This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 18 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Someone who takes the law into his/her own hands A) Sopor. B) Vigilante. C) Vigilant. D) Requiem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vigilante. 2. The definition of benevolent ..... A) Friendly, helpful. B) Enthusiastic, loud. C) Give up a position. D) To refrain from doing something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Friendly, helpful. 3. To soothe or make less severe A) Asunder. B) Assuage. C) Askew. D) Austere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assuage. 4. A system of naming, used mostly in art and science A) Vestige. B) Nomenclature. C) Carte blanche. D) Sophistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nomenclature. 5. How you see the world; how you realize or understand something A) Morose. B) Anarchy. C) Inconsequential. D) Perceive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perceive. 6. Match each vocabulary word from the word bank with the correct definition. 5 ..... :to increase the strength of or justification for; to reinforce A) Buttress. B) Neglect. C) Diminish. D) Obscure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buttress. 7. Choose the correct definition:vindicate A) (adj) depending on a condition. B) (adj) showy, displaying wealth. C) (v) to clear from blame or suspicion. D) (adj) thrifty; cheap. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (v) to clear from blame or suspicion. 8. Select the word that best fills in the blank.The ..... child kicked the principal in the knee. A) Discredited. B) Empathetic. C) Capitulated. D) Disdainful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disdainful. 9. Fill in the blank:The main house has been restored but the gazebo is still ..... and unusable. A) Degraded. B) Dilapidated. C) Devolved. D) Meandered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dilapidated. 10. To cause suffering A) Onset. B) Persecute. C) Civic. D) Melodramatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persecute. 11. Quiet and modest; reserved A) Destitute. B) Demure. C) Ambivalent. D) Ostensible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Demure. 12. 1-His intellect was logical in the highest degree; he was clear and precise, an enemy of loose reasoning, and quick to ..... prevailing fallacies. A) A. chide. B) B. refute. C) C. smug. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. refute. 13. The husband and wife had a lot of ..... , which caused many fights. A) Archives. B) Impart. C) Discordancy. D) Jocund. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discordancy. 14. A pessimistic feeling of distrust A) Pfennig. B) Beleaguer. C) Cynicism. D) Sedate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cynicism. 15. We all have our own unique ..... that we have acquired over time. It is usually shaped by our upbringing and life experiences, which shape the way we see things. A) Evidence. B) Hypothesis. C) Perspective. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perspective. 16. The party leader advised all her members to ..... any questions about finance or money. A) Eschew. B) Condone. C) Abscond. D) Exhaust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eschew. 17. If you interpose something, you are A) Cause it to cross with something else. B) Separating it. C) Bringing it together. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bringing it together. 18. Synonym for segregate A) Promote. B) Separate. C) Combine. D) Attack. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Separate. 19. To banish from or force out of a group or situation. A) Tincture. B) Ostracize. C) Salient. D) Chattel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ostracize. 20. They argued bitterly, and to make matters worse, the ill-feeling was ..... by the sweltering heat-wave which made their blood boil. A) Extenuated. B) Quantified. C) Qualified. D) Exacerbated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exacerbated. 21. What is the definition of divine (v)? A) To belittle, to put down. B) Easily taught or controlled, obedient. C) To infer, to guess. D) To condemn, to expose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To infer, to guess. 22. To erase; to rub out-eradicate A) Kindle. B) Hinder. C) Hiatus. D) Copious. E) Efface. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Efface. 23. Despite the best efforts of a federal team of business experts and politicians, the economic miniaturization continued to affect the lives of millions of citizens. A) Lessening. B) Procession. C) Recession. D) [NO CHANGE]. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recession. 24. Martin Luther King was a true ..... ; he preached for equal rights for all citizens. A) Draconian. B) Dormant. C) Egalitarian. D) Doldrums. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Egalitarian. 25. Detached, reversed A) Aloof. B) Affable/amiable/genial/gregarious. C) Aesthetic. D) Adroit/deft/dexterous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aloof. 26. To avoid by artful manuvering A) Circumvent. B) Callous. C) Covet. D) Convoluted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circumvent. 27. Always moving; lasting for only a short time; temporary A) Obsinate. B) Negligible. C) Transient. D) Sedentary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transient. 28. The physical property of matter wherein matter returns to its original form after being reshaped, as an elastic band returns to its original shape after being stretched. A) Elasticity. B) Chattel. C) Hindrance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elasticity. 29. Part of speech-tenacious A) Adverb. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective. 30. A fantastic scheme, unchecked imagination A) Copious. B) Conjecture. C) Chimerical. D) Covet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chimerical. 