This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A student reads a story about a character who is both "lithe" and "boisterous." Based on these definitions, which description best fits the character? A) The character is graceful, flexible, and very energetic, sometimes a little out of control. B) The character is secretive and always unlucky. C) The character is greedy and always pale. D) The character is lazy and tells funny stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The character is graceful, flexible, and very energetic, sometimes a little out of control. 2. Something or someone that is strongly disliked. A) Anathema. B) Panacea. C) Apocryphal. D) Fortuitous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anathema. 3. The man's date was offended by his ..... by saying she was not beautiful. A) Defraud. B) Aspire. C) Candor. D) Bilateral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Candor. 4. When he had the flu, he had a temperature, body aches and congestion. He felt ..... A) Incredulous. B) Judgemental. C) Absymal. D) Chronic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absymal. 5. Her strong ..... for the environment caused her to spend her weekends cleaning rivers and planting trees. A) Fervor. B) B. Genial. C) A. Heinous. D) C. Flippancy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fervor. 6. Blaming yourself or others over and over. A) Tribulation. B) Anomie. C) Recrimination. D) Respite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recrimination. 7. What is a word that is similar to skeptical? A) Fitting. B) Opposite. C) Doubtful. D) Suitable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doubtful. 8. The scientist's hypothesis was tenuous at best, lacking the necessary evidence to gain widespread acceptance.As used in the passage, "tenuous" most nearly means: A) Weak. B) Controversial. C) Innovative. D) Obscure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weak. 9. Hard to understand because it's complicated or deep. A) Chicanery. B) Quixotic. C) Pernicious. D) Abstruse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abstruse. 10. After weeks of drought, the rain was ..... welcomed by the farmers, who had been anxiously watching the sky for any sign of relief for their parched fields. A) Cautiously. B) Indifferently. C) Gratefully. D) Sporadically. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gratefully. 11. Without compassion; without sorrow or grief A) Tenure. B) Ruthless. C) Wheedle. D) Abduct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ruthless. 12. Related to money A) Fiscal. B) Fluctuate. C) Expend. D) Exploit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fiscal. 13. This term would be used to describe a person or thing that was controlled, repressed, or restricted. A) Restrained. B) Submissive. C) Spurious. D) Subtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Restrained. 14. The ..... speaker won an award for the best speaker at the debate. A) Articulate. B) Ambiguous. C) Austere. D) Ascetic. E) Abstruse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Articulate. 15. Interpret (a word action or statement) wrongly. A) Misconstrue. B) Emulate. C) Inane. D) Callous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misconstrue. 16. What does Euphemism mean A) A direct and straightforward word or expression. B) A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt. C) A loud and aggressive word or expression. D) A confusing and ambiguous word or expression. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt. 17. To ignite a small spark. A) Kindle. B) Bigot. C) Hamper. D) Abhor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kindle. 18. Based on or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory A) Inversion. B) Undulate. C) Empirical. D) Dubious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Empirical. 19. To agree and be of the same opinion A) Concur. B) Ubiquitous. C) Restless. D) Lucrative. E) Concede. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concur. 20. To surround and attack from all sides. A) Inimical. B) Mitigate. C) Repudiate. D) Besiege. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Besiege. 21. The ..... coma kept the patient calm and relaxed while his brain needed to heal and work to repair itself. A) Tirade. B) Induced. C) Listless. D) Unscathed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Induced. 22. When you can't relax because you are so worried/stressed A) Concur. B) Restless. C) Concede. D) Ubiquitous. E) Lucrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Restless. 23. What does affluent mean? A) Unsuccessful or failing. B) Wealthy or prosperous. C) Poor or destitute. D) Average or mediocre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wealthy or prosperous. 24. Odd; deviation from what is normal A) Burgeon. B) Allude. C) Advocate. D) Anomaly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anomaly. 25. Imagined or suggested, not well supported by evidence A) Hypothetical. B) Galvanizing. C) Fiscal. D) Exploit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypothetical. 26. Something that is out of place in time. A) Assiduous. B) Obfuscate. C) Capitulate. D) Anachronistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anachronistic. 27. The president may not concur with the Senate, but he must concede that we can no longer condone (continue) with age discrimation. As used in the line above, the word concede most nearly means. A) Reminisce. B) Muse. C) Admit. D) Revere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Admit. 28. He changed his name to Lee in 1815 in ..... with his uncle's will. A) Viability. B) Compliance. C) Hardiness. D) Abundance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compliance. 29. To prevent or constrain an activity or idea; to smother. A) Scaffold. B) Stifle. C) Baffle. D) Straddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stifle. 30. Present and explain (a theory or idea) systematically and in detail. A) Esoteric. B) Connive. C) Debacle. D) Expound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expound. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSat Words Quiz 1Sat Words Quiz 2Sat Words Quiz 3Sat Words Quiz 4Sat Words Quiz 5Sat Words Quiz 6Sat Words Quiz 7Sat Words Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books