This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 22 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A teacher wants to encourage less loquacious behavior in class. Which strategy would be most effective? A) Asking students to raise their hands before speaking. B) Encouraging students to talk more about trivial topics. C) Allowing everyone to talk at once. D) Ignoring students who are quiet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asking students to raise their hands before speaking. 2. Having to do with a government where one person/group/party is in complete control A) Totalitarian. B) Consummate. C) Summation. D) Totality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Totalitarian. 3. The wall of a building and/or a deceptive appearance or attitude A) Facade. B) Garrulous. C) Hallowed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Facade. 4. Having enough qualifications A) Devise. B) Adequate. C) Clout. D) Bittersweet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adequate. 5. It means lavish expenditure; it also means great quantity /lavish display or supply of something. A) Profusion. B) Reticence. C) Consensus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Profusion. 6. Using context clues, select the best definition for the bolded word:The manager tried to conciliate the angry customers by offering refunds and apologies. A) Ignore completely. B) Argue loudly with. C) Blame harshly. D) Make peace with. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make peace with. 7. Related to government money A) Incite. B) Modify. C) Fiscal. D) Empirical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fiscal. 8. Uncontrolled growth; growing or climbing without restraint A) Impetuous. B) Rampant. C) Ordeal. D) Intrepid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rampant. 9. The act of creating something by compounding or mixing A) Euphoric. B) Concoction. C) Crux. D) Bluster. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concoction. 10. To alienate; to separate (usually under negative circumstances) A) Estrange. B) Catharsis. C) Inundate. D) Revere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Estrange. 11. If something is cryptic, it is ..... A) Staying in place. B) Mysterious in meaning. C) Running on empty. D) Changing in nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mysterious in meaning. 12. Abundant, ample, plentiful A) Copious. B) Circumspect. C) Conjecture. D) Charlatan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copious. 13. Which of the following situations best illustrates the meaning of "vex" ? A) You receive a compliment from your teacher. B) You find a quiet place to study. C) You win a prize in a competition. D) A friend keeps tapping their pen during a test, making it hard for you to concentrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A friend keeps tapping their pen during a test, making it hard for you to concentrate. 14. It took hours to ..... my headphones from the jumble of wires in the box. A) Extricate. B) Apprehensive. C) Censor. D) Assuage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extricate. 15. Is a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion. A) Fact. B) Premise. C) Rejection. D) Denial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Premise. 16. I found her in the library, ..... in a chair. (a) A) Absolution. B) A. ensconced. C) Obdurated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. ensconced. 17. (adj.) fearless; unintimidated A) Debacle. B) Dauntless. C) Dease. D) Dearth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dauntless. 18. Susie had an ..... taste in movies ranging from "The Notebook" to "The Shawshank Redemption." A) Fanatical. B) Pariah. C) Raucous. D) Eclectic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eclectic. 19. Choose the vocabulary word that means:(v) make something physically stronger or more solid A) Savor. B) Consolidate. C) Amputation. D) Pivot. E) Waft. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consolidate. 20. Surroundings ..... A) Bludgeon. B) Milieu. C) Dulcet. D) Opportune. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Milieu. 21. Select the word that means "extremely wicked." A) Benevolent. B) Parsimonious. C) Euphony. D) Nefarious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nefarious. 22. Things got ugly during the class president campaign when Sally tried to ..... Tim's reputation. A) Scrutinize. B) Defame. C) Autonomous. D) Apathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Defame. 23. Sasha's moods were ..... and unpredictable. A) Impart. B) Fickle. C) Bellicose. D) Alcove. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fickle. 24. There are many Looney Tunes characters that are laconic, such as the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote.Select the best description. A) Cringe from fear. B) Wait in line. C) Using few words. D) Something delicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using few words. 25. Impulsive, hasty, reckless A) Deduce. B) Erroneous. C) Impetuous. D) Avert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impetuous. 26. Which of the following is NOT a synonym for "inexorable" ? A) Implacable. B) Unstoppable. C) Relenting. D) Unyielding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relenting. 27. In a moment of ..... , she decided to go out with him. A) Aberration. B) Amicable. C) Anachronistic. D) Adversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aberration. 28. What is the definition of disparage (V) A) Easily taught or controlled, obedient. B) To belittle, to put down. C) Breaking up into parts, termination of a legal bond. D) To drive away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To belittle, to put down. 29. What might you do if you feel something isn't worthy of your consideration? A) Disdain it. B) Ignore it. C) Admire it. D) Celebrate it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disdain it. 30. Fill in the blank:Unemotional is described as ..... A) Stoic. B) Frenetic. C) Tangible. D) Palpable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stoic. 