This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Can be believed; reasonable A) Obdurate. B) Plausible. C) Tawdry. D) Ensconsed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plausible. 2. Curt decided to lend his saxophone playing skills to his school's jazz ..... A) Also-ran. B) Erudite. C) Elfin. D) Ensemble. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ensemble. 3. To turn away or to turn aside A) Inconceivable. B) Alleviate. C) Avert. D) Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Avert. 4. AQUITTAL MEANS ONE IS NOT PUNISHED A) T. B) F. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. 5. Speaking with brevity is often the best form of speech. A) Tone. B) Timed. C) Briefness. D) Manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Briefness. 6. A person who receives benefits A) Beneficiary. B) Belie. C) Bane. D) Benefactor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Benefactor. 7. Choose the word that best matches the definition:Excessive praise or admiration A) Avarice. B) Adulation. C) Philanthropist. D) Discern. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adulation. 8. The others returned in a group, the climbers boisterously chatting, but any sign of ..... among the others was absent. A) Reproach. B) Bolster. C) Camaraderie. D) Latent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Camaraderie. 9. To settle differences A) Surreptitous. B) Mundane. C) Compromise. D) Ostentatious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compromise. 10. To deprive by death, especially a loved one A) Bludgeon. B) Bereave. C) Believe. D) Blather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bereave. 11. With (who, whom) did you watch the video? A) Who. B) Whom. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whom. 12. What word means:quiet, cautious, and secretive; taking pains to avoid being observed; sneaky A) Superfluous. B) Surreptitious. C) Superficial. D) Transient. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surreptitious. 13. Possibility of something A) Feasibility. B) Feastibility. C) Festival. D) Futility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feasibility. 14. Greed; excessive desire for riches-cupidity, miserliness A) Exult. B) Avarice. C) Debunk. D) Exalt. E) Assuage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Avarice. 15. Demon for work ..... A) Myriad. B) Demonic. C) Accolade. D) Atrophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Demonic. 16. Complicated, twisted, intricate A) Surreptitious. B) Supposition. C) Conjecture. D) Convoluted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convoluted. 17. To extinguish; to put down or suppress by force A) Bolster. B) Garner. C) Quell. D) Ambivalence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quell. 18. The class erupted into ..... as the teacher was in the hall in between classes. A) Anarchy. B) Conflagration. C) Strident. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anarchy. 19. IF YOU ARE VINDICATED YOU RECIEVE PUNISMENT A) T. B) F. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) F. 20. Due to imminent danger, the zookeeper thought it was best to kill the gorilla to save the child.Select the best definition. A) Resulting. B) Misshapen. C) Delinquent. D) Impending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Impending. 21. Melodious, soothing ..... A) Opportune. B) Reminisce. C) Porcine. D) Dulcet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dulcet. 22. The outermost part/surroundings; the boundary A) Periphery. B) Importunate. C) Conferment. D) Euphoria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Periphery. 23. Antithesis(n)Your values, which hold war and violence in the highest esteem, are the antithesis of my pacifist beliefs. A) A form of government. B) A synonym for peace. C) The absolute opposite. D) A type of philosophical argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The absolute opposite. 24. Arguing with your teacher is usually ..... to what you want to achieve. A) Tactful. B) Counterproductive. C) Apex. D) Disdain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Counterproductive. 25. A general sense of unease or depression A) Malaise. B) Negligent. C) Peccadillo. D) Malinger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malaise. 26. Match each vocabulary word from the word bank with the correct definition. Word Bank:abate, conspicuous, abundant, pervasive, adhere, ambivalent, buttress, abet, abhor, verisimilitude10 ..... :standing out so as to be clearly visible A) Abundant. B) Adhere. C) Conspicuous. D) Abate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conspicuous. 27. What does the word "eclectic" mean? A) Preferring traditional styles only. B) Following a single style or idea. C) Ignoring different styles or ideas. D) Selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas. 28. A small crack, usually within a wall A) Fissure. B) Orifice. C) Crevasse. D) Crevice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crevice. 29. Choose the correct definition:conformist A) (v) to attribute an action to a particular person or group. B) (n) repair, making something new again. C) (n) person who complies with accepted rules & customs. D) (adj) thrifty; cheap. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (n) person who complies with accepted rules & customs. 30. One who takes advantage of any opportunity without regard for moral principles A) Precocious. B) Opportunist. C) Perfunctory. D) Quell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opportunist. 31. Which word means extremely wicked, evil, or vicious? A) Prattle. B) Nefarious. C) Burgeon. D) Inundate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nefarious. 