This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable A) Steadfast. B) Rankle. C) Thwart. D) Paradoxical. E) Precarious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steadfast. 2. To the Romans, the goddess Venus was the ..... of beauty. A) Bulwark. B) Recalcitrant. C) Paragon. D) Iconoclast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paragon. 3. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:The politician's speech was ..... A) Inspiring. B) Irrelevant. C) Confusing. D) Boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inspiring. 4. Friendly, helpful A) Querulous. B) Compromise. C) Benevolent. D) Fortuitous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benevolent. 5. What is the definition of demur (v)? A) To scatter in various directions. B) To object. C) Easily taught or controlled, obedient. D) To dry out completely, dehydrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To object. 6. The product launch turned into a complete (a) when a critical component failed during the live demonstration. A) Bilk. B) A. debacle. C) Absolution. D) Noxious. E) Blasphemy. F) Haughty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. debacle. 7. Which scenario best illustrates the meaning of "docile" ? A) A cat that refuses to be petted. B) A dog that follows commands easily. C) A bird that flies away when approached. D) A horse that bucks its rider. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dog that follows commands easily. 8. What does the word 'abase' mean? A) To praise someone. B) To raise in position. C) To lower in position. D) To ignore someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To lower in position. 9. Which word describes a situation that is difficult to escape, especially an unpleasant one? A) Plight. B) Bliss. C) Euphony. D) Exuberance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plight. 10. Jill's father was ..... , rarely smiled and was always stern with her. A) Bulwark. B) Aloof. C) Austere. D) Cerebral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Austere. 11. To manage or control an instrument or weapon A) Vindicate. B) Satire. C) Wield. D) Transgress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wield. 12. Having practical intelligence or knowledge A) Melodramatic. B) Savvy. C) Onset. D) Rash. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Savvy. 13. What does the word "advocate" mean when used as a verb? A) To decorate. B) To argue in favor of something. C) To criticize. D) To sketch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To argue in favor of something. 14. What does the adjective "affluent" mean? A) Artistic. B) Rich. C) Poor. D) Friendly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rich. 15. Highest level or degree A) Nuance. B) Pinnacle. C) Desolate. D) Opine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pinnacle. 16. Someone with a knowledge of many subjects A) Polyglot. B) Solipsism. C) Polymath. D) Hoi polloi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polymath. 17. Transparent, clear A) Dulcet. B) Pellucid. C) Abstemious. D) Atelier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pellucid. 18. What does it mean to be 'impartial'? A) To reject. B) To announce officially. C) To take back an opinion or belief. D) To be fair and just. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To be fair and just. 19. The continuous assignment of weekly Word Walls was an absolute ..... situation the students could no longer tolerate and be expected to continue to maintain their sanity. A) Doleful. B) Dilapidated. C) Stout. D) Ludicrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ludicrous. 20. The principal tapped the microphone to ..... or extinguish the noise in the auditorium A) Prudent. B) Latent. C) Quell. D) Reproach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quell. 21. The surgical area must be sterile and ..... (a) . A) Grandeliquent. B) Quixotic. C) A. antiseptic. D) Censorious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. antiseptic. 22. Which of the following words is a synonym for 'Lament'? A) Mourn. B) Rejoice. C) Celebrate. D) Applaud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mourn. 23. Most everyone thought Theodore ..... when actually he was only very shy. A) Chattel. B) Austere. C) Aloof. D) Lament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aloof. 24. 1-The Allies are being asked to provide more ..... for those fleeing the fighting. A) A. smirk. B) B. refuges. C) C. sovereignty. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. refuges. 25. Before I announced my candidacy, I wanted to gauge people's reactions to me. Gauge as used in this sentence means ..... A) Measure rainwater. B) Count. C) Determine. D) Use a measuring instrument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Determine. 26. Giving/showing advantage to one over another A) Congested. B) Preferential. C) Insufferable. D) Rapport. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preferential. 27. We will need to ..... the foundation of the building if we want it to withstand any upcoming hurricanes A) Censure. B) Augment. C) Derelict. D) Alleviate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Augment. 28. Choose the word that best matches the definition:Waste something, especially money or time A) Squander. B) Parsimony. C) Callous. D) Surreptitious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Squander. 