Quack Vocabulary Quiz One
20 Questions
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Vocabulary test on SAT words (test 1)
Questions and Answers
- 1.Although she was unusually happy, I found that she was in a ______ state today.
- A.
Copious
- B.
Querulous
- C.
Vernacular
- D.
Delineate
- 2.The girl likes to ______ her gymnastic abilities to everyone, so even though she's on our team, we are secretly glad when she loses.
- A.
Tout
- B.
Kindle
- C.
Enhance
- D.
Engender
- 3.I tried to ______ a fire, but my wet matches were useless.
- A.
Extol
- B.
Obliterate
- C.
Engender
- D.
Kindle
- 4.My grandmother will sometimes try to speak what she think is my ______. I laugh hysterically when she says things like "what up" and "homegirl."
- A.
Engender
- B.
Delineate
- C.
Tout
- D.
Vernacular
- 5.I refuse to ______ anyone who doesn't deserve the praise.
- A.
Extol
- B.
Kindle
- C.
Tout
- D.
Copious
- 6.I could not ______ the directions to Connecticut, so I put Larry on the phone to describe them.
- A.
Enhance
- B.
Obliterate
- C.
Delineate
- D.
Vernacular
- 7.My aunt thinks that she will ______ her features with makeup, but her color choices (blue mascara and fuchsia gloss) only make her look old.
- A.
Enhance
- B.
Engender
- C.
Extol
- D.
Tout
- 8.I ate a ______ amount of chocolate and regurgitated in all over my mom's new carpet.
- A.
Obliterate
- B.
Querulous
- C.
Copious
- D.
Kindle
- 9.I wanted to ______ the walls, but I have to be careful that the structure remained sound. Also, I had to be a bit more delicate with the sledgehammer than planned.
- A.
Extol
- B.
Obliterate
- C.
Delineate
- D.
Kindle
- 10.Do not yell "fire" in a crowded building or you may ______ a stampede.
- A.
Enhance
- B.
Engender
- C.
Delineate
- D.
Querulous
- 11.My father tried to warn me that the snowstorm would ______ my course of action, but I did not listen to him. Instead I drove in the perilous conditions and went off the road.
- A.
Quell
- B.
Hinder
- C.
Brawn
- D.
Efface
- 12.Because of his ______ ways, Hitler probably would have been killed for committing genocide.
- A.
Pugnacious
- B.
Obscure
- C.
Hiatus
- D.
Nefarious
- 13.Many of James Joyce's allusions in Finnegan's Wake are ______. This is especially true when he makes up new and unusual words. How are we supposed to understand the text?
- A.
Obscure
- B.
Hiatus
- C.
Gluttonous
- D.
Nefarious
- 14.I tried to _____ the crying baby with a pacifier, but he just spit it out and cried some more.
- A.
Efface
- B.
Hinder
- C.
Quell
- D.
Gluttonous
- 15.The film crew is on ______ while they wait for a new contract
- A.
Artisan
- B.
Hiatus
- C.
Brawn
- D.
Efface
- 16.I tried to ______ the graffiti, but none of the chemicals I used would work.
- A.
Quell
- B.
Brawn
- C.
Efface
- D.
Obscure
- 17.I like to knit, but I do not consider myself an ______ when it comes to knitting. In fact, many of my projects end up looking really bad.
- A.
Artisan
- B.
Nefarious
- C.
Gluttonous
- D.
Hiatus
- 18.Mike Tyson is known for being _______ whether he is boxing an opponent of in a domestic squabble.
- A.
Pugnacious
- B.
Nefarious
- C.
Brawn
- D.
Quell
- 19.Many people gain weight around the holidays because they become ________.
- A.
Hinder
- B.
Obscure
- C.
Artisan
- D.
Gluttonous
- 20.He does not look like he has a lot of ______, but you would be surprised at how much weight he can bench.
- A.
Hinder
- B.
Hiatus
- C.
Brawn
- D.
Pugnacious
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