This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A lack of respect and strong dislike A) Diminish. B) Erratic. C) Disdain. D) Coarse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disdain. 2. Carefully alert and watchful A) Palatable. B) Munificent. C) Vigilant. D) Impugn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vigilant. 3. The book was so ..... that after he had finished the first difficult chapter, he understood less than when he had begun. A) Fuse. B) Abstruse. C) Exotic. D) Didactic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abstruse. 4. The highest point of a mountain; the most successful point; culmination. A) Cynical. B) Tentacle. C) Pinnacle. D) Ventricle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pinnacle. 5. When Jason forgot to do his homework, he tried to come up with a ..... excuse his teacher would believe. A) Plausible. B) Auspicious. C) Ornate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plausible. 6. To hinder progress is to A) Justify expenses. B) Record outcomes. C) Accelerate results. D) Obstruct advancement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Obstruct advancement. 7. The act of gaining a skill or possession of something A) Adept. B) Advocate. C) Adapt. D) Acquisition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acquisition. 8. Making ..... suggestions to my parents about where to go on our vacation was a lot more successful than being direct. A) Diffident. B) Frank. C) Reticent. D) Subtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subtle. 9. One who excels in the technique of an art A) Virtuoso. B) Orator. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Virtuoso. 10. A heavy backpack can encumber a hiker by: A) Weighing them down and slowing them. B) Driving away their friends and family. C) Making them louder and more confident. D) Turning the trail into a debacle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weighing them down and slowing them. 11. Which word is defined as "lasting a very short time" ? A) Transient. B) Surreptitious. C) Tenacious. D) Vaunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transient. 12. 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) Controversial. B) Innovative. C) Weak. D) Obscure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weak. 13. Having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell as a consequence. A) Arid. B) Stagnant. C) Anecdote. D) Insidious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stagnant. 14. Something displayed for the public to see A) Circumspect. B) Inspect. C) Spectator. D) Spectacle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spectacle. 15. To take power by force. A) Usurp. B) Salvo. C) Subvert. D) Imperious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Usurp. 16. Which word is similar to aggregate. A) Precise. B) Collection. C) Concrete. D) Singular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collection. 17. The news report was very ..... and needed some enthusiasm and energy. A) UNKEMPT. B) VAPID. C) TEMPER. D) UNERRING. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) VAPID. 18. Morbid is most similar to what Spanish word? A) Mayor. B) Morir. C) Menor. D) Mayonesa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Morir. 19. Torque would associate with what shape? A) Square. B) Circle. C) Trapezoid. D) Pentagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circle. 20. He looked morose, meaning he seemed ..... A) Sad. B) Excited. C) Energetic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sad. 21. The president had ..... dreams of no wars, no hunger, and no diseases. A) Loquacious. B) Lofty. C) Malign. D) Mendacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lofty. 22. Causing woe; destructive, harmful, deadly A) Baneful. B) Circumspect. C) Respite. D) Neologism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baneful. 23. The novel's protagonist, a young detective, found herself in a ..... situation when she discovered that the key suspect in her investigation was her own mentor. A) Comfortable. B) Perilous. C) Delightful. D) Predictable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perilous. 24. Synonym for deprecate is ..... A) Appropriate. B) Disparage. C) Supportive. D) Approve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disparage. 25. Exclude (someone) from a society or group. A) Flagrant. B) Ostracize. C) Audacious. D) Refute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ostracize. 26. To embellish a story is to: A) Decorate it with added details. B) Outline the plot step by step. C) Erase important facts from it. D) Expose the falseness within it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decorate it with added details. 27. Tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely; doesn't give up easily. A) Precocious. B) Inane. C) Ambivalent. D) Tenacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tenacious. 28. I ..... laziness and rudeness. I like people that work hard with a cooperative attitude. A) Decadence. B) Culpable. C) Deference. D) Deplore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deplore. 29. Obviously offensive. A) Flagrant. B) Parched. C) Connive. D) Ubiquitous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flagrant. 30. Even as he was tortured, he held onto his ..... that he would never betray his country. A) Conviction. B) Idealize. C) Objectivity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conviction. 31. It is ..... that we will win all football games and be county champions since we have the best players and the most talent. A) Austere. B) Arbitrary. C) Auspicious. D) Averse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Auspicious. 32. Verna was beginning to think the whole endeavor was snakebit from the start. A) Unlucky. B) Lucky. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unlucky. 33. Sparing or economical with regard to money or food. A) Frugal. B) Duplicity. C) Bombastic. D) Querulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frugal. 34. (noun) A closed committee within a political party; a private committee meeting A) Cataclysmic. B) Catalyst. C) Caucus. D) Caustic. E) Captious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caucus. 35. Related to the chemical changes inside living beings. A) Flux. B) Incipient. C) Metamorphose. D) Metabolic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metabolic. 36. You wouldn't think that college students could be so ..... They need to act their age. A) Single-minded. B) Distracted. C) Betokened. D) Juvenile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juvenile. 37. Which word is similar to the following words?subvert, threaten, weaken, compromise, diminish, erode, undercut A) Repeal. B) Secession. C) Scope. D) Undermine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Undermine. 38. Abraham Lincoln was ..... believing in morals and good decisions. A) Slough. B) Sanguine. C) Reticent. D) Scrupulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scrupulous. 39. Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception A) Jargon. B) Exasperation. C) Disdain. D) Cunning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cunning. 40. The synonym of boosted, aided, supported is A) Dictated. B) Demanded. C) Posited. D) Bolstered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bