This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the word contrivance mean? A) Comeback, short response. B) A gadget or device that can be used for some particular purpose. C) Nasty. D) Bold, showy statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A gadget or device that can be used for some particular purpose. 2. She was blindfolded and ..... chose an audience member. A) Indiscriminately. B) Pragmatically. C) Ambivalently. D) Eminently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indiscriminately. 3. A dramatic change-usually physical A) Metamorphosis. B) Donnybrook. C) Brigand. D) Sophistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metamorphosis. 4. Something that heals or comforts, soothing, an oil A) Ballistics. B) Badger. C) Beget. D) Balm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Balm. 5. What is the definition of the word acrid? A) Daring or reckless. B) Nasty. C) Comeback, short response. D) Magic spell, made of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nasty. 6. For the plan to succeed, it must be financially ..... as well as ethically sound. A) Objective. B) Viable. C) Conventional. D) Significant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Viable. 7. To detect or recognize A) Discern. B) Assuage. C) Extricate. D) Solicit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discern. 8. Using context clues, select the best definition for the bolded word:The celebrity grew uncomfortable with the constant adulation from fans who praised her nonstop. A) Harsh criticism. B) Public praise and admiration. C) Private insults. D) Quiet disappointment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Public praise and admiration. 9. If you're in trouble, what will complaining about it do? A) Solve the problem. B) Ignore the problem. C) Exacerbate the problem. D) Simplify the problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exacerbate the problem. 10. Moderate in the consumption of food and drink A) Abstemious. B) Acrimonious. C) Adroit. D) Acquiesce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abstemious. 11. What does "Corroborate" mean? A) To act without thinking. B) To prove something is true. C) To extend the duration of something. D) To make something less severe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To prove something is true. 12. Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:faught with danger A) Perennial. B) Deterimental. C) Paradoxical. D) Precarious. E) Spurn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Precarious. 13. From which language does the English word 'telephone' originate? A) Greek. B) German. C) French. D) Latin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greek. 14. It means to soothe or mollify; it also means to appease the anger or anxiety of someone. A) Placate. B) Exonerate. C) Faculty. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Placate. 15. Circular and therefore indirect A) Charlatan. B) Circuitous. C) Convoluted. D) Covet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circuitous. 16. To declare formally and with authority A) Galvanizing. B) Abate. C) Impart. D) Decree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decree. 17. Which of the following situations can be described as lugubrious? A) A funeral. B) A wedding. C) A birthday party. D) A sunny day at the beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A funeral. 18. Sluggishness; laziness-apathy A) Squander. B) Lethargy. C) Predator. D) Coalesce. E) Incantation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lethargy. 19. Unvarying; lacking in variety; boring A) Monotonous. B) Monosyllabic. C) Monotone. D) Desolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monotonous. 20. The architect's designs are known for their ..... beauty, remaining relevant and admired long after their initial construction. A) Contemporary. B) Provocative. C) Tentative. D) Enduring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enduring. 21. Which word means to overflow? A) Ingrate. B) Ineptness. C) Indulgent. D) Inundate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inundate. 22. A contiguous line A) Enjoins. B) Separates. C) Breaks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enjoins. 23. A strident person tends to be A) Obnoxious. B) Boisterous. C) Unpleasant. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 24. What does Loquacious mean? A) Lucrative. B) Snobbish. C) Rude. D) Talkative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Talkative. 25. Select the vocabulary word that best fits in the blank:A ..... argument will change the minds of even the most skeptical audience. A) Sanguine. B) Sordid. C) Cogent. D) Voracious. E) Desecrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cogent. 26. Using context clues, select the best definition for the bolded word:From her tone of voice, he could discern that she was disappointed, even though she said nothing. A) Forget. B) Hide. C) Understand or recognize. D) Announce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understand or recognize. 27. My brother tends to have (a) ideas about life in a perfect paradise. A) Grandeliquent. B) A. quixotic. C) Antiseptic. D) Censorious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. quixotic. 28. Someone who is grandiloquent is: A) Very shy. B) Trenchant. C) Probably bragging or showing off. D) Critical of others. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Probably bragging or showing off. 29. Outgoing; sociable A) Garrulous. B) Gregarious. C) Inept. D) Infallible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gregarious. 30. Norway and New Zealand are two countries noted for having the most scenic ..... in the world. A) Blather. B) Fjord. C) Scrutinize. D) Martyr. 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