This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 18 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Pleasing to the taste buds A) Palatable. B) Fervent. C) Antiquated. D) Obstinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Palatable. 2. To clear someone from blame; to prove they were right. A) Proclivity. B) Vindicate. C) Chicanery. D) Anachronistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vindicate. 3. Which word would fit into this list?distant, unfriendly, uninvolved, ..... A) Chattel. B) Expunge. C) Lament. D) Aloof. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aloof. 4. A period of rest or relief A) Admonish. B) Confute. C) Capitulate. D) Respite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Respite. 5. To feel or express sorrow or regret A) Decree. B) Abate. C) Lament. D) Taut. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lament. 6. Understood by only a few A) Querulous. B) Arcane. C) Loquacious. D) Tempestuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arcane. 7. Despite the project's tight deadline, the team's progress was ..... ; they completed tasks ahead of schedule, allowing extra time for review and refinement. A) Unpredictable. B) Exceptional. C) Sluggish. D) Steady. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exceptional. 8. Even at that time music theory was not as myopic as its detractors maintained, and the last two decades have seen a flowering of analytical methods that address all parameters of popular music A) Asthmatic. B) Short sighted. C) Narrow-minded. D) Tunnel focused. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrow-minded. 9. Our professor always emphasized the importance of ..... in business communication along with clarity of ideas. A) Futile. B) Vicinity. C) Industrious. D) Brevity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brevity. 10. Emotionally drifting with nothing to hold onto. A) Unmoored. B) Tribulation. C) Recrimination. D) Melancholic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unmoored. 11. The ..... of the student was obvious when he couldn't decide if he wanted to go to the football game or to the movies. A) Augment. B) Ambivalence. C) Banal. D) Acrimony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ambivalence. 12. A disturbance that shakes your emotional stability. A) Zealot. B) Stoic. C) Posthumous. D) Perturbation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perturbation. 13. She refused to ..... to society's expectations. A) Conform. B) Compelling. C) Comprised. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conform. 14. Which word means 'reject, renounce'? A) Abnegation. B) Abjure. C) Absolution. D) Preclude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abjure. 15. I used to spend hours listening to my grandfather ..... about life in the army. A) Reminisce. B) Posit. C) Abound. D) Dictate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reminisce. 16. Scold or criticize A) Berate. B) Diluvial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Berate. 17. The opposite of REPLETE is ..... A) Finished. B) Filled or well-supplied. C) Starting. D) Empty, not well-supplied. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Empty, not well-supplied. 18. Always an ..... observer of human nature, Karen ..... to become a novelist. A) Affable acknowledges. B) Ardent acquiesces. C) Astute aspires. D) Aloof admires. E) Assiduous assuages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astute aspires. 19. What does 'abnegation' mean? A) Surrender. B) Exoneration. C) Renunciation. D) Refusal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renunciation. 20. Ms. Limbaugh tries to ..... give out the tickets, but it's a challenge. A) Amiably. B) Facetiously. C) Judiciously. D) Chagrin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Judiciously. 21. His disappearance is an ..... that has not been solved by the police detectives. A) Enigma. B) Dogmatic. C) Eclectic. D) Deride. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enigma. 22. Nullify means ..... A) To counter; to make unimportant. B) To complicate or confuse. C) To reduce or diminish. D) To amplify; to increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To counter; to make unimportant. 23. Having little or no money. A) Implacable. B) Impecunious. C) Panacea. D) Garrulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impecunious. 24. To wander off from the subject or topic spoken about A) Digress. B) Swagger. C) Taciturn. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Digress. 25. Following the devastating ..... of Hurricane Florence, many people were left without homes. A) Altercation. B) Ajar. C) Aloof. D) Aftermath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aftermath. 26. Horrifying; outstandingly bad A) Elucidate. B) Egregious. C) Critique. D) Burgeon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Egregious. 27. A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit. A) Adamant. B) Condescending. C) Ambivalent. D) Virtuoso. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Virtuoso. 28. Don't be ..... when explaining to your parents why you missed curfew; be upfront and clear about where you were. A) Adept. B) Ambitious. C) Ambiguous. D) Agitatate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ambiguous. 29. To meet present needs or requirements; be sufficient A) Appalling. B) Suffice. C) Exhilarate. D) Bemuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suffice. 30. What does 'Deride' mean? A) To support. B) To praise. C) To ignore. D) To mock or ridicule. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To mock or ridicule. 31. Which word means "to cause something to happen; to make?" A) Dismay. B) Reproach. C) Render. D) Ambivalent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Render. 