This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The lack of rain makes the ground is to ..... for any crops to grow. A) Benevolent. B) Arid. C) Amicable. D) Asylum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arid. 2. Which of the following best explains the difference between "euphony" and "vacuous" ? A) Euphony refers to pleasing sounds; vacuous means lacking ideas or intelligence. B) Both refer to being generous. C) Euphony means evil; vacuous means happy. D) Both mean noisy and aggressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphony refers to pleasing sounds; vacuous means lacking ideas or intelligence. 3. Beard does ..... the tendency of both academics and popular authors to present speculation as historical truth. A) Antagonize. B) Abysmal. C) Admonish. D) Adept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Admonish. 4. Which word means "to tie down to limit movement" ? A) Tether. B) Aggrandize. C) Ensemble. D) Elfin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tether. 5. Showing self-restraint; careful; sneaky, unnoticeable A) Discreet. B) Strident. C) Anarchy. D) Discrete. E) Gullible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discreet. 6. This word means to mock publicly A) Lampoon. B) Temerity. C) Deride. D) Acquiesce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lampoon. 7. Choose the vocabulary word that means:(v) to turn on; to adapt or improve by adjusting or modifying something A) Pivot. B) Microcosm. C) Intuition. D) Jockey. E) Rejuvenate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pivot. 8. What is the definition of disperse (v)? A) To condemn, to expose. B) To object. C) To scatter in various directions. D) To drive away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To scatter in various directions. 9. The employees were so ..... No one was willing to stick around for long because the manager was so terrible. A) Placate. B) Sedentary. C) Transient. D) Obstinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transient. 10. Relating to a thing's basic nature; inborn or innate A) Intrinsic. B) Kudos. C) Sybaritic. D) Apocryphal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intrinsic. 11. Wise; able to discern with wise perception A) Sagacious. B) Recoil. C) Talisman. D) Pastoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sagacious. 12. What does Rash mean? A) To do unwillingly. B) Without attention to danger or risk. C) To accomplish right away. D) Undecided or unable to decide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Without attention to danger or risk. 13. To inspect carefully A) Scrutinize. B) Myriad. C) Covert. D) Emaiciated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scrutinize. 14. (verb) to lower in quality, character, or value A) Decree. B) Debase. C) Defame. D) Deduce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Debase. 15. The judge ordered the clerk to ..... the lawyer's statement from the record. A) Cacophony. B) Austere. C) Expunge. D) Lament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expunge. 16. At this point during the election campaign, who SIDES WITH THE MAJORITY is rather nebulous. A) Predominant. B) Popular. C) Poopular. D) Pestilent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Popular. 17. Changeable; volatile A) Ostentatious. B) Lurid. C) Ignominious. D) Mercurial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mercurial. 18. (noun) going before; preceding; an occurrence or event preceding another A) Anterior. B) Appalling. C) Aptitude. D) Antecedent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antecedent. 19. Even though she was shaking on the inside, Alexis appeared to be totally comfortable and ..... while giving her presentation. A) Precarious. B) Nonchalant. C) Benevolent. D) Antagonism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonchalant. 20. How would you describe a company that is known for being innovative? A) It rarely changes its products. B) It frequently introduces new and original products. C) It avoids taking risks. D) It relies on outdated technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It frequently introduces new and original products. 21. What is the meaning of 'torpid'? A) Lethargic; inactive. B) Critical of others. C) Clean or pure. D) Exclusion from a group. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lethargic; inactive. 22. Wretched, lacking pride A) Abortive. B) Abject. C) Abhor. D) Abrade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abject. 23. An iconoclast is ..... A) One who goes against the norm. B) One who follows the crowd. C) One who breaks the law. D) One who shows the way. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One who goes against the norm. 24. The old house was ..... with its pain peeling and its ceiling falling in. A) Decrepit. B) Obsolete. C) Clumsy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decrepit. 25. When the judge heard his ..... lie, he slammed down his gavel and demanded order his court. (a) A) Hasten. B) Laceration. C) A. blatant. D) Ensconce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. blatant. 26. A leader who appeals to citizens' emotions to obtain power A) Mercenary. B) Dilemma. C) Connoisseur. D) Demagogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Demagogue. 27. To free from blame is to A) Exculpate. B) Vacillate. C) Bulwark. D) Garrulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exculpate. 28. Not cautious or prudent; rash A) Imprudent. B) Nuance. C) Inversion. D) Desolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imprudent. 29. (noun) a heated quarrel A) Aloof. B) Altercation. C) Also-ran. D) Alternative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Altercation. 30. Which of the following best describes an 'antediluvian' object? A) A brand new smartphone. B) A vintage typewriter. C) A futuristic gadget. D) A modern art piece. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A vintage typewriter. 31. Fill in the blank:Severe inflation ..... the nation's currency. A) Besieged. B) Debased. C) Championed. D) Assuaged. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Debased. 32. A fight between small numbers of troops; a brief conflict A) Siege. B) Campaign. C) Skirmish. D) Stalemate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skirmish. 33. How can a person's demeanor be observed, according to the definition provided? A) By the amount of money they have. B) Through their facial appearance or behavior. C) By the books they read. D) Through their favorite color. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Through their facial appearance or behavior. 34. Relating to the brain ..... A) Aloof. B) Cerebral. C) Connoisseur. D) Lament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebral. 35. Ordinary, common A) Ostentatious. B) Collaborate. C) Querulous. D) Mundane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mundane. 36. Select the correct definition:inundate A) To flood or overwhelm. B) Determined by impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason. C) Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wise social experience. D) Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To flood or overwhelm. 37. Capriciously changeable in affection or belief; not remaining faithful to one idea or feeling A) Aghast. B) Debonair. C) Fickle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fickle. 38. What rhetorical device is used in the sentence "The wind whispered secrets to the ancient trees" ? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 39. Select the vocabulary word that best fits in the blank:The massacre represents a ..... episode in our history. A) Erratic. B) Profuse. C) Surly. D) Smug. E) Sordid. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Sordid. 40. Unimaginable or unthinkable. A) Fickle. B) Aghast. C) Inconceivable. D) Rectitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inconceivable. 41. Dinner was a disaster. The butternut squash soup was insipid, and the chicken that followed wasn't much better. A) Full of flavor; exciting. B) To lessen fear; to calm; to relieve pain. C) Commonplace; ordinary. D) Lacking flavor or taste; unexciting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lacking flavor or taste; unexciting. 42. To change, alter, or tweak A) Modify. B) Incite. C) Empirical. D) Fiscal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modify. 43. Although a victim of the salesman's unethical tactics, my father decided to not be a(n) ..... in the lawsuit against the corporation. A) Claimant. B) Tether. C) Ensemble. D) Elfin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Claimant. 44. Impress with words ..... A) Noxious. B) Grandiloquent. C) Proficient. D) Harangue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grandiloquent. 45. When you remember definitions word for word, you remember them ..... A) Lament. B) Verbatim. C) Torpor. D) Vacillate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbatim. 46. One that preys on others or destroys-hunter A) Squander. B) Lethargy. C) Predator. D) Coalesce. E) Incantation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predator. 47. The path taken when an object is in motion A) Invaluable. B) Incompetence. C) Trajectory. D) Delusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trajectory. 48. When looking for friends, it's important to find someone who is empathetic and ..... they'll always bring out the best in you. A) Exalt. B) Complacent. C) Magnanimous. D) Reticent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magnanimous. 49. Unchanging and tedious A) Talisman. B) Fallacy. C) Monotonous. D) Inconceivable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monotonous. 50. Select the word that best fills in the blank.When people work with ..... , the work gets done quicker. A) Evanescence. B) Capitulate. C) Diligence. D) Digression. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diligence. 51. To hit or attack with heavy impact A) Beget. B) Bizarre. C) Bludgeon. D) Balm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bludgeon. 52. To move backwards, especially to retreat to a former state A) Penitence. B) Pommel. C) Regress. D) Mollify. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regress. 53. "Make easier" . Choose the correct vocabulary word that goes with the statement. A) Obstruct. B) Abstract. C) Facilitate. D) Deride. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Facilitate. 54. Easily deceived-credulous A) Anarchy. B) Strident. C) Discrete. D) Gullible. E) Discreet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gullible. 55. Surety or inevitability; a condition that something will definitely happen A) Nexus. B) Obligatory. C) Certitude. D) Ascertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Certitude. 56. To hold back or limit the flow or growth of something A) Stem. B) Hodgepodge. C) Demean. D) Insolvent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stem. 57. To create, give birth to A) Bereave. B) Bizarre. C) Ballistics. D) Beget. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beget. 58. What word means:Showing a sense of what is considerate in dealing with the feelings of others A) Transient. B) Superficial. C) Tactful. D) Superfluous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tactful. 59. Acting superior; condescending or arrogant A) Patronizing. B) Pellucid. C) Perspicacious. D) Iniquity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patronizing. 60. Which word is synonymous with being marked by blithe unconcern A) Jubilation. B) Nonchalant. C) Parched. D) Mundane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonchalant. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSat Vocabulary Quiz 1Sat Vocabulary Quiz 2Sat Vocabulary Quiz 3Sat Vocabulary Quiz 4Sat Vocabulary Quiz 5Sat Vocabulary Quiz 6Sat Vocabulary Quiz 7Sat Vocabulary Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books