This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 21 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Public shame or disgrace A) Florid. B) Glower. C) Ignominy. D) Ephemeral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ignominy. 2. To openly express an opinion A) Opal. B) Fin. C) Opine. D) Oust. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opine. 3. Secret, stealthy A) Outrageous. B) Surreptitious. C) Fortuitous. D) Ostentatious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surreptitious. 4. Bill's grip on the ladder was ..... , and he struggled to keep from falling. A) Lament. B) Malicious. C) Precarious. D) Malicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precarious. 5. Prevalent; abundant or overflowing A) Nonchalant. B) Brigand. C) Stygian. D) Rife. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rife. 6. What does "efface" mean? A) To live solely for pleasure. B) To collect. C) To wipe out; to erase. D) To persuade by pleasant words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To wipe out; to erase. 7. A "serrated" edge is one that is: A) Straight. B) Notched. C) Smooth. D) Rounded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Notched. 8. To strongly desire, to crave A) Covet. B) Copious. C) Callous. D) Circumscribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Covet. 9. Something delicate ..... A) Queue. B) Harrowing. C) Gossamer. D) Laconic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gossamer. 10. What does Lament mean? A) To feel sorrow for. B) To laminate something. C) To move quickly/abruptly. D) To make a mistake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To feel sorrow for. 11. Fill in the blank:Some employees are so ..... , they need to be fired because they do nothing all day. A) Venerable. B) Wary. C) Superfluous. D) Tactful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Superfluous. 12. Groups of elite actors working on a film together must control their egos to prevent fights from breaking out among prima donnas. A) Characters. B) Self-images. C) Roles. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No change. 13. Because I was sparingly with alcohol when I was younger, I am still quite healthy in my later years.with alcohol when I was younger, I am still quite healthy in my later years. A) Acquiesce. B) Aloof. C) Admonish. D) Abstemious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abstemious. 14. Harry Houdini's ..... is legendary. He's known for his tricks and sleights of hand. A) Prestidigitation. B) Penchant. C) Voluptuary. D) Premonition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prestidigitation. 15. What does the word "disdain" mean? A) The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect. B) The feeling of intense happiness and joy. C) The feeling of being confused and uncertain. D) The feeling of being extremely tired and exhausted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect. 16. The girl was ..... about her studies and needed direction. A) Reproach. B) Lucrative. C) Candid. D) Ambivalent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ambivalent. 17. Annoy, harass, tease A) Badger. B) Ballistics. C) Askew. D) Aggrandize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Badger. 18. Using context clues, select the best definition for the bolded word:His callous reaction to the tragedy shocked everyone, as he showed no sympathy at all. A) Kind and caring. B) Cold and unfeeling. C) Confused and unsure. D) Loud and emotional. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold and unfeeling. 19. Antonym for AMBIVALENT A) Funny. B) Difficult. C) Resolute. D) Indecisive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resolute. 20. Skilled worker ..... A) Artisan. B) Misnomer. C) Karma. D) Defame. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Artisan. 21. Using context clues, select the best definition for the bolded word:She refused to squander her savings on expensive clothes she did not need. A) Earn slowly. B) Hide carefully. C) Waste foolishly. D) Borrow temporarily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Waste foolishly. 22. Hatred; ill will A) Detrimental. B) Pang. C) Animosity. D) Tumultuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Animosity. 23. Assiduous (adj.) A) Hard-working, diligent. B) Lazy and indifferent. C) Quick and careless. D) Inconsistent and unreliable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hard-working, diligent. 24. Hard to understand; over one's head-deep; profound A) Eccentric. B) Assiduous. C) Recondite. D) Archaic. E) Imminent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recondite. 25. Sorrowful; mourning something/someone which is lost or dead A) Fete. B) Elegiac. C) Elegy. D) Plaintive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elegiac. 26. A repayment, compensation, or reward A) Vigilante. B) Quittance. C) Requiem. D) Sopor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quittance. 27. Small, not enough to matter A) Transient. B) Sedentary. C) Negligible. D) Ambiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negligible. 28. Wear away by friction; scrape A) Abdicate. B) Abrade. C) Abhor. D) Aboriginal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abrade. 29. No longer in use A) Obsolete. B) Amicable. C) Avid. D) Plethora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obsolete. 30. The study of projectiles ..... A) Ballistics. B) Propulsive. C) Coterie. D) Lassitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ballistics. 31. Harsh sounds ..... A) Expunge. B) Cacophony. C) Bulwark. D) Connoisseur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cacophony. 32. Although I was unhappy that the relationship ended, I appreciated her ..... about why she was ready to move on from the relationship. A) Complacent. B) Commendable. C) Candidness. D) Dearth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Candidness. 33. Charming; having a sophisticated and attractive manner A) Chattel. B) Detest. C) Debpmaor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Debpmaor. 34. Select the correct definition:taxing A) Use to the limit; exhaust. B) Sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction. C) Making a show of being pious. D) Warlike; inclined to quarrel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use to the limit; exhaust. 35. It requires input from the logistics dept. and management to ..... the implementation of the new technology. A) Facilitate. B) Fecund. C) Contiguity. D) Distribute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Facilitate. 36. The accountant was ..... about how much money the company had lost due to Covid-19. A) Ambivalent. B) Candid. C) Complacent. D) Lucrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Candid. 37. Dangerous; risky A) Precarious. B) Lament. C) Malicious. D) Monotonous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precarious. 38. What is a synonym of paradox? A) Overuse. B) Estimation. C) Similarity. D) Contradiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contradiction. 39. As a teenager, you would be quite ..... to think you know what life is like for an elderly person. A) Palpable. B) Presumptuous. C) Pretentious. D) Malady. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Presumptuous. 40. "Where do they live?" she asked as we rolled up and down love hills by ..... pastures. A) Bucolic. B) Laud. C) Discreet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bucolic. 41. What does divergent mean? A) Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling ofintense dislike. B) Cause to be distrusted or disbelieved. C) A message that departs from the main subject. D) Moving away from something; tending to be different. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moving away from something; tending to be different. 42. Which word has the definition of:deeply important; important; full of consequence A) Disdain. B) Momentous. C) Nuance. D) Apex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Momentous. 43. Lucky or favorable A) Predestination. B) Auspicious. C) Propitious. D) Consortium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Propitious. 44. Showing sincere remorse; filled with guilt or regret A) Impetuous. B) Contrite. C) Verbiage. D) Stigma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contrite. 45. What is the meaning of the word 'candid'? A) Truthful. B) Happy. C) Deceptive. D) Dishonest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Truthful. 46. Verified by experience, observation, or an experiment A) Modify. B) Incite. C) Fiscal. D) Empirical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Empirical. 47. Recalcitrant means A) To hold back. B) Sluggishness. C) Resistant to authority. D) Crafty scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resistant to authority. 48. To segregate means what? A) To put in a field. B) To collect things. C) To take around a circle. D) To set apart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To set apart. 49. The self-help book was full of meaningless platitudes on how to make yourself happy and successful. A) Lacking flavor or taste; unexciting. B) An obvious remark uttered as if it were original. C) To lessen fear; to calm; to relieve pain. D) To make more bearable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An obvious remark uttered as if it were original. 50. Unclear, not definitive A) Atypical. B) Ascetic. C) Amalgam. D) Ambiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ambiguous. 51. What is the meaning of "Rudimentary" ? A) Advanced and complex. B) Basic and fundamental. C) Unusual and strange. D) Careful and wise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Basic and fundamental. 52. What does it mean to 'exemplify' something? A) To set up or show to be true. B) To say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief. C) Continuing firmly. D) Be a typical example of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Be a typical example of. 53. Which of the following does not belong in this group of words? A) Terse. B) Laconic. C) Succinct. D) Garrulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Garrulous. 54. Someone who eats or drinks too much A) Glutton. B) Nuance. C) Invoke. D) Maudlin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glutton. 55. Fill in the blank:To cogitate means to ..... A) To meditate. B) To show little or no emotion. C) To think deeply. D) Be overly flattering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To think deeply. 56. Fill in the blank: ..... people never give up; they keep going until they achieve their goals. A) Tenacious. B) Wary. C) Transient. D) Tactful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tenacious. 57. To waste away; to weaken A) Languor. B) Languish. C) Languid. D) Acquiesce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Languish. 58. Stubborn; willful A) Enunciation. B) Crepuscular. C) Abstemious. D) Headstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Headstrong. 59. Libel or slander ..... A) Veer. B) Artisan. C) Defame. D) Misnomer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Defame. 60. The students were ..... that the dress code was outdated and needed to be changed. A) Adversity. B) Adament. C) Plethora. D) Amicable. 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