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SAT Vocabulary Quiz #13

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:

seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true

a)

paradoxical

b)

perennial

c)

pertinent

d)

ploy

e)

precarious

2.

Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:

a clever plan to turn a situation to one's advantage

a)

quandry

b)

rankle

c)

thwart

d)

ploy

e)

playboy

3.

Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:

faught with danger

a)

spurn

b)

paradoxical

c)

perennial

d)

deterimental

e)

precarious

4.

Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:

an example that is used to justify simliar occurrences at a later time

a)

spurn

b)

precedent

c)

pinnacle

d)

dupe

e)

ploy

5.

Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:

state of uncertainy or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

a)

quandry

b)

squander

c)

relegate

d)

pertinent

e)

vie

6.

Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:

reject with contempt

a)

stipend

b)

vie

c)

unprecedented

d)

spurn

e)

squander

7.

Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:

marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

a)

thwart

b)

steadfast

c)

precarious

d)

rankle

e)

paradoxical

8.

Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:

having never been done or known before; novel

a)

mesmerized

b)

precedent

c)

unprecedented

d)

unnerve

e)

vie

9.

He seems to have a _________ problem with keeping a job.

a)

perennial

b)

paradoxical

c)

ploy

d)

rankle

e)

relegate

10.

Sailing is not _________ to a discussion about the desert.

a)

steadfast

b)

unprecedented

c)

precarious

d)

pertinent

e)

precedent

11.

His constant whistling would _________ her, sometimes causing her to leave in a huff.

a)

rankle

b)

thwart

c)

I don't know the answer.

d)

ploy

e)

bleak

12.

When Rexton and Joey were unable to fulfill their basic duties, instead of firing them, Albert, who is their boss, __________ them to kitchen cleanup.

a)

vied

b)

impeded

c)

squandered

d)

rankled

e)

relegated

13.

Fearing his money would be __________ by his family, Wesley gave all of it to charity when he died.

a)

squandered

b)

employed

c)

spurned

d)

relegated

e)

thwarted

14.

His own shortcomings are _________ him.

a)

rankling

b)

thwarting

c)

spurning

d)

vieing

e)

squandering

15.

While the other teams in the division actively ________ for the championship, this team seems content simply to go through the motions of playing.

a)

huh?

b)

sigh

c)

rye

d)

tie

e)

vie