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WorksheetsSAT Vocabulary Quiz #13
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:
seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true
paradoxical
perennial
pertinent
ploy
precarious
Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:
a clever plan to turn a situation to one's advantage
quandry
rankle
thwart
ploy
playboy
Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:
faught with danger
spurn
paradoxical
perennial
deterimental
precarious
Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:
an example that is used to justify simliar occurrences at a later time
spurn
precedent
pinnacle
dupe
ploy
Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:
state of uncertainy or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
quandry
squander
relegate
pertinent
vie
Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:
reject with contempt
stipend
vie
unprecedented
spurn
squander
Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
thwart
steadfast
precarious
rankle
paradoxical
Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:
having never been done or known before; novel
mesmerized
precedent
unprecedented
unnerve
vie
He seems to have a _________ problem with keeping a job.
perennial
paradoxical
ploy
rankle
relegate
Sailing is not _________ to a discussion about the desert.
steadfast
unprecedented
precarious
pertinent
precedent
His constant whistling would _________ her, sometimes causing her to leave in a huff.
rankle
thwart
I don't know the answer.
ploy
bleak
When Rexton and Joey were unable to fulfill their basic duties, instead of firing them, Albert, who is their boss, __________ them to kitchen cleanup.
vied
impeded
squandered
rankled
relegated
Fearing his money would be __________ by his family, Wesley gave all of it to charity when he died.
squandered
employed
spurned
relegated
thwarted
His own shortcomings are _________ him.
rankling
thwarting
spurning
vieing
squandering
While the other teams in the division actively ________ for the championship, this team seems content simply to go through the motions of playing.
huh?
sigh
rye
tie
vie
