This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence best illustrates the meaning of 'altruistic'? A) She donated her entire bonus to charity, showing her altruistic nature. B) He kept all the profits for himself, proving his altruistic tendencies. C) Her altruistic behavior was evident when she refused to help anyone. D) His altruistic actions were questioned when he demanded recognition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She donated her entire bonus to charity, showing her altruistic nature. 2. Recalling the past ..... A) Reminisce. B) Arduous. C) Histrionic. D) Milieu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reminisce. 3. Intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous A) Dour. B) Blithe. C) Insidious. D) Opulent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insidious. 4. Match each vocabulary word from the word bank with the correct definition. Word Bank:abate, conspicuous, abundant, pervasive, adhere, ambivalent, buttress, abet, abhor, verisimilitude7 ..... :to aid, act as an accomplice A) Abhor. B) Abundant. C) Abet. D) Adherent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abet. 5. Passion; excessive devotion A) Invoke. B) Fanaticism. C) Maudlin. D) Glutton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fanaticism. 6. Choose the correct definition:adulation A) (v) to improve, bring a greater level of intensity. B) (adj) relating to prose; dull, commonplace. C) (n) high praise. D) (adj) happening by luck. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (n) high praise. 7. Choose the word that best matches the definition:Careful or extreme unwillingness to spend money A) Adulation. B) Squander. C) Parsimony. D) Discern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parsimony. 8. Which term describes something comparable in certain respects, typically in a way which makes clearer the nature of things compared? A) Respectively. B) Comparatively. C) Analogous. D) Reciprocate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogous. 9. Charge with misdeeds in public office A) Fallible. B) Heathen. C) Insolent. D) Impeach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Impeach. 10. When Rexton and Joey were unable to fulfill their basic duties, instead of firing them, Albert, who is their boss, ..... them to kitchen cleanup. A) Vied. B) Impeded. C) Squandered. D) Rankled. E) Relegated. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Relegated. 11. Ever since Jack's hamster died, he just mopes around the house, day after day in the ..... A) Fjord. B) Aspire. C) Consensus. D) Citadel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fjord. 12. To be erroneous to to A) Err. B) Correct. C) Change. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Err. 13. Extreme wickedness; reprehensible A) Vernacular. B) Nefarious. C) Obliterate. D) Querulous. E) Pugnacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nefarious. 14. To plead; to beg for relentlessly A) Periphery. B) Importunate. C) Gesticulate. D) Importune. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Importune. 15. Willing and likely to pursue a lawsuit. A) Litigious. B) Placid. C) Elasticity. D) Spurious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Litigious. 16. The two roads that ..... at the intersection meet again in about 35 miles. A) Diffidance. B) Converge. C) Enthrall. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Converge. 17. The children were ..... after lying to their parents and wished they had told the truth. A) Dilatory. B) Hackneyed. C) Contrite. D) Hapless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contrite. 18. Maria faced much ..... in high school but overcame it and eventually became class president. A) Debacle. B) Amicable. C) Adversity. D) Avid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adversity. 19. Clashing or incompatible; discordant A) Innocuous. B) Incongruous. C) Anomaly. D) Vitriolic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incongruous. 20. The ..... music in the elevator made the ride to the fifty-fifth floor pleasurable. A) Doldrums. B) Dulcet. C) Efface. D) Domain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dulcet. 21. Our ..... teacher always gives us at least three hours of homework a night and term papers to write over every vacation. A) Egalitarian. B) Dromedary. C) Draconian. D) Edifice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Draconian. 22. What does "capacity" describe? A) The weight of an object. B) The color of an object. C) The speed of an action. D) Your ability to do something or the amount something can hold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Your ability to do something or the amount something can hold. 23. Which of the following best describes a "cordial" greeting? A) Full of hugs and excessive emotion. B) Cold and formal. C) Perfectly pleasant without excessive emotion. D) Indifferent and uninterested. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perfectly pleasant without excessive emotion. 24. Choose the correct definition:perfidious A) (n) wisdom. B) (adj.) nameless; without a disclosed identity. C) (adj) happening by luck, fortunate. D) (adj) faithless; disloyal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (adj) faithless; disloyal. 25. To publicly brag; boast A) Tout. B) Quell. C) Extol. D) Efface. E) Brawn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tout. 26. This new idea doesn't work well with the rest as it hasn't been properly ..... with the over-arching system. A) Attributed. B) Grouped. C) Integrated. D) Accredited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Integrated. 27. Wearing an inappropriate t-shirt to church is an example of: A) Ostracism. B) Irreverence. C) Trenchant. D) Hapless. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irreverence. 28. He ..... disregarded the rules. A) Rescind. B) Blithely. C) Crepuscularly. D) Lacklusterly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blithely. 29. Because the biggest thing in my hometown is the grocery store, the city really is a prosaic little place. A) Aesthically pleasing; cute. B) Dull; commonplace. C) Small. D) Self-containted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dull; commonplace. 