This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To drive out or expel someone from a position or place A) Unadorned. B) Doctrine. C) Onset. D) Oust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oust. 2. Because the wedding dress is ..... with pearls and diamonds, it is valued at nearly half a million dollars. A) Ornate. B) Abstract. C) Inherent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ornate. 3. This means causing harm or damage. A) Debacle. B) Disingenuous. C) Deleterious. D) Prolific. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deleterious. 4. Forget the expertise and ..... calculations for a moment. Follow your heart! A) Abstruse. B) Acumen. C) Abscone. D) Abnegation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abstruse. 5. Dance choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar aims to give people the opportunity to be ..... her creative process. For example, live performances of her dance HairStories, which debuted in 2001, featured videos of people across the United States talking about their hair and audience members sharing pictures of their interesting hairstyles. A) Completed by. B) Involved in. C) Nervous about. D) Delayed by. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involved in. 6. As the mystery novel progressed, the plot became ..... intricate, with new twists and turns that left readers eagerly turning the pages to uncover the truth. A) Less. B) Predictably. C) Simpler. D) Increasingly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increasingly. 7. Even though Hannah had some money of her own, she always tried to ..... her roommate out of pizza money. A) Hamper. B) Bilk. C) Counterfeit. D) Tang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bilk. 8. Novice; any learner or beginner A) Abduct. B) Brutal. C) Apprentice. D) Perplex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apprentice. 9. President Teddy Roosevelt left a ..... of national monuments, refuges, and parks. A) Juxtapose. B) Loathe. C) Legacy. D) Loath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legacy. 10. Able to change easily or frequently. A) Protean. B) Regenerate. C) Recalibrate. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protean. 11. The horse's mane was ..... , as if it had never been washed. A) Correctional. B) Sleek. C) Coarse. D) Infantile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coarse. 12. ENGENDER most nearly means ..... A) Not the cause. B) The same gender. C) A different gender. D) To cause, to develop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To cause, to develop. 13. Complete the sentence:Guidance made an ..... to my schedule when they moved me out of band and into PE. A) Agitation. B) Abolish. C) Abrupt. D) Alteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alteration. 14. Intrepid:adjective A) To sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone). B) Fearless; adventurous. C) Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough. D) To make keen:EXCITE, STIMULATE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fearless; adventurous. 15. Which word means 'bubbly, lively, and full of high spirits'? A) Gloomy. B) Effervescent. C) Dull. D) Somber. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Effervescent. 16. Who would care the most about terrain? A) A doctor. B) A salesman. C) A general. D) A teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A general. 17. What does Obdurate mean A) Compliant. B) Stubborn or unyielding. C) Flexible. D) Agreeable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stubborn or unyielding. 18. Maria's godmother ..... a diamond ring to her when she passed away. A) Abated. B) Belied. C) Aspired. D) Bequeathed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bequeathed. 19. What is a synonym for the word "collaborate" ? A) Soothe. B) Abundant. C) Concur. D) Malice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concur. 20. When you look at a stick inserted in water, it looks bentbecause of the ..... of the light by the water A) Recession. B) Reeked. C) Refractory. D) Refraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refraction. 21. The lengthy report is a ..... survey of the funds, materials, and labor needed to build the new highway. A) Comprehensive. B) Innovative. C) Ostentatious. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comprehensive. 22. The World Championship was brought to a temporary ..... because of Coronavirus. A) Offspring. B) Spillover. C) Halt. D) Compliance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Halt. 23. After couple incident of ..... by strangers on the street, Mr. Jones and Mrs. Jones decided to leave the town completely. A) Abstrused. B) Adumbrated. C) Adversed. D) Accosted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accosted. 24. Seminole/Muscogee director Sterlin Harjo ..... television's tendency to situate Native characters in the distant past:this rejection is evident in his series Reservation Dogs, which revolves around teenagers who dress in contemporary styles and whose dialogue is laced with current slang. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? A) Proclaims. B) Repudiates. C) Foretells. D) Recants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repudiates. 25. After she fell down she noticed an ..... on her leg. A) Amicable. B) Placid. C) Abrasion. D) Noxious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abrasion. 26. An eloquent or skilled public speaker A) Somnambulist. B) Prestidigitator. C) Prattler. D) Orator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orator. 27. A feeling so strong you sense it in your body. A) Respite. B) Inured. C) Wistful. D) Visceral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visceral. 28. It is never a good idea to create a ..... sentences: ..... your sentences to make it engaging yet powerful. A) Verbose curtail. B) Enigmatic entrenched. C) Hypothetical omnipotence. D) Equivocal fastidious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbose curtail. 