This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition of the word "retort" ? A) A written document. B) A long, detailed explanation. C) A quick reply to a question or remark. D) A silent gesture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A quick reply to a question or remark. 2. To censor or remove objectionable material A) Pellucid. B) Vacillate. C) Expurgate. D) Usurp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expurgate. 3. It means the innate or acquired ability to act or do something; it also means the teaching and administrative staff and those members of the administration having academic rank in an educational institution. A) Faculty. B) Consensus. C) Reticence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Faculty. 4. (noun) a leader who obtains power by appealing to the emotions and prejudices of the people A) Demagogue. B) Demonic. C) Dauntless. D) Dearth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Demagogue. 5. To comply, agree, accept A) Abstemious. B) Acrimonious. C) Acquiesce. D) Admonish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acquiesce. 6. What is the part of speech for the word "conscientious" ? A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 7. How would you describe someone who is 'boisterous'? A) Quiet and reserved. B) Sad and gloomy. C) Loud and energetic. D) Calm and peaceful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loud and energetic. 8. Based on the example given, why might eating fried worms require fortitude? A) Because it is a common and easy task. B) Because it requires strength in the face of adversity or difficulty. C) Because it is a fun and enjoyable experience. D) Because it is a way to make friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it requires strength in the face of adversity or difficulty. 9. To work against a project or purpose; to subvert or sabotage A) Obsolete. B) Vapid. C) Mollify. D) Undermine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Undermine. 10. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the word 'antediluvian'. A) He is antediluvian about his health, always trying new diets. B) The antediluvian weather was perfect for a picnic. C) The antediluvian computer barely functions, it's so outdated. D) Her fashion sense is so antediluvian, she always wears the latest trends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The antediluvian computer barely functions, it's so outdated. 11. The mayor, anxious to conciliate public opinion, appointed the young activist to the city council. A) To make something unpleasant less severe. B) To reconcile, to pacify, to renew a friendship. C) To put an end to. D) To calm or soothe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To reconcile, to pacify, to renew a friendship. 12. Worldly or sophisticated; cultured A) Cosmopolitan. B) Procrustean. C) Nonchalant. D) Contemptuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cosmopolitan. 13. What does Cultivate mean? A) To foster growth of. B) To destroy completely. C) To confuse or mislead. D) To ignore or neglect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To foster growth of. 14. Even though she did not say it, it was easy for me to ..... that she was talking about me. A) Infer. B) Analyze. C) Hypothesis. D) Foreshadow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infer. 15. I hate my piano class. The teacher is very (a) and picks apart my technique. A) A. censorious. B) Grandeliquent. C) Quixotic. D) Antiseptic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. censorious. 16. Adam was a social ..... after posting mean and hurtful comments about others on Instagram. A) Chastise. B) Fanatical. C) Raucous. D) Pariah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pariah. 17. He ..... talked about his best friend behind his back and told all his secrets. A) Opulently. B) Lobbyist. C) Mundanely. D) Perfidiously. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perfidiously. 18. Which one means human? (a) A) A. anthrop. B) Body. C) Earth. D) Color. E) To say. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. anthrop. 19. Breaking a moral law; sinful A) Negligent. B) Malaise. C) Negligible. D) Peccant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peccant. 20. Which word means teeming or to be full of? A) Wane. B) Fraught. C) Ensemble. D) Chasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fraught. 21. Chance, luck, or accident A) Fortuity. B) Destine. C) Auspices. D) Fortuitous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fortuity. 22. Thinking poorly of; scornful or disdainful A) Aberration. B) Contemtuous. C) Ostracize. D) Inconceivable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contemtuous. 23. Which word would be the antonym of the word "also-ran" ? A) Second-place. B) Loser. C) Runner-up. D) Winner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winner. 24. To work together A) Collaborate. B) Consensus. C) Convene. D) Camaraderie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collaborate. 25. In order to ..... your grade, you should go to your teacher's office hours and ask questions. A) Condone. B) Alienate. C) Ameliorate. D) Coerce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ameliorate. 26. The mother wanted to ..... all her knowledge to her daughter. A) Invocation. B) Esconce. C) Impart. D) Animus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impart. 27. Particles that fall to the bottom of a liquid A) Waif. B) Sediment. C) Diffidence. D) Enthrall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sediment. 28. What is the meaning of the word root 'dict'? A) To say or speak. B) To listen. C) To write. D) To read. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To say or speak. 29. If a student carefully collects notes and resources throughout the semester to prepare for finals, which word best describes what the student is doing? A) Efface. B) Garner. C) Cajole. D) Bizarre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Garner. 30. Which word means to have lack of competence or judgement? A) Inundate. B) Ingrate. C) Indulgent. D) Ineptness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ineptness. 31. If a teacher gives "copious notes, " what does this mean? A) The teacher gives a lot of notes. B) The teacher gives no notes. C) The teacher gives confusing notes. D) The teacher gives short notes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher gives a lot of notes. 32. The defense attorney hoped to ..... his case by providing his client with a solid alibi. A) Prudent. B) Bolster. C) Reproach. D) Camaraderie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bolster. 33. Which of the following situations best demonstrates the meaning of "exacerbate" ? A) Fixing a broken window. B) Complaining about a problem and making it worse. C) Ignoring a minor issue. D) Solving a difficult puzzle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complaining about a problem and making it worse. 34. These two words are synonymns A) Plausible and reprieve. B) Plausible and credible. C) Plausible and hasten. D) Plausible and tawdry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plausible and credible. 35. Still undecided, the financial committee deliberated who they would send to speak to the president of the company about the decreased profits this year. A) Authorized. B) Delegated. C) [NO CHANGE]. D) Nominated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) [NO CHANGE]. 36. Which word best describes someone with fortitude? A) Lazy. B) Indifferent. C) Brave. D) Cowardly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brave. 37. What does it mean to be 'straightforward'? A) To feel uncertain about. B) To form a theory. C) To announce or declare officially or publicly. D) Uncomplicated, honest and frank. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uncomplicated, honest and frank. 38. Harmful or damaging. A) Capitulate. B) Facetious. C) Aberration. D) Deleterious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deleterious. 39. The ..... of her high school career was having Ms. Perry as an English teacher. A) Nuance. B) Bittersweet. C) Counterproductive. D) Apex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apex. 40. A ..... is also known as an Arabian camel. A) Dromedary. B) Dormant. C) Dulcet. D) Eagle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dromedary. 41. Crotchety old Mr. Duncan didn't even feel a ..... of happiness when he learned that his neighbor had a new baby. A) Modicum. B) Penchant. C) Premonition. D) Luminescence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modicum. 42. Deep and empty, like a cave A) Crevasse. B) Concave. C) Cavernous. D) Orotund. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cavernous. 43. Beyond belief, unable to be comprehended A) Abduction. B) Fallacy. C) Exacerbate. D) Inconceivable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inconceivable. 44. Using context clues, select the best definition for the bolded word:They held a surreptitious meeting after school so no one else would find out. A) Loud and public. B) Planned far in advance. C) Secretive and hidden. D) Accidental and sudden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secretive and hidden. 45. The most important point A) Commence. B) Capitulate. C) Calamity. D) Crux. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crux. 46. The nation ..... the passing of the president while at the same time celebrating his achievements. A) Expunges. B) Laments. C) Aloof. D) Chattel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laments. 47. FERVER MEANS FEELINGS OF PASSION A) T. B) F. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. 48. Shameful; disgraceful A) Vehement. B) Gullible. C) Infallible. D) Reprehensible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reprehensible. 49. I was surprised by her ..... tone; usually, she is sweet, soft spoken, and congenial. A) Deter. B) Insolvent. C) Affluent. D) Derisive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Derisive. 50. (verb) to libel or slander; take away a good name A) Demagogue. B) Demonic. C) Defame. D) Deft. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Defame. 51. To talk harshly or critically of, particularly to speak false criticisms A) Subsequent. B) Regress. C) Malign. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malign. 52. Study the characteristics of flight or projectile A) Badger. B) Ballistics. C) Askew. D) Aggrandize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ballistics. 53. Phil appeared ..... wearing his tuxedo on an old-fashioned hayride. A) Expunge. B) Incongruous. C) Bulwark. D) Aloof. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incongruous. 54. Which word means the quality of being able to be seen through or clear? A) Miser. B) Ineptness. C) Transparent. D) Turbulence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transparent. 55. After all of the excitement and buildup for the concert, the performance itself was pretty lackluster. A) Over the top. B) Unusual. C) Unnecessary; unrequired. D) Boring; dull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boring; dull. 56. Choose the word that means "lacking ideas or intelligence." A) Vacuous. B) Exuberant. C) Didactic. D) Euphony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vacuous. 57. To go over repeatedly to an absurd extent-pummel, repeat A) Belabor. B) Bucolic. C) Abridge. D) Laud. E) Induce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Belabor. 58. What does Gregarious mean? A) Fond of company; sociable. B) Shy and reserved. C) Independent and solitary. D) Unfriendly and distant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fond of company; sociable. 59. Jack was a ..... to his job; he worked seven days a week and rarely took a day off. A) Doldrums. B) Fjord. C) Martyr. D) Aspire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Martyr. 60. They are waiting for the storm to ..... , so they can leave. A) Burgeon. B) Abate. C) Derogatory. D) Conciliatory. 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