30. Define-Magnanimous A) Noble. B) Generous in overlooking insult or injury by others. C) Aloof. D) Mean-spirited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generous in overlooking insult or injury by others. 31. What does the word contrivance mean? A) Comeback, short response. B) A gadget or device that can be used for some particular purpose. C) Bold, showy statement. D) Nasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A gadget or device that can be used for some particular purpose. 32. She was blindfolded and ..... chose an audience member. A) Indiscriminately. B) Pragmatically. C) Ambivalently. D) Eminently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indiscriminately. 33. A dramatic change-usually physical A) Metamorphosis. B) Donnybrook. C) Brigand. D) Sophistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metamorphosis. 34. Something that heals or comforts, soothing, an oil A) Ballistics. B) Badger. C) Beget. D) Balm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Balm. 35. What is the definition of the word acrid? A) Magic spell, made of words. B) Comeback, short response. C) Daring or reckless. D) Nasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nasty. 36. For the plan to succeed, it must be financially ..... as well as ethically sound. A) Viable. B) Conventional. C) Objective. D) Significant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Viable. 37. To detect or recognize A) Discern. B) Assuage. C) Solicit. D) Extricate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discern. 38. Using context clues, select the best definition for the bolded word:The celebrity grew uncomfortable with the constant adulation from fans who praised her nonstop. A) Harsh criticism. B) Public praise and admiration. C) Private insults. D) Quiet disappointment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Public praise and admiration. 39. If you're in trouble, what will complaining about it do? A) Ignore the problem. B) Solve the problem. C) Simplify the problem. D) Exacerbate the problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exacerbate the problem. 40. Moderate in the consumption of food and drink A) Acquiesce. B) Abstemious. C) Adroit. D) Acrimonious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abstemious. 41. What does "Corroborate" mean? A) To prove something is true. B) To make something less severe. C) To act without thinking. D) To extend the duration of something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To prove something is true. 42. Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:faught with danger A) Deterimental. B) Perennial. C) Precarious. D) Paradoxical. E) Spurn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precarious. 43. From which language does the English word 'telephone' originate? A) Latin. B) French. C) Greek. D) German. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greek. 44. It means to soothe or mollify; it also means to appease the anger or anxiety of someone. A) Placate. B) Exonerate. C) Faculty. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Placate. 45. Circular and therefore indirect A) Charlatan. B) Circuitous. C) Convoluted. D) Covet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circuitous. 46. To declare formally and with authority A) Galvanizing. B) Decree. C) Impart. D) Abate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decree. 47. Which of the following situations can be described as lugubrious? A) A wedding. B) A sunny day at the beach. C) A funeral. D) A birthday party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A funeral. 48. Sluggishness; laziness-apathy A) Squander. B) Lethargy. C) Predator. D) Coalesce. E) Incantation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lethargy. 49. Unvarying; lacking in variety; boring A) Monosyllabic. B) Desolate. C) Monotonous. D) Monotone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monotonous. 50. The architect's designs are known for their ..... beauty, remaining relevant and admired long after their initial construction. A) Tentative. B) Provocative. C) Contemporary. D) Enduring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enduring. 51. Which word means to overflow? A) Indulgent. B) Ingrate. C) Inundate. D) Ineptness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inundate. 52. A contiguous line A) Enjoins. B) Separates. C) Breaks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enjoins. 53. A strident person tends to be A) Obnoxious. B) Boisterous. C) Unpleasant. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 54. What does Loquacious mean? A) Rude. B) Snobbish. C) Lucrative. D) Talkative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Talkative. 55. Select the vocabulary word that best fits in the blank:A ..... argument will change the minds of even the most skeptical audience. A) Desecrate. B) Voracious. C) Sanguine. D) Sordid. E) Cogent. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Cogent. 56. Using context clues, select the best definition for the bolded word:From her tone of voice, he could discern that she was disappointed, even though she said nothing. A) Forget. B) Hide. C) Understand or recognize. D) Announce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understand or recognize. 57. My brother tends to have (a) ideas about life in a perfect paradise. A) Grandeliquent. B) A. quixotic. C) Antiseptic. D) Censorious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. quixotic. 58. Someone who is grandiloquent is: A) Probably bragging or showing off. B) Critical of others. C) Very shy. D) Trenchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Probably bragging or showing off. 59. Outgoing; sociable A) Garrulous. B) Gregarious. C) Inept. D) Infallible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gregarious. 60. Norway and New Zealand are two countries noted for having the most scenic ..... in the world. A) Fjord. B) Scrutinize. C) Blather. D) Martyr. 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