29. Choose the vocabulary word that means:(n) the action of surgically cutting off a limb A) Amputation. B) Savor. C) Pivot. D) Waft. E) Consolidate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amputation. 30. What does the Latin root word 'port' mean? A) Sleep. B) Carry/bring. C) Eat. D) Jump. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carry/bring. 31. Which word means a safe place; protection? A) Arid. B) Assiduous. C) Asylum. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asylum. 32. Doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives A) Irascible. B) Erudite. C) Cynical. D) Intrepid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cynical. 33. Moving awkwardly, especially causing collisions, accidents, or mishaps A) Obsolete. B) Askance. C) Clumsy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clumsy. 34. Without or almost without hope A) Cynicism. B) Culminate. C) Beleaguer. D) Despondent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Despondent. 35. Which word means extremely dry? A) Avid. B) Android. C) Void. D) Arid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arid. 36. Unclear or capable of having more than one meaning A) Aristocratic. B) Affiliation. C) Ambiguous. D) Amiable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ambiguous. 37. The right to vote in political elections A) Suffered. B) Suffrage. C) Subsequent. D) Suffering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suffrage. 38. The suffix TION means as in CREATION A) The act of. B) Government by. C) Having the shape of. D) Pertaining to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The act of. 39. To take or seize power, usually without a right to do so A) Expurgate. B) Vacillate. C) Usurp. D) Axiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Usurp. 40. The baby became petulant around nap time. A) Cranky. B) Quiet. C) Loud. D) Loving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranky. 41. An excessive amount A) Adversity. B) Debacle. C) Obsolete. D) Plethora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plethora. 42. Something that is different from what is normal or expected. A) Aberration. B) Capitulate. C) Deleterious. D) Facetious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aberration. 43. To discharge or release A) Adapt. B) Emit. C) Imposition. D) Deplete. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emit. 44. Choose the correct definition of the wordmeander A) The power of creative imagination. B) Lacking energy. C) Dull and interesting. D) To wander aimlessly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To wander aimlessly. 45. To give up (royal power or the like). A) Boorish. B) Abdicate. C) Achromatic. D) Evoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abdicate. 46. A group of people with common interests; a club A) Compendium. B) Plethora. C) Anomaly. D) Coterie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coterie. 47. Involve or include A) Emphatic. B) Clinical. C) Adept. D) Entail. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Entail. 48. Having a friendly attitude; peaceful A) Amicable. B) Avid. C) Adament. D) Adversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amicable. 49. Which of the vocabulary words is a synonym for "countless" ? A) Myriad. B) Fixture. C) Lapse. D) Deity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myriad. 50. I ..... that I can't go to the beach this weekend. A) Affect. B) Lament. C) Vacillate. D) Torpor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lament. 51. Referring to answers such as "yes, " "no, " "right, " "wrong" ..... A) Monotone. B) Monosyllabic. C) Soliloquy. D) Monotonous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monosyllabic. 52. When restoring a vintage car or motorcycle, it is wise to proceed carefully and slowly to avoid breaking the original parts that can no longer be superseded. A) Swapped. B) Returned. C) No change. D) Replaced. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Replaced. 53. Mrs. Baker always tries to have a ..... of Starbursts to give to her beloved students. A) Avid. B) Adament. C) Debacle. D) Plethora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plethora. 54. End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage A) Despondent. B) Culminate. C) Cynicism. D) Repertoire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Culminate. 55. What word means:Not deep emotionally or intellectually; shallow A) Tactful. B) Superfluous. C) Transient. D) Superficial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Superficial. 56. Having opposing attitudes or feelings; uncertain A) Insipid. B) Erudite. C) Ambivalent. D) Intrepid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ambivalent. 57. What does transmute mean? A) To keep quiet. B) Transport. C) Change. D) Translate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change. 58. Which of the following sentences uses 'altruistic' correctly? A) His altruistic nature made him hoard all the resources. B) She was known for her altruistic acts, always helping those in need. C) The altruistic storm destroyed many homes. D) He was altruistic in his criticism, sparing no one's feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was known for her altruistic acts, always helping those in need. 59. To understand; to penetrate the meaning of A) Ponder. B) Tarnish. C) Fathom. D) Falter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fathom. 60. Occurring at a good time ..... A) Arduous. B) Quixotic. C) Opportune. D) Histrionic. 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