This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Eat your cereal so you'll grow up and be ..... like your father. A) Chattel. B) Incongruous. C) Expunge. D) Cerebral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebral. 2. What does bombastic mean A) Of an extraordinary size or degree. B) A long, angry, and impassioned speech. C) High-sounding but with little meaning. D) Vehement or clamorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High-sounding but with little meaning. 3. Jaguars are ..... so they wait until dawn or dusk to hunt their prey. A) Blithe. B) Crepuscular. C) Enunciation. D) Headstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crepuscular. 4. To draw a conclusion A) Deduce. B) Abduction. C) Avert. D) Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deduce. 5. "The sudden cold weather was an (a) from the usual warm summer." A) Deleterious. B) A. aberration. C) Capitulate. D) Facetious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. aberration. 6. An evil or wicked act; a sin or abomination A) Scapegoat. B) Talisman. C) Iniquity. D) Usurp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iniquity. 7. The boss was about to fire him but he gave Jack a ..... by giving him time to improve. A) Creditable. B) Tawdry. C) Reprieve. D) Absolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reprieve. 8. A minor sin or fault; a trifling wrongdoing A) Inconceivable. B) Detest. C) Contemtuous. D) Peccadillo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peccadillo. 9. Which of the following is a synonym for "sanguine" ? A) Pessimistic. B) Optimistic. C) Anxious. D) Neutral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Optimistic. 10. Army unit smaller than a division A) Cynicism. B) Diminutive. C) Brigade. D) Pfennig. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brigade. 11. If a person is disgraceful and deserves condemnation, he is being ..... A) Infallible. B) Scrupulous. C) Reprehensible. D) Gullible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reprehensible. 12. The opponents argued with so much information that the votes became ..... and were unable to vote. A) Exalt. B) Tenacious. C) Ambivalent. D) Reticent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ambivalent. 13. Inactive or slow-moving A) Rectify. B) Menacing. C) Sluggish. D) Tedious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sluggish. 14. (adjective) agreeable, responsible to authority, pleasant, willing to give in to the wishes of another A) Antecedent. B) Ambiance. C) Amplify. D) Amendable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amendable. 15. What is the meaning of 'trenchant'? A) Exclusion from a group. B) Vigorous in expression. C) Clean or pure. D) Critical of others. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vigorous in expression. 16. No one wants to be around a braggart because all they talk about is ..... A) How terrible the weather is. B) School. C) Classic literature. D) How great they are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How great they are. 17. Musical group, troupe, band, ..... A) Ensemble. B) Elfin. C) Wane. D) Also-ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ensemble. 18. A historian is researching the fall of a civilization and notes its moral and cultural decline. Which vocabulary word best describes this situation? A) Decadence. B) Garner. C) Imminent. D) Fastidious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decadence. 19. Choose the vocabulary word that means:(v) surround and have or hold within A) Amputation. B) Encompass. C) Entail. D) Inaugural. E) Consolidate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Encompass. 20. A subtle difference in meaning A) Inversion. B) Imprudent. C) Nuance. D) Desolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuance. 21. The home had a farmhouse ..... A) Objectivity. B) Feasible. C) Deference. D) Aesthetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aesthetic. 22. Choose the correct definition:prosaic A) (adj) relating to prose; dull, commonplace. B) (n) wisdom. C) (v) to clear from blame. D) (n) repair, making something new again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (adj) relating to prose; dull, commonplace. 23. I never want to hear the ..... stereotype that Americans are ignorant ever again. A) Hedonist. B) Hypothesis. C) Hackneyed. D) Haughty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hackneyed. 24. "A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea" Choose the correct vocabulary word that goes with the statement. A) Comply. B) Belittle. C) Opposition. D) Advocate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Advocate. 25. Exceedingly precious A) Delusion. B) Abdicate. C) Evoke. D) Invaluable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invaluable. 26. Which word is the best antonym for aloof? A) Affable. B) Admonish. C) Adroit. D) Abstemious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affable. 27. Exhausted after a long day of work my Dad like to ..... on couch and watch sports. A) Laceration. B) Plausible. C) Ensconce. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ensconce. 28. Which word means meaningless sound? A) Prattle. B) Predilection. C) Burgeon. D) Chimera. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prattle. 29. Choose the vocabulary word that means:(adj) marking a beginning A) Inaugural. B) Entail. C) Consolidate. D) Amputation. E) Encompass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inaugural. 30. 1-They stood, she thought, the same ..... family, looking out from their sanctuary into the vague but hopeful unknown. A) A. rudimentary. B) B. quintessential. C) C. intuitive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. quintessential. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSat Vocabulary Quiz 1Sat Vocabulary Quiz 2Sat Vocabulary Quiz 3Sat Vocabulary Quiz 5Sat Vocabulary Quiz 6Sat Vocabulary Quiz 7Sat Vocabulary Quiz 8Sat Vocabulary Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books