32. What does "garrulous" mean? A) Excessively talkative. B) Present, appearing or found everywhere. C) Invulnerable to fear or intimidation. D) A person who deliberately tries to avoid work. E) Skillful with hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excessively talkative. 33. What is an antonym for bigot? A) Tolerant. B) Biased. C) Prejudiced. D) Intolerant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tolerant. 34. What is a 'deity'? A) A god or goddess. B) A creature. C) The way one writes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A god or goddess. 35. This term would be used to describe someone who was wanting to avoid activity. A) Histrionic. B) Indolent. C) Impetuous. D) Inane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indolent. 36. The term oversight was first used in which century? A) 15th. B) 13th. C) 16th. D) 14th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15th. 37. To fill with dismay, disgust A) Ruinous. B) Apprehend. C) Appalling. D) Suffice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appalling. 38. A fake, a person who falsely claims to have some special skill or knowledge is a ..... A) Charlatan. B) Enmity. C) Affable. D) Sage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charlatan. 39. To strive in opposition, to dispute A) Decree. B) Culmination. C) Contend. D) Petulant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contend. 40. What is the definition of convey? A) To make it known. B) In a way that is very fast. C) To feel extreme dislike. D) To earn or obtain something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make it known. 41. What does the word 'aspire' mean? A) To strive for a goal. B) Where two parts meet in the middle. C) To be lesser than the average. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To strive for a goal. 42. For the yearbook, Ananya searched online for ..... quotationsabout social media. A) Loquacious. B) Pithy. C) Supercilious. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pithy. 43. Vicinity means ..... A) Beaches. B) Network. C) Neighborhood. D) Automobiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neighborhood. 44. Choose the sentence where 'abate' is used correctly. A) He was abate about the answer. B) The small portion of food abated my hunger for a while. C) I abated my hook when I went fishing. D) I abate when I work hard at school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The small portion of food abated my hunger for a while. 45. Which scenario best illustrates the meaning of "covert" ? A) A group of friends laughing loudly in a park. B) A chef preparing food in a busy kitchen. C) Someone telling a funny story at a party. D) A person secretly passing a note during class. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A person secretly passing a note during class. 46. Dormant would (sometimes) describe a ..... A) Volcano. B) Person. C) Car. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volcano. 47. What does 'Conciliatory' imply? A) Intended to make peace. B) Indifferent. C) Aggressive. D) Hostile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intended to make peace. 48. Putting on airs, the ..... orator used a bunch of big words that basically said nothing at all. A) Bombastic. B) Disdainful. C) Reticent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bombastic. 49. Having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority. A) Candor. B) Scrutinize. C) Abysmal. D) Condescending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Condescending. 50. In the award-winning puzzle game Monument Valley, players navigate the silent princess Ida through a series of puzzles and optical illusions. The game is known for its ..... art design:beautiful, fantastical architecture and calming pastel colors that make the game both challenging and pretty to look at.Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? A) Mundane. B) Violent. C) Distracting. D) Intricate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intricate. 51. Important or meaningful. A) Concise. B) Diligent. C) Significant. D) Apathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Significant. 52. Characterized by conflict or opposition; hostile A) Geriatric. B) Adversarial. C) Potent. D) Null. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adversarial. 53. In a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively. A) Vitriol. B) Ambivalent. C) Camaraderie. D) Surreptitiously. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surreptitiously. 54. My younger brother was always bold and daring; many times he had the ..... to talk back to my parents. A) Credulous. B) Euridite. C) Audacity. D) Depricates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audacity. 55. Irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely. A) Arid. B) Exasperate. C) Inconsequential. D) Vindicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exasperate. 56. Paradox (n) ..... A) An apparently contradictory statement that is perhaps is true. B) A simple and straightforward statement. C) A universally accepted truth. D) A statement that is always false. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An apparently contradictory statement that is perhaps is true. 57. The desks are ..... to each other-side by side in straight rows. A) Loathe. B) Legacy. C) Loath. D) Juxtapose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juxtapose. 58. Excessively talkative A) Arcane. B) Assiduous. C) Loquacious. D) Vacillate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loquacious. 59. Being difficult to understand, explain, or interpret. It is used to describe something or someone that is mysterious, enigmatic, or not easily understood. A) Infallible. B) Impetuous. C) Unscrupulous. D) Inscrutable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inscrutable. 60. Not influenced by strong emotion A) Dispassionate. B) Accede. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dispassionate. ← 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