This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 23 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How is "oblivion" used in the context of the example? A) As a place. B) As a career goal. C) As a consequence of being forgotten. D) As a state of mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As a consequence of being forgotten. 2. The word for this defeinition is:A person who is appreciate of art or beauty A) Ambivalent. B) Aesthitic. C) Aesthete. D) Ambiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aesthete. 3. The physical property of matter where in matter returns to its original form after being reshaped, as an elastic band returns to its original shape after being stretched A) Elasticity. B) Inconceivable. C) Ordeal. D) Rectitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elasticity. 4. A principal defense ..... A) Chattel. B) Bulwark. C) Aloof. D) Incongruous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bulwark. 5. What does Candid mean? A) Truthful and straightforward. B) Deceptive and misleading. C) Reserved and quiet. D) Confused and uncertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Truthful and straightforward. 6. Instead of; in the place of A) Lieu. B) Quell. C) Tenacious. D) Bolster. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lieu. 7. What does the adjective "affable" mean? A) Spontaneous. B) Friendly. C) Artistic. D) Wealthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friendly. 8. To misshape or misrepresent A) Contort. B) Inexplicable. C) Distort. D) Diverge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Distort. 9. What does Ornate mean? A) Highly detailed and decorated. B) Simple and plain. C) Rough and unfinished. D) Dark and gloomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Highly detailed and decorated. 10. Which word means to act silly in an obnoxious way? A) Stoic. B) Fatuous. C) Suffrage. D) Miser. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fatuous. 11. Beginning or early stages A) Civic. B) Persecute. C) Onset. D) Melodramatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onset. 12. Abundant, plentiful; profuse A) Hiatus. B) Kindle. C) Artisan. D) Hinder. E) Copious. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Copious. 13. An official who watches others for correct behavior, or to officially delete unacceptable parts of something A) Assuage. B) Extricate. C) Censor. D) Solicit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Censor. 14. The policeman asked the witnesses to be ..... in recounting what they saw. A) Bolster. B) Latent. C) Quell. D) Succinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Succinct. 15. The politician acted quickly to mitigate the damage from her opponent's attack on her character. A) To make or become less severe; to lessen pain or damage. B) To pacify, to bring peace, quiet, or calm to; to relieve. C) To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming. D) To restore calm, bring peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make or become less severe; to lessen pain or damage. 16. Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources A) Fanaticism. B) Invoke. C) Eclectic. D) Glutton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eclectic. 17. What is the tone of something described as insidious? A) Joyful. B) Positive. C) Neutral. D) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Negative. 18. Ease or minimize damage A) Apathy, indifference. B) Mitigate, ameliorate. C) Ominous, foreboding. D) Enigma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitigate, ameliorate. 19. Maria is so ..... , she can tell if something is wrong without you saying anything to her. A) Impetuous. B) Inconsequential. C) Intuitive. D) Inevitable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intuitive. 20. The warring tribes competed for land and resources throughout history, but neither tribe was ever able to completely conquer the small island. A) Overcome. B) No change. C) Defeat. D) Trounce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No change. 21. Gene thinks all rock music is nothing more than a ..... to be avoided whenever possible. A) Cacophony. B) Conoisseur. C) Incongruous. D) Expunge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cacophony. 22. A song or religious service for the dead/lost A) Vigilant. B) Requiem. C) Languor. D) Sopor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Requiem. 23. Clear pronouncement of words; accent; articulation A) Objective. B) Enunciation. C) Abstemious. D) Crepuscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enunciation. 24. Scholarly; learned A) Ambivalent. B) Destitute. C) Erudite. D) Irascible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erudite. 25. To be of the same opinion; to agree with A) Demure. B) Ambivalent. C) Cynical. D) Concur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concur. 26. Cassette tapes may now be ..... , but records will always be a classic way to listen to music. A) Obsolete. B) Plethora. C) Avid. D) Adversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obsolete. 27. Passage of time ..... A) Astute. B) Elapse. C) Curvilinear. D) Resurgent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elapse. 28. Style of art ..... A) Cubism. B) Girth. C) Ballistics. D) Lassitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cubism. 29. Select the correct usage of the word in the following sentences A) Ac is now one of the common amenities. B) I signed the amenities to complete the procedure. C) Talal failed to complete his amenities before the test. D) Bilal followed the amenities and so won the prize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ac is now one of the common amenities. 