SAT Vocabulary Quiz 2

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This is a 15 question quiz. Most of the words have 1 correct definition listed, but some may have 2 (it will say 2 answers). Please review the words you did not get correct.


Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    Contemptuous (2 answers)

    • A.

      Despise

    • B.

      A lack of respect

    • C.

      Lacking interest

    • D.

      Lacking self confidence

    • E.

      Lacking intelligence

    Correct Answer(s)
    A. Despise
    B. A lack of respect
  • 2. 

    Cascades

    • A.

      Waterfalls

    • B.

      River

    • C.

      Ocean

    • D.

      Current

    • E.

      Whirlpool

    Correct Answer
    A. Waterfalls
  • 3. 

    Cynical

    • A.

      Despising and distrustful of human natures and motives

    • B.

      Haughty in manner or spirit

    • C.

      Sincerely or deeply felt

    • D.

      Developing an extreme love for something

    • E.

      Expressing oneself with great pride

    Correct Answer
    A. Despising and distrustful of human natures and motives
  • 4. 

    Hauteur

    • A.

      A type of mineral found in the Sahara Desert

    • B.

      To be very interested in a subject

    • C.

      A medical condition in which one does not know the difference between left and right

    • D.

      Lightheaded

    • E.

      Haughty, arrogant

    Correct Answer
    E. Haughty, arrogant
  • 5. 

    Cordials

    • A.

      Pleasant in the mind and heart

    • B.

      Satisfied

    • C.

      Warmly, deeply felt

    • D.

      Distressed about something

    • E.

      Emotions

    Correct Answer
    C. Warmly, deeply felt
  • 6. 

    Impetuously (2 answers) 

    • A.

      Marked by curiosity

    • B.

      Marked by violence

    • C.

      Marked by force

    • D.

      Marked by compassion

    • E.

      Marked by laughter

    Correct Answer(s)
    B. Marked by violence
    C. Marked by force
  • 7. 

    Gaudy

    • A.

      Extremely fast

    • B.

      Tastelessly ornamented

    • C.

      An oblique allusion

    • D.

      In a Gothic manner

    • E.

      Creative

    Correct Answer
    B. Tastelessly ornamented
  • 8. 

    Inane (2 answers)

    • A.

      Empty

    • B.

      Unusual

    • C.

      Lacking significance

    • D.

      Unrealistic

    • E.

      None of the Above

    Correct Answer(s)
    A. Empty
    C. Lacking significance
  • 9. 

    Innuendo

    • A.

      A hint

    • B.

      An experiment

    • C.

      A trial in court

    • D.

      With great effectiveness

    • E.

      Without being noticed

    Correct Answer
    A. A hint
  • 10. 

    Prodigality

    • A.

      Accuracy

    • B.

      Spending wildly

    • C.

      Frugal

    • D.

      Tampered with

    • E.

      Proabability

    Correct Answer
    B. Spending wildly
  • 11. 

    Sauntered

    • A.

      To be in stress

    • B.

      Patient

    • C.

      Strolling

    • D.

      Amorphous material

    • E.

      A type of automobile

    Correct Answer
    C. Strolling
  • 12. 

    Shorn

    • A.

      To knit

    • B.

      To speak

    • C.

      To dispose

    • D.

      To cut

    • E.

      To sew

    Correct Answer
    D. To cut
  • 13. 

    Vacuous 

    • A.

      Unsophisticated

    • B.

      Unintelligent

    • C.

      Unspeakable

    • D.

      Unnoticed

    • E.

      Underestimate

    Correct Answer
    B. Unintelligent
  • 14. 

    Staid

    • A.

      Noisy

    • B.

      Quiet

    • C.

      Talkative

    • D.

      Shy

    • E.

      None of the Above

    Correct Answer
    B. Quiet
  • 15. 

    Variegated

    • A.

      A insinuation

    • B.

      Haughty in manner or spirit

    • C.

      Possessing the same style

    • D.

      Lacking significance

    • E.

      Having different markings

    Correct Answer
    E. Having different markings

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