32. The two cultures were so utterly ..... that she found it hard to adapt from one to the other. A) Disparate. B) Presume. C) Credence. D) Adhere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disparate. 33. Her cordial attitude A) Placed her in good standing with her teachers. B) Helped her to make friends. C) Got her good grades. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 34. One of the most ..... American presidents, George Washington, is often noted as having numerous presidential precedents. A) Accurate. B) Obscure. C) Devious. D) Prominent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prominent. 35. The tiles may not ..... properly if you do not use the correct glue. A) Presume. B) Surmise. C) Contrive. D) Adhere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adhere. 36. The definition of impute is ..... A) To assign or attribute to someone. B) Patience, restraint. C) Feeling someone else's feeling. D) Not lasting long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To assign or attribute to someone. 37. Choose the word that best matches the definition:A person who gives money or resources to help others A) Avarice. B) Philanthropist. C) Parsimony. D) Callous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philanthropist. 38. Mr. Smith's ..... behavior made it clear that he had not been trained in matters of etiquette. A) Caustic. B) Helpful. C) Banal. D) Altruistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caustic. 39. What is the best definition of "Noxious" ? A) Awesome. B) Pleasant. C) Nasty. D) Favorable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nasty. 40. She ..... a creative way to solve the problem that no one else had thought of. A) Indecipherable. B) Contrive. C) Disparate. D) Surmise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contrive. 41. What is the word for this definition:Lacking self-control, characterized by excessive indulgences A) Complacent. B) Intemperate. C) Refute. D) Temperance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intemperate. 42. Cheerful, happy, merry (describing people or personalities) A) Jocular. B) Jocose. C) Bacchic. D) Festoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jocose. 43. How might you feel if something is irksome? A) Happy. B) Thrilled. C) Relaxed. D) Annoyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Annoyed. 44. Poverty stricken; without the basic necessities of life A) Destitute. B) Anarchy. C) Abject. D) Expedite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Destitute. 45. At family events, I tend to avoid trite conversations because they're usually about the weather or how school is going. A) Unusual; interesting. B) Unoriginal and stale due to overuse. C) Engaging. D) An obvious remark uttered as if it were original. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unoriginal and stale due to overuse. 46. What does it mean to 'proclaim' something? A) To form a theory. B) To set up or show to be true. C) The avoidance of extremes especially in behavior. D) To announce or declare officially or publicly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To announce or declare officially or publicly. 47. I give no ..... to the rumors circulating about his personal life. A) Disparate. B) Credence. C) Paucity. D) Immerse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Credence. 48. Extravagant or exaggerated A) Melodramatic. B) Civic. C) Onset. D) Persecute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melodramatic. 49. The organizer ..... support from hundreds as she delivered an impassioned speech. A) Conceded. B) Corroborated. C) Postulated. D) Galvanized. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Galvanized. 50. What does Extirpate mean? A) Examine. B) Eliminate. C) Experience. D) Simplify. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eliminate. 51. Which of the following is a synonym for "quirk" ? A) Peculiarity. B) Flaw. C) Habit. D) Routine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peculiarity. 52. Fill in the blank. It was very ..... of you to pay all your bills before taking a vacation. A) Prosperity. B) Prudent. C) Provocative. D) Prosaic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prudent. 53. Everyone lost their money when the so-called treasurer ..... with all the society's profits. A) Exhaustive. B) Absconded. C) Condone. D) Eschew. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absconded. 54. Hostility; active opposition A) Lament. B) Benevolent. C) Precarious. D) Antagonism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antagonism. 55. Which of the following best describes a "loquacious" person? A) Someone who is full of trivial conversation. B) Someone who is very quiet and reserved. C) Someone who is always angry. D) Someone who is extremely shy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone who is full of trivial conversation. 56. Which of the following is an example of a "cordial" action? A) Greeting someone with a smile. B) Yelling at someone. C) Avoiding eye contact. D) Ignoring someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greeting someone with a smile. 57. Spiderman easily scaled the ..... in the city. A) Duress. B) Efface. C) Edifice. D) Dromedary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edifice. 58. What is a synonym for "revere" ? A) Detest. B) Admire. C) Mandate. D) Augment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Admire. 59. Great happiness; bliss A) Garrulous. B) Invincible. C) Felicity. D) Implicit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Felicity. 60. What is the meaning of "Evince" ? 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