31. Cautious, way, alert, attentive A) Capricious. B) Circuitous. C) Clairvoyant. D) Circumspect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circumspect. 32. When Tanya landed on her feet, she felt a sudden ..... in her ankle. A) Pang. B) Detrimental. C) Animosity. D) Tumultuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pang. 33. Disrespect, rudeness, impertinence A) Consternation. B) Vitriolic. C) Flippancy. D) Preamble. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flippancy. 34. He seems to have a ..... problem with keeping a job. A) Ploy. B) Rankle. C) Perennial. D) Relegate. E) Paradoxical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perennial. 35. Select the correct definition of the wordinsipid A) To wander aimlessly. B) A deep, long-lasting sadness. C) A witty saying or remark. D) Dull and interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dull and interesting. 36. Dismay, concern, shock, bewilderment A) Anomaly. B) Consternation. C) Flippancy. D) Disconcert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consternation. 37. Fill in the blank:The friendship was so ..... ; we never talked about anything really deep. A) Transient. B) Superficial. C) Superfluous. D) Tactful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Superficial. 38. Unconnected, separate; distinct-unrelated A) Gullible. B) Anarchy. C) Discrete. D) Discreet. E) Strident. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discrete. 39. It's a point of sheer ..... that the very problem he was trying to solve was being manifold exacerbated by his every attempt at abating it. A) Irony. B) Malice. C) Catastrophe. D) Ridicule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 40. Which of the following words is synonymous with 'eccentric'? A) Normal. B) Similar. C) Quirky. D) Average. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quirky. 41. When traveling through an area with many pickpockets, regardless of police presence and other security measures, you must stay attentive-no one can warranty the safety of your belongings better than yourself. A) [NO CHANGE]. B) Underwrite. C) Guarantee. D) Swear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guarantee. 42. Happening by luck or chance; fortunate A) Fortuitous. B) Propitiate. C) Auspicious. D) Consort. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fortuitous. 43. Even though Jake was a millionaire, he avoided hanging out with ..... people who liked to flaunt their wealth. A) Presumptuous. B) Scrupulous. C) Pretentious. D) Incongruous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pretentious. 44. I'd like, if I may, to relate a small ..... A) Anecdote. B) Veneer. C) Protege. D) Archive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 45. (verb) to come to a conclusion by reasoning from the evidence A) Deduce. B) Deft. C) Defame. D) Demagogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deduce. 46. She bowed because she had great ..... for the queen. A) Deference. B) Nuance. C) Objectivity. D) Fiscal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deference. 47. Cautious, restrict, limit action, to draw a line around A) Circumspect. B) Charlatan. C) Circumscribe. D) Confounded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circumscribe. 48. To be languid is to A) Be fluid in many languages. B) Have a deadening disposition. C) Be lacking something. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have a deadening disposition. 49. With the ..... of AI robotics in the household, life was verily changed forever. A) Advent. B) Despotic. C) Servile. D) Unravelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Advent. 50. A lack, scarcity A) Dearth. B) Garrulous. C) Hallowed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dearth. 51. Emmy is (a) at computing math problems in her head A) Fickle. B) A. adept. C) Dubious. D) Erratic. E) Derelict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. adept. 52. Which word is synonymous with being dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight A) Mundane. B) Jubilation. C) Longevity. D) Parched. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parched. 53. Appraise(v) (e.g., A realtor will come over tonight to appraise our house.) A) To assess the worth or value of. B) To evaluate the performance of an employee. C) To predict future trends based on data. D) To decorate or enhance the appearance of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To assess the worth or value of. 54. Which word means to sprout or newly emerge? A) Adulation. B) Chimera. C) Burgeon. D) Inundate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burgeon. 55. To ..... the tide of applications, the prestigious Ivy requires that each applicant score at least 2100 on the SAT. A) Stem. B) Belittle. C) Affluent. D) Insolvent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stem. 56. Firm; unwilling to give in A) Adament. B) Debacle. C) Obsolete. D) Avid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adament. 57. Fill in the blank:Capable of being felt is described as ..... A) Tangible. B) Redress. C) Demure. D) Imminent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tangible. 58. What does it mean to 'establish' something? A) To form a theory. B) To synchronize. C) To predict something. D) To set up or show to be true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To set up or show to be true. 59. Because of his shyness, he had the reputation of being unapproachable. A) Admonish. B) Aloof. C) Affable. D) Adroit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aloof. 60. You need to get to class ..... so that you're not marked late. A) Creditable. B) Hastily. C) Blatantly. D) Tawdry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hastily. ← 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