This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A universal truth; an adage A) Expurgate. B) Dulcet. C) Atelier. D) Axiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Axiom. 2. A "mausoleum" is a: A) Large market. B) Small book. C) Grand tomb. D) Ancient weapon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grand tomb. 3. A loquacious person often talks about: A) Important global issues. B) Trivial stuff they find interesting. C) Interesting topics for everyone. D) Scientific facts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trivial stuff they find interesting. 4. To aid the progress of A) Impart. B) Facilitate. C) Egregious. D) Galvanizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Facilitate. 5. A sharp feeling of discomfort or pain A) Pang. B) Nostalgic. C) Detrimental. D) Animosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pang. 6. Fill in the blank:It's wise to be ..... when giving bad news so the person hearing it doesn't feel worse. A) Tactful. B) Superficial. C) Transient. D) Superfluous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tactful. 7. Being or occurring in the mind without conscious perception A) Subconscious. B) Achromatic. C) Abdicate. D) Boorish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subconscious. 8. She was told she was too curvy to be a model which is a ..... for she's too fat. A) Eschew. B) Euphemism. C) Accomplice. D) Condone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 9. Ben and Cara ..... their decision to skip third hour today because Mrs. Baker gave brownies to the whole class. A) Lamented. B) Benevolent. C) Nonchalant. D) Antagonism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lamented. 10. Which word has the definition of:the highest point A) Nuance. B) Apex. C) Bittersweet. D) Tactful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apex. 11. Listless, weariness ..... A) Coterie. B) Lassitude. C) Cubism. D) Ambiance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lassitude. 12. Unconquerable; able to withstand attack; impenetrable A) Penetrable. B) Vociferous. C) Impregnable. D) Susceptible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impregnable. 13. This man is being ..... a A) Sycophant. B) A. Demure. C) Nefarious. D) Non sequitur. E) Impregnable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. Demure. 14. Foresters ..... that the abnormally wet and windy winter probably hastened the toppling of the trees. A) Credence. B) Sumrise. C) Verisimilitude. D) Desparate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sumrise. 15. Distant, uninvolved A) Badger. B) Also-ran. C) Aloof. D) Ballistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aloof. 16. Close associates ..... A) Ambiance. B) Askew. C) Coterie. D) Cranny. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coterie. 17. The basketball team blamed their loss on getting a little too arrogant about their chances before the game, which means they were ..... A) Pessimistic. B) Ready; prepared. C) Proud; haughty. D) Humble. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proud; haughty. 18. Choose the vocabulary word that means:(v) give new energy or vigor to; revitalize A) Rejuvenate. B) Jockey. C) Intuition. D) Microcosm. E) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rejuvenate. 19. It means hard to comprehend or define; it also means tending to elude/escape. A) Flagrant. B) Objective. C) Elusive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elusive. 20. "Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception" . Choose the correct vocabulary word that goes with the statement. A) Advocate. B) Indifferent. C) Guile. D) Sincerity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guile. 21. "Without intention (especially resulting from heedless action)" . Choose the correct vocabulary word that goes with the statement. A) Deride. B) Inadvertent. C) Cautious. D) Heed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inadvertent. 22. Archetypal (adj.) A) A word that refers to a unique or one-of-a-kind item. B) The most representative or typical example of something. C) A description of something that is overly complex or convoluted. D) A term used to describe something that is ancient or outdated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The most representative or typical example of something. 23. Inappropriate name ..... A) Veer. B) Misnomer. C) Defame. D) Draconian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misnomer. 24. What feeling is often associated with conceding? A) Unwillingness. B) Indifference. C) Happiness. D) Excitement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unwillingness. 25. Unimportant; insignificant or minor A) Negligent. B) Negligible. C) Malign. D) Impeccable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negligible. 26. What is the tone of the word "slovenly" when used to describe someone? A) Complimentary. B) Critical. C) Neutral. D) Encouraging. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Critical. 27. The difference between the two car prices was ..... , so Sharon decided to buy the one with the moon roof. A) Transient. B) Ambiguous. C) Obstinate. D) Negligible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negligible. 28. Secret or hidden A) Defame. B) Scrutinize. C) Autonomous. D) Covert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Covert. 29. Establish firmly in a position A) Reprieve. B) Ensconse. C) Hasten. D) Devise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ensconse. 30. An studio or workshop A) Archaic. B) Iniquity. C) Axiom. D) Atelier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atelier. 