29. Aphorism means ..... A) To warn, to caution in council. B) Of equal value or significance. C) A concise statement of a truth or principle. D) Causing woe; destructive, harmful, deadly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A concise statement of a truth or principle. 30. The golfer will ..... the opponent by blocking the golf ball on the green. A) Stoic. B) Stymie. C) Succinct. D) Surreptitious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stymie. 31. Being everywhere at the same time; widespread A) Pristine. B) Caveat. C) Jacquie. D) Ubiquitous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ubiquitous. 32. I don't want to go to a restaurant; beside/besides, we can't afford it A) Beside. B) Besides. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Besides. 33. Without structure; shapeless; nebulous. A) Antediluvian. B) Audacity. C) Appease. D) Amorphous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amorphous. 34. ..... notably polite or polished in manner A) Muse. B) Edify. C) Studious. D) Urbane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Urbane. 35. Perceptive. 2. Excruciating. A) Acute. B) Abeyance. C) Aberration. D) Acrimonious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acute. 36. (of a person or animal) able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions: A) Resilient. B) Obstinate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resilient. 37. Social; talkative A) Surfeit. B) Sedulous. C) Gregarious. D) Liaison. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gregarious. 38. Something that occurs infrequently or irregularly. It is used to describe events, occurrences, or actions that happen at random or unpredictable intervals. A) Spontaneous. B) Sporadic. C) Pugnacious. D) Copious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sporadic. 39. Causing harm or damage. A) Vicissitude. B) Ennui. C) Deleterious. D) Polemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deleterious. 40. Attempting to impress by acting as if one has greater importance talent, culture, etc. than is actually possessed. A) Amicable. B) Pretentious. C) Pugnacious. D) Precocious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pretentious. 41. Deceitfulness; a kind of deception in which you intentionally hide your true feelings or intentions behind false words or actions A) Opulent. B) Duplicity. C) Sanctimonious. D) Ambivalent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duplicity. 42. Catastrophe means A) Everything is balanced. B) To get rid of, make disappear. C) To gather or acquire. D) An event causing great damage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An event causing great damage. 43. The principal's ..... reply was clear: "No dogs on school grounds." A) Supercilious. B) Eloquent. C) Terse. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Terse. 44. Presenting favorable details A) Aplomb. B) Arcane. C) Propitious. D) Magnanimous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Propitious. 45. Students must ..... the chapter when studying for college-level chemistry. A) Decadence. B) Culpable. C) Peruse. D) Perfunctory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peruse. 46. The beginning of the story, it gives you the setting, introduces characters, and hints at the conflict. A) Exposition. B) Resolution. C) Climax. D) Rising action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 47. Complaining, whining A) Soporific. B) Querulous. C) Aplomb. D) Assiduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Querulous. 48. The downfall of our morals can be attributed to the ..... we view on TV. A) Deference. B) Culpable. C) Decadence. D) Deplore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decadence. 49. Relate to; concern. A) Appertain. B) Dire. C) Senile. D) Bemoan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appertain. 50. Hindering the achievement of a goal A) Diminish. B) Counterproductive. C) Controversial. D) Disdain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Counterproductive. 51. After winning the match, the team was jubilant (very ..... ). A) Angry. B) Cheerful. C) Bored. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cheerful. 52. To reshape or redesign something into a new form. A) Refashion. B) Transitional. C) Revise. D) Metabolic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refashion. 53. To defeat completely. A) Vanquish. B) Abdicate. C) Tumult. D) Trenchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vanquish. 54. Entrepreneur means A) Fluent in 2 languages. B) Person that starts a business. C) A person that plans for the future with imagination. D) A person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person that starts a business. 55. What does abscond mean? A) To leave a place in a formal manner. B) To flee. C) To arrive at a destination slowly and carefully. D) To stay in one place for a long time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To flee. 56. Bringing in money; profitable A) Lucrative. B) Benevolent. C) Materialistic. D) Null. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lucrative. 57. To take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force. A) Usurp. B) Superfluous. C) Communism. D) Socialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Usurp. 58. Give up completely A) Abandon. B) Expound. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abandon. 59. The dog Cower as the jaguar towered over him.What does Cower mean A) Hide. B) Run. C) To have confidence. D) To be in fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To be in fear. 60. Despite his ..... to publicity, Arnold was persuaded to talk to the press. A) Aversion. B) Complement. C) Hurdle. D) Caliber. 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