This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Neb and Mr. Komatsu ..... the fact they cannot talk about the new Spiderman movie for fear of spoiling it for those who have not seen it. A) Abrade. B) Abate. C) Abhor. D) Abject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abhor. 2. I'm on a diet, so I need to ..... from sweets. A) Indulge. B) Promote. C) Abstain. D) Improve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abstain. 3. The ..... was hired by the cigarette company to get legislature changed in favor of less regulations on pollution. A) Mundane. B) Lobbyist. C) Orator. D) Opulent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lobbyist. 4. What is the meaning of the word "tenacious" ? A) Quick; clever; funny. B) Tough; stubborn; not letting go. C) Quiet; shy; reserved. D) Happy; cheerful; excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tough; stubborn; not letting go. 5. Finally, Drew had to lecture his employees to arrive on time for work, warning them of the consequences if they arrived late tomorrow. A) Acquiesce. B) Admonish. C) Adroit. D) Aloof. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Admonish. 6. Fill in the blank:Overly flattering is described as being ..... A) Facetious. B) Obsequious. C) Frenetic. D) Beguiled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Obsequious. 7. The researcher ran a series of experiments hoping to ..... her theory of engine mechanics before presenting it to her supervisor for review. A) Support. B) Substantiate. C) Renounce. D) Define. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Substantiate. 8. To cause to progress faster; to speed up A) Destitute. B) Anarchy. C) Abject. D) Expedite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expedite. 9. Extremely poor; lacking necessities like food and shelter A) Copious. B) Ambivalent. C) Destitute. D) Gregarious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Destitute. 10. What is the opposite of cantankerous? A) Friendly. B) Pleasant. C) Harmonious. D) Agreeable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agreeable. 11. In the sentence "As the sun set, the colors of the sky became evanescent, " what does "evanescent" imply about the colors of the sky? A) The colors became more vibrant. B) The colors remained unchanged. C) The colors gradually disappeared. D) The colors became more intense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The colors gradually disappeared. 12. Which of the following is NOT a synonym for "copious" ? A) Abundant. B) Scarce. C) Plentiful. D) Ample. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scarce. 13. What does the word "Enigma" mean? A) A certainty. B) A fact. C) A mystery. D) A solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A mystery. 14. Hard, difficult, tiresome A) Artisan. B) Also-ran. C) Antecedent. D) Arduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arduous. 15. One who lives in retirement or seclusion A) Recluse. B) Evoke. C) Boorish. D) Achromatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recluse. 16. It means conspicuously offensive; it also means so obviously inconsistent with what is right or proper as to appear to be a flouting of law or morality. A) Objective. B) Flagrant. C) Elusive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flagrant. 17. To praise highly; glorify A) Extol. B) Tout. C) Efface. D) Brawn. E) Quell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extol. 18. Unnaturally thin A) Apathy. B) Defame. C) Autonomous. D) Emaciated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emaciated. 19. Thrilling, exciting, stimulating A) Hostile. B) Galvanizing. C) Decree. D) Facilitate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Galvanizing. 20. A similarity or likeness A) Anachronism. B) Analogy. C) Ambivalent. D) Ambiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analogy. 21. What does the word "Reciprocation" mean? A) The act of returning a favor. B) To make something less severe. C) To prove something is true. D) To extend the duration of something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The act of returning a favor. 22. What part of speech is 'antediluvian'? A) Adverb. B) Noun. C) Adjective. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 23. Shrewd, clever, keen A) Amplify. B) Atypical. C) Astute. D) Aspire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astute. 24. What does Entail mean A) To use. B) To create something. C) To involve or include. D) To disclude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To involve or include. 25. The quality of being quick and nimble A) Absurd. B) Assert. C) Agility. D) Ample. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agility. 26. Small opening ..... A) Cranny. B) Propulsive. C) Cubism. D) Girth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranny. 27. To assure that he left no clues, the thief ..... his fingerprints from the stolen car. A) Draconian. B) Effaced. C) Effective. D) Dormant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effaced. 28. Match each vocabulary word from the word bank with the correct definition. Word Bank:abate, conspicuous, abundant, pervasive, adhere, ambivalent, buttress, abet, abhor, verisimilitude1 ..... :existing or available in large quantities; plentiful A) Abundant. B) Conspicuous. C) Adhere. D) Abhor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abundant. 29. All his life, Arnold ..... to earn a million dollars, but he was unhappy when he finally did. A) Expired. B) Aspired. C) Ventilated. D) Inflated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aspired. 30. Select the best definition of ameliorate. A) To show intolerance. B) An act of charity or kindness. C) Undecided. D) To make better. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make better. 31. Eat your cereal so you'll grow up and be ..... like your father. A) Incongruous. B) Expunge. C) Cerebral. D) Chattel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cerebral. 32. What does bombastic mean A) Of an extraordinary size or degree. B) A long, angry, and impassioned speech. C) High-sounding but with little meaning. D) Vehement or clamorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High-sounding but with little meaning. 33. Jaguars are ..... so they wait until dawn or dusk to hunt their prey. A) Enunciation. B) Crepuscular. C) Blithe. D) Headstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crepuscular. 34. To draw a conclusion A) Deduce. B) Abduction. C) Avert. D) Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deduce. 35. "The sudden cold weather was an (a) from the usual warm summer." A) Capitulate. B) Facetious. C) A. aberration. D) Deleterious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. aberration. 36. An evil or wicked act; a sin or abomination A) Scapegoat. B) Talisman. C) Iniquity. D) Usurp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iniquity. 37. The boss was about to fire him but he gave Jack a ..... by giving him time to improve. A) Absolution. B) Reprieve. C) Creditable. D) Tawdry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reprieve. 38. A minor sin or fault; a trifling wrongdoing A) Detest. B) Contemtuous. C) Peccadillo. D) Inconceivable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peccadillo. 39. Which of the following is a synonym for "sanguine" ? A) Pessimistic. B) Anxious. C) Neutral. D) Optimistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Optimistic. 40. Army unit smaller than a division A) Pfennig. B) Diminutive. C) Brigade. D) Cynicism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brigade. 41. If a person is disgraceful and deserves condemnation, he is being ..... A) Infallible. B) Scrupulous. C) Reprehensible. D) Gullible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reprehensible. 42. The opponents argued with so much information that the votes became ..... and were unable to vote. A) Reticent. B) Ambivalent. C) Exalt. D) Tenacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ambivalent. 43. Inactive or slow-moving A) Menacing. B) Tedious. C) Sluggish. D) Rectify. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sluggish. 44. (adjective) agreeable, responsible to authority, pleasant, willing to give in to the wishes of another A) Amendable. B) Amplify. C) Antecedent. D) Ambiance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amendable. 45. What is the meaning of 'trenchant'? A) Vigorous in expression. B) Critical of others. C) Exclusion from a group. D) Clean or pure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vigorous in expression. 46. No one wants to be around a braggart because all they talk about is ..... A) Classic literature. B) How terrible the weather is. C) How great they are. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How great they are. 47. Musical group, troupe, band, ..... A) Elfin. B) Ensemble. C) Also-ran. D) Wane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ensemble. 48. A historian is researching the fall of a civilization and notes its moral and cultural decline. Which vocabulary word best describes this situation? A) Imminent. B) Decadence. C) Garner. D) Fastidious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decadence. 49. Choose the vocabulary word that means:(v) surround and have or hold within A) Encompass. B) Inaugural. C) Amputation. D) Consolidate. E) Entail. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Encompass. 50. A subtle difference in meaning A) Inversion. B) Nuance. C) Imprudent. D) Desolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuance. 51. The home had a farmhouse ..... A) Feasible. B) Deference. C) Aesthetic. D) Objectivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aesthetic. 52. Choose the correct definition:prosaic A) (v) to clear from blame. B) (n) repair, making something new again. C) (adj) relating to prose; dull, commonplace. D) (n) wisdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (adj) relating to prose; dull, commonplace. 53. I never want to hear the ..... stereotype that Americans are ignorant ever again. A) Hackneyed. B) Hedonist. C) Hypothesis. D) Haughty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hackneyed. 54. "A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea" Choose the correct vocabulary word that goes with the statement. A) Belittle. B) Opposition. C) Comply. D) Advocate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Advocate. 55. Exceedingly precious A) Delusion. B) Abdicate. C) Invaluable. D) Evoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Invaluable. 56. Which word is the best antonym for aloof? A) Adroit. B) Admonish. C) Affable. D) Abstemious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Affable. 57. Exhausted after a long day of work my Dad like to ..... on couch and watch sports. A) Laceration. B) Plausible. C) Ensconce. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ensconce. 58. Which word means meaningless sound? A) Chimera. B) Predilection. C) Burgeon. D) Prattle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prattle. 59. Choose the vocabulary word that means:(adj) marking a beginning A) Inaugural. B) Amputation. C) Encompass. D) Consolidate. E) Entail. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inaugural. 60. 1-They stood, she thought, the same ..... family, looking out from their sanctuary into the vague but hopeful unknown. A) A. rudimentary. B) B. quintessential. C) C. intuitive. D) None of the above. 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