31. Monk became ..... when he was stuck in the locker for a week during the snow storm. A) Emaciated. B) Covert. C) Defame. D) Scrutinize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emaciated. 32. To encourage or stir up A) Fiscal. B) Incite. C) Empirical. D) Modify. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incite. 33. Not securely held in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse A) Precarious. B) Brandish. C) Loiter. D) Euphoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precarious. 34. Fill in the blank:Relief from pain is described as ..... A) Cacophonous. B) Impending. C) Redress. D) Summon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Redress. 35. Which word would best describe a person who is "inclined to keep silent; reserved" ? A) Obstreperous. B) Blissful. C) Exuberant. D) Reticent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reticent. 36. Spitting on people is not a ..... act, it's a reprehensible one. A) Obdurate. B) Creditable. C) Hasty. D) Plausible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Creditable. 37. WE ARE ALL VULNERABLE TO THE COVID VIRUS A) T. B) F. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. 38. In what context might you use the word "benevolent" ? A) Describing a storm. B) Describing a difficult task. C) Describing a kind person. D) Describing a machine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Describing a kind person. 39. The sign at the trailhead ..... hikers to "take caution" as they climb up the mountain. A) Antagonize. B) Abysmal. C) Adept. D) Admonish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Admonish. 40. You have to be careful not to get verbose when you write or speak, or your audience will lose interest. A) Preachy. B) Persuasive or agrumentative. C) Wordy or long-winded. D) Boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wordy or long-winded. 41. If someone is trying to get you to do something by flattering you and making promises they may not keep, which word describes their action? A) Hedonist. B) Efface. C) Cajole. D) Decadence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cajole. 42. Causing sleep or fatigue A) Soporific. B) Sopor. C) Languid. D) Somnolent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soporific. 43. What is the definition of "Mitigate" ? A) To extend the duration of something. B) To make something less severe. C) To act without thinking. D) To prove something is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make something less severe. 44. The paramedics did everything they could to alleviate the car wreck victim's pain on the way to the hospital. A) To exacerbate. B) To heighten. C) To make more bearable. D) To put to sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make more bearable. 45. To glorify-worship A) Debunk. B) Exalt. C) Exult. D) Assuage. E) Avarice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exalt. 46. Lenient; yielding to desire-tolerant A) Penurious. B) Indulgent. C) Extraneous. D) Conspicuous. E) Insuperable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indulgent. 47. To avoid doing something that you would enjoy doing A) Deride. B) Debacle. C) Abstain. D) Bilk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abstain. 48. Temperance (An adjective) means A) Not appropriate; unsuitable, out of place. B) Self-restraint in conduct, indulgence in appetites. C) Provide evidence to support the truth of . D) Certain to happen; unavoidable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self-restraint in conduct, indulgence in appetites. 49. To make less burdensome or less hard to bear A) Inconceivable. B) Alleviate. C) Pastoral. D) Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alleviate. 50. Select the word that best completes the sentence: "The ominous clouds told us that a storm was ..... " A) Cajole. B) Efface. C) Bizarre. D) Imminent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imminent. 51. Everyone of the students (want/wants) to do well. A) Want. B) Wants. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wants. 52. Which word is synonymous with someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors their employer? A) Mundane. B) Orator. C) Lobbyist. D) Opulent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lobbyist. 53. The ..... acts committed by the antagonist in the film left the audience feeling disturbed and outraged. A) Abject. B) Abet. C) Abolish. D) Abominable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abominable. 54. Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:having never been done or known before; novel A) Vie. B) Precedent. C) Unnerve. D) Unprecedented. E) Mesmerized. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unprecedented. 55. What does it mean to 'fabricate' something? A) To predict. B) To invent or construct. C) The operation of two or more things at the same time. D) Be a typical example of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To invent or construct. 56. The Grand Canyon is on gigantic ..... A) Chattel. B) Chronic. C) Chasm. D) Crevice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chasm. 57. What is an example of a diplomatic action? A) Shouting at both parties. B) Negotiating a peaceful solution. C) Walking away from the conflict. D) Taking sides in an argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negotiating a peaceful solution. 58. To harm someone's reputation A) Scrutinize. B) Apathy. C) Defame. D) Emacitated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Defame. 59. The ..... of the native Florida panther is in the Everglades and South Central Florida. A) Efface. B) Domain. C) Dormant. D) Dulcet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Domain. 60. What does deplore mean? A) Rise. B) Regret. C) Describe. D) Deny. 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