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 (30 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) Precarious. B) Thwart. C) Rankle. D) Steadfast. E) Paradoxical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Steadfast. 2. To the Romans, the goddess Venus was the ..... of beauty. A) Bulwark. B) Iconoclast. C) Paragon. D) Recalcitrant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paragon. 3. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:The politician's speech was ..... A) Inspiring. B) Confusing. C) Irrelevant. D) Boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inspiring. 4. Friendly, helpful A) Benevolent. B) Querulous. C) Fortuitous. D) Compromise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benevolent. 5. What is the definition of demur (v)? A) To dry out completely, dehydrate. B) Easily taught or controlled, obedient. C) To scatter in various directions. D) To object. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To object. 6. The product launch turned into a complete (a) when a critical component failed during the live demonstration. A) A. debacle. B) Haughty. C) Blasphemy. D) Bilk. E) Noxious. F) Absolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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 lower in position. B) To praise someone. C) To ignore someone. D) To raise in position. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To lower in position. 9. Which word describes a situation that is difficult to escape, especially an unpleasant one? A) Bliss. B) Euphony. C) Exuberance. D) Plight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plight. 10. Jill's father was ..... , rarely smiled and was always stern with her. A) Austere. B) Aloof. C) Cerebral. D) Bulwark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Austere. 11. To manage or control an instrument or weapon A) Satire. B) Transgress. C) Wield. D) Vindicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wield. 12. Having practical intelligence or knowledge A) Melodramatic. B) Onset. C) Rash. D) Savvy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Savvy. 13. What does the word "advocate" mean when used as a verb? A) To sketch. B) To argue in favor of something. C) To criticize. D) To decorate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To argue in favor of something. 14. What does the adjective "affluent" mean? A) Friendly. B) Rich. C) Artistic. D) Poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rich. 15. Highest level or degree A) Desolate. B) Opine. C) Pinnacle. D) Nuance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pinnacle. 16. Someone with a knowledge of many subjects A) Hoi polloi. B) Polyglot. C) Solipsism. D) Polymath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Polymath. 17. Transparent, clear A) Pellucid. B) Atelier. C) Abstemious. D) Dulcet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Stout. B) Dilapidated. C) Ludicrous. D) Doleful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ludicrous. 20. The principal tapped the microphone to ..... or extinguish the noise in the auditorium A) Reproach. B) Quell. C) Latent. D) Prudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Applaud. B) Celebrate. C) Rejoice. D) Mourn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mourn. 23. Most everyone thought Theodore ..... when actually he was only very shy. A) Aloof. B) Lament. C) Chattel. D) Austere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Determine. B) Count. C) Use a measuring instrument. D) Measure rainwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Determine. 26. Giving/showing advantage to one over another A) Rapport. B) Preferential. C) Congested. D) Insufferable. 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) Consolidate. B) Pivot. C) Waft. D) Savor. E) Amputation. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Amputation. 30. What does the Latin root word 'port' mean? A) Carry/bring. B) Sleep. C) Jump. D) Eat. 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