Sat Words Quiz 22 (25 MCQs)

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1. To make a secretive mention of something
2. Complete the sentence with the correct word:The speech helped ..... excitement in the crowd.
3. Neophyte
4. Easy; not complex
5. What does 'elude' mean?
6. The beginning of something, especially something unpleasant
7. What does 'preclude' mean?
8. He was gaining a reputation as a remarkable .....
9. It is important to vote in the midterm elections to replace any politicians who are acting as ..... and allowing financial backers to make all the decisions.
10. Adjective:unwilling; reluctantPrivate about one's affairs; tending to say little
11. Definition:causing sleep, very boring
12. Morbid means .....
13. Infirmary is like what word/words in Spanish?
14. A scientist wants to "propagate" a rare plant species. What is the scientist trying to do?
15. To clarify or explain
16. What does 'androgynous' describe?
17. To be unstable, to rise and fall
18. Showing little or no emotion or interest.
19. What does Enigma mean
20. The media's ..... coverage of the crime wave has most of the country living in fear.
21. She made a deliberate choice, meaning it was .....
22. PIOUS
23. The following text is adapted from George Eliot's 1871-72 novel Middlemarch. [Mr. Brooke] had travelled in his younger years, and was held in this part of the country to have "contracted" a too rambling habit of mind. Mr. Brooke's conclusions were as difficult to predict as the weather. As used in the text, what does the word "contracted" most nearly mean?
24. Eager or quick to argue quarrel or fight.
25. The girl's father approves of her desire to sing, but he ..... her willingness to sing in nightclubs.