SAT Vocabulary Quiz #13

Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:

seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true

• paradoxical

• perennial

• pertinent

• ploy

• precarious

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:

faught with danger

• spurn

• paradoxical

• perennial

• deterimental

• precarious

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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

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

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

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:

reject with contempt

• stipend

• vie

• unprecedented

• spurn

• squander

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:

marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• thwart

• steadfast

• precarious

• rankle

• paradoxical

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:

having never been done or known before; novel

• mesmerized

• precedent

• unprecedented

• unnerve

• vie

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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

• perennial

• paradoxical

• ploy

• rankle

• relegate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Sailing is not _________ to a discussion about the desert.

• steadfast

• unprecedented

• precarious

• pertinent

• precedent