30. Be gusty, as of wind A) Capitulate. B) Bluster. C) Commence. D) Calamity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bluster. 31. What is the meaning of "garner" ? A) To gather and store away; to collect. B) To wipe out. C) To persuade by false promises. D) About to occur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To gather and store away; to collect. 32. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: "The fire alarm screamed, warning everyone of the danger lurking silently." A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 33. His lie placed me in a ..... position of defending him. A) Opaque. B) Precarious. C) Sagacious. D) Potent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Precarious. 34. What word means serving or tending to excite or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy? A) Rancorous. B) Provocative. C) Prudent. D) Prosperity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provocative. 35. General lack of capacity or fitness A) Incompetence. B) Boorish. C) Delusion. D) Achromatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incompetence. 36. If you wanted to describe a movie that was really, really bad, which word from the material would you use? A) Abysmal. B) Satisfactory. C) Mediocre. D) Fantastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abysmal. 37. Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:a clever plan to turn a situation to one's advantage A) Quandry. B) Rankle. C) Thwart. D) Ploy. E) Playboy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ploy. 38. Which of the following actions is considered frugal? A) Buying expensive gifts. B) Throwing away leftovers. C) Buying designer clothes. D) Shopping at a consignment shop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shopping at a consignment shop. 39. A variation or change from what is normal or right; something unnatural A) Aberration. B) Appellation. C) Hindrance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aberration. 40. A synonym for dubious is A) Uncertain. B) Confident. C) Meaningful. D) Thorough. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uncertain. 41. To abbreviate or cut short, usually in the middle A) Parse. B) Parcel. C) Truncate. D) Consummate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Truncate. 42. To strike repeatedly; to beat, as with a club A) Pommel. B) Converge. C) Mollify. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pommel. 43. The hiring supervisor was pleased to find that there were so many ..... candidates applying for the position. A) Accurate. B) Viable. C) Old. D) Skeptical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Viable. 44. What is the antonym of 'vibrant'? A) Colorless. B) Lifeless. C) Drab. D) Dull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dull. 45. To surround, harass ..... A) Dulcet. B) Beleaguer. C) Bludgeon. D) Milieu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beleaguer. 46. Sam tried to mediate the argument between Sarah and Maria, but neither would budge. A) To calm or soothe. B) To help settle differences. C) To put an end to. D) To satisfy or calm down. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To help settle differences. 47. Wearing protective equipment can help ..... injuries in hazardous work environments. A) Preclude. B) Demonstrate. C) Emphasize. D) Provoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preclude. 48. Crooked, awry ..... A) Girth. B) Askew. C) Cranny. D) Ambiance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Askew. 49. The wrestler had a ..... personality which made him a fierce competitor. A) Bellicose. B) Impart. C) Archives. D) Proceeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bellicose. 50. Select the correct definition of the wordfawn A) The power of creative imagination. B) Having an unpleasant smell. C) Try to gain favor by extreme flattery. D) Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Try to gain favor by extreme flattery. 51. What does the word incantation mean? A) Something swollen by fluids. B) To turn away or prevent. C) Magic spell made of words. D) Boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magic spell made of words. 52. Which response is the best interpretation of phlegmatic? A) Type, kind. B) Diatribe. C) Forewarning. D) Calm, hard to excite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calm, hard to excite. 53. Compare and contrast "glutton" and "parsimonious." Which statement is correct? A) Both refer to people who are generous with food. B) A glutton eats excessively, while a parsimonious person is stingy. C) Both describe people who dislike others. D) Both mean extremely happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A glutton eats excessively, while a parsimonious person is stingy. 54. Which word means small and fragile? A) Aggrandize. B) Fraught. C) Elfin. D) Erudite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elfin. 55. Not giving in; stubborn; inflexible A) Ambiguous. B) Negligible. C) Obstinate. D) Sedentary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Obstinate. 56. Shocked; terrified or amazed A) Aghast. B) Prosaic. C) Bewilder. D) Tincture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aghast. 57. Completeness; wholeness A) Summation. B) Totalitarian. C) Holistic. D) Totality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Totality. 58. Comradeship, companionship, friendship A) Bolster. B) Camaraderie. C) Quell. D) Prudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Camaraderie. 59. Very simple, plain A) Aspire. B) Assuage. C) Austere. D) Alienate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Austere. 60. The pungent smell of the skunk ..... quickly throughout the air. A) Contrited. B) Diffused. C) Hackneyed. D) Exacerbated. 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