardener, never leaving a leaf on the ground and regularly watering each plant.

• diligent

• egotist

• eke

• euphoric

Barnyard animals are considerably more ________ than the wild animals.

• foolhardy

• docile

• futile

• impending

Stranded in a cabin over the winter, Jerry was able to ________ out an existence on canned food.

• elude

• entice

• goad

• eke

Even a basic understanding of chemistry can ________ most high school students.

• entice

• elude

• delegate

• constrain

The police regularly face dangerous situations, so for a police officer not to wear his bullet-proof vest is _____________.

• docile

• diligent

• foolhardy

• illicit

Leonardo did not want to enter the race, but Joe, through a steady stream of taunts and torture, ___________ him into signing up for it.

• goaded

• irked

• jargoned

• eked

Though AI Capone was engaged in many ________ activities, he was finally arrested for income tax evasion, a relatively minor offense.

• illicit

• impend

• goad

• futile

The _________ doom of our world has been a discussed and debated for 2000 years maybe even longer.

• irky

• futile

• foolhardy

• impending

Katelyn speaks four Romance languages, but she does not have a/an ________ about how East Asian languages are structured.

• jargon

• inkling

• ego

• constraint

To those with little training in medicine, the _________ of doctors can be very difficult to understand.

• jargon

• docile

• inkling

• euphoria