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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Keep from happening or arising" . Choose the correct vocabulary word that goes with the statement. A) Permit. B) Retract. C) Prosaic. D) Preclude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preclude. 2. What word means:Useless; serving no purpose A) Transient. B) Superficial. C) Superfluous. D) Tactful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Superfluous. 3. To give a false impression A) Beneficiary. B) Benefactor. C) Belie. D) Bane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bane. 4. In the sentence "He felt a surge of irritation when his brother borrowed his favorite book without asking, " what emotion is being described? A) Disdain. B) Divergent. C) Exasperation. D) Discredited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exasperation. 5. What is the meaning of 'quixotic'? A) Idealistic. B) Critical of others. C) Appearing attractive but having little value. D) Clean or pure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idealistic. 6. Happening by accident; lucky A) Camaraderie. B) Compromise. C) Mundane. D) Fortuitous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fortuitous. 7. Curving inward; hollowed A) Cavernous. B) Orotund. C) Concave. D) Excavate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concave. 8. When a speaker asks a rhetorical question, he/she is asking ..... A) For effect and not really wanting an answer. B) A deep, introspective question. C) A yes or no question. D) A question for the audience to respond to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For effect and not really wanting an answer. 9. Inexperienced and immature, not fully developed; youthful; with feathers A) Callow. B) Expedite. C) Anarchy. D) Abject. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Callow. 10. What is the definition of dispel (v)? A) To object. B) To dry out completely, dehydrate. C) Any problem or predicament. D) To drive away. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To drive away. 11. (noun) scarcity; lack A) Decree. B) Debase. C) Dearth. D) Debacle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dearth. 12. What does the word 'Facilitate' mean? A) To make a process or task easier or smoother by providing assistance or support. B) To ignore or neglect a process or task. C) To criticize or discourage a process or task. D) To complicate or hinder a process or task. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make a process or task easier or smoother by providing assistance or support. 13. Her innuendo MOST LIKELY A) Hurt his feelings. B) Caused him to love her. C) Caused him to slap her. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hurt his feelings. 14. Fill in the blank:Deep in the cave, scientists found teeth that had belonged to ..... humans. A) Vindictive. B) Archaic. C) Convivial. D) Dilapidated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archaic. 15. What does "Prudent" mean? A) Reckless and careless. B) Careful and wise. C) Unusual and strange. D) Basic and fundamental. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Careful and wise. 16. Talkative, wordy A) Abate. B) Cadence. C) Garrulous. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Garrulous. 17. What is the best EXAMPLE of "Talisman" ? A) A rabbit's foot. B) A horseshoe. C) A lucky penny. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. Reconcile most nearly means: A) To reciprocate. B) To restore. C) To revoke. D) To total. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To restore. 19. Overly sentimental A) Nuance. B) Maudlin. C) Opportunist. D) Perfunctory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maudlin. 20. Alert and watchful A) Fanatical. B) Vigilant. C) Pariah. D) Revere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vigilant. 21. The sopranos duet was not in tune. A) Soprano's. B) Sopranos'. C) Sopransos's. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sopranos'. 22. Perfidy means ..... A) A deliberate breach of trust. B) To declare legally void. C) Payment for goods and services. D) To free from guilt or blame. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A deliberate breach of trust. 23. What does Adept mean? A) Having knowledge. B) Being inexperienced. C) Lacking skill. D) Being confused. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having knowledge. 24. To make more sharp or severe A) Bravado. B) Exacerbate. C) Hamper. D) Abduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exacerbate. 25. An abnormal and unhealthy obsession with fire; often the obsessive desire to start fires A) Pommel. B) Pyromania. C) Askance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pyromania. 26. A lackadaisical person is A) Tearful. B) Noisy. C) Lethargic. D) Lazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lethargic. 27. Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:reject with contempt A) Stipend. B) Vie. C) Unprecedented. D) Spurn. E) Squander. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spurn. 28. Rural or rustic in nature A) Beleaguer. B) Bleak. C) Beset. D) Bucolic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bucolic. 29. Fill in the blank:She began to ..... all my faults, so I left the room. A) Convivial. B) Elusive. C) Enumerate. D) Besmirch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enumerate. 30. In the context of the word "sanguine, " what does it mean to be optimistic? A) Expecting the best. B) Expecting nothing. C) Expecting the worst. D) Expecting average results. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expecting the best. ← 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