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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Dizzy, light-headed A) Gossamer. B) Queue. C) Giddy. D) Irascible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giddy. 2. Material of poor quality ..... the clothing brand's image. A) Fickles. B) Abstruses. C) Bleaks. D) Debases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Debases. 3. Which of the following words contains the Latin root 'aud' meaning 'hear'? A) Audiobook. B) Auditory. C) Audience. D) Audition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Auditory. 4. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech was loaded with ..... devices. His use of repetition is one of his most effective techniques. A) Rhetorical. B) Argument. C) Appeal. D) Narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhetorical. 5. The scientist spoke cautiously, avoiding any statements that could be interpreted as ..... or politically charged. A) Inevitable. B) Controversial. C) Significant. D) Viable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Controversial. 6. Identify the antonym of 'antediluvian'. A) Primitive. B) Ancient. C) Modern. D) Old-fashioned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modern. 7. Choose the sentence that correctly uses the word "laconic." A) Her laconic reply was simply, "No.". B) The laconic music filled the room with joy. C) The laconic meal left everyone full. D) He was laconic in his generosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her laconic reply was simply, "No.". 8. I am surprised by the ..... of fast food chains; this is America and I assumed they were on every street. A) Benign. B) Dearth. C) Commendable. D) Forthright. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dearth. 9. Events following an occurrence, a consequence of A) Aggrandize. B) Alienate. C) Aftermath. D) Askew. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aftermath. 10. Forgiveness; pardon; release A) Credible. B) Obdurate. C) Plausible. D) Absolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Absolution. 11. Fate, destiny ..... A) Artisan. B) Karma. C) Astute. D) Curvilinear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karma. 12. Filling with dismay, causing horror A) Archaic. B) Ambiance. C) Appalling. D) Alternative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appalling. 13. Mood, feelings, general atmosphere A) Altercation. B) Assuage. C) Askew. D) Ambiance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ambiance. 14. Incongruous (Adject.) means A) Impossible to deny or disprove. B) To weaken gradually. C) To pull or twist out of shape. D) Not appropriate; unsuitable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not appropriate; unsuitable. 15. What does the word retort mean? A) Comeback short response. B) Bold, showy statement. C) To turn away or prevent. D) For some particular purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comeback short response. 16. I've looked everywhere for my keys and even carried out an ..... search of my car, but I can't find them anywhere. A) Exhaustive. B) Eschew. C) Euphemism. D) Erratic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exhaustive. 17. What does anthropomorphism mean? A) Resembling a human being in form. B) A published collection of poems or other pieces of writing. C) The study of human societies and cultures and their development. D) The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object. 18. What is the definition of the word "enigma" ? A) Something that is easy to understand. B) Something that is puzzling or difficult to understand. C) Something that is common knowledge. D) Something that is well-explained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something that is puzzling or difficult to understand. 19. The hotel manager was ..... by the customer for not cleaning the room. A) Candid. B) Reproached. C) Complacent. D) Lucrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reproached. 20. Longing for people or things from the past A) Animosity. B) Pang. C) Voracious. D) Nostalgic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nostalgic. 21. Insulting; arrogant A) Hyperbole. B) Furtive. C) Guile. D) Insolent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insolent. 22. Which word is an antonym for capricious? A) Steady. B) Careless. C) Unstable. D) Unpredictable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steady. 23. We were deceived by the (a) plan put forth by the school board. A) Trenchant. B) A. meretricious. C) Ostracism. D) Irreverence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. meretricious. 24. Select the vocabulary word that best fits in the blank:They lost each other in the ..... that erupted after the police tried to break up the demonstration. A) Surly. B) Spendthrift. C) Avarice. D) Tirade. E) Tumult. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Tumult. 25. To harass, surround A) Beset. B) Balm. C) Bucolic. D) Beget. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beset. 26. To start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread A) Talisman. B) Recoil. C) Inconceivable. D) Pastoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recoil. 27. Something different from the norm or what is expected A) Absurd. B) Apathy. C) Anomaly. D) Analogous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anomaly. 28. Economic inequality remains ..... in many developing nations despite recent reforms. A) Abrupt. B) Prevalent. C) Spatial. D) Inevitable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prevalent. 29. Which of the following situations can best be described as "lugubrious" ? A) A joyful wedding ceremony. B) A funeral service. C) A lively birthday party. D) A sunny day at the beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A funeral service. 30. The soldier was considered ..... of heart for racing back into battle to rescue a fallen comrade. A) Wanting. B) Soft. C) Robust. D) Stout. 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