31. I will never show ..... about a snow day. They are amazing, and I love them. A) Autonomous. B) Defame. C) Apathy. D) Myriad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apathy. 32. Using context clues, select the best definition for the bolded word:Some considered his joke to be blasphemy because it showed disrespect toward their religious beliefs. A) An act of great kindness. B) Deep respect for tradition. C) A harmless mistake. D) Disrespect toward something sacred. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disrespect toward something sacred. 33. What is the definition of 'demand'? A) To circumvent. B) To persist. C) To recant. D) To insistently request. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To insistently request. 34. Without attention to danger or risk A) Civic. B) Onset. C) Melodramatic. D) Rash. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rash. 35. Getting out of a city and going hiking in the mountains is Chuck's annual ..... A) Candor. B) Catharsis. C) Caucus. D) Cerebral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Catharsis. 36. It means of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part; it also means auxiliary or supplementary. A) Elusive. B) Objective. C) Peripheral. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peripheral. 37. Made of of different, dissimilar parts; being of many colors A) Dogmatic. B) Chaos. C) Erudite. D) Motley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Motley. 38. What does Flourish mean? A) To be unstable. B) To open. C) To prosper/grow. D) To be carefree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To prosper/grow. 39. No longer applicable; obsolete, old-fashioned A) Dulcet. B) Peremptory. C) Perspicacious. D) Archaic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Archaic. 40. I did what little I could to assuage my guilt by helping clean up the mess. A) To restore calm, bring peace. B) To help settle differences. C) To make something unpleasant less severe. D) To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make something unpleasant less severe. 41. Choose the word that means ..... to seek to obtain; ask, request, petition A) Extricate. B) Apprehensive. C) Amiable. D) Solicit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solicit. 42. The reasoning is utterly ..... , but it appears that Jack got away with it last week. A) Specious. B) Spacious. C) Spicious. D) Special. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Specious. 43. A thing that is owned; a possession. A) Appellation. B) Minimize. C) Detest. D) Chattel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chattel. 44. Which of the following phrases best captures the essence of 'altruistic'? A) Survival of the fittest. B) Helping others at one's own expense. C) Every man for himself. D) Looking out for number one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helping others at one's own expense. 45. Trust among friends A) Camaraderie. B) Considerate. C) Collaborate. D) Benevolent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Camaraderie. 46. What is the meaning of the Greek root word 'bio'? A) Death. B) Love. C) Life. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life. 47. Students had to ..... the article carefully to find quotes to put into their essays. A) Myriad. B) Autonomous. C) Scrutinize. D) Emaciated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scrutinize. 48. The legal documents arrived by ..... mail, which Dale had to sign for. A) Cerebral. B) Certified. C) Caucus. D) Constituents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Certified. 49. It's one thing to be proud of yourself, but being haughty takes it to a different level because it means ..... A) Talking with a great deal of ease;. B) Excessively self-absorbed; very conceited. C) Having great pride in oneself and dislike for others. D) One who boasts a great deal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having great pride in oneself and dislike for others. 50. The student's vehement behavior caused him to A) Be suspended. B) Get placed in ISS. C) Be taken to the office. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 51. Generous to others in a way that involves the giving of your time, money, or other useful things; self-sacrificial generosity A) Hamper. B) Abduction. C) Altruism. D) Bravado. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Altruism. 52. After listening to the rest of the board members shout over each other, Dominic felt the need to ..... that this time could have been better spent offering practical solutions. A) Impede. B) Divert. C) Allude. D) Assert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assert. 53. Jim ..... to retire early and become a man of leisure. A) Fjord. B) Congenial. C) Doldrum. D) Aspire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aspire. 54. Annoy persistently A) Sedate. B) Culminate. C) Pfennig. D) Beleaguer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beleaguer. 55. "Having more than one possible meaning" . Choose the correct vocabulary word that goes with the statement. A) Verbose. B) Obvious. C) Ambiguous. D) Guile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ambiguous. 56. My dad saved a lot of money so he said he had ..... responsibility. A) Ubiquitous. B) Fiscal. C) Dubious. D) Objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fiscal. 57. Irrelevant; unnecessary-nonessential A) Penurious. B) Extraneous. C) Conspicuous. D) Insuperable. E) Indulgent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extraneous. 58. Extremely plain or secluded A) Glower. B) Florid. C) Lament. D) Monastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monastic. 59. A priest can ..... someone of their sins if they confess. A) Blatant. B) Absolve. C) Devise. D) Hasten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absolve. 60. To cause to happen-generate, cause A) Abridge. B) Induce. C) Bucolic. D) Belabor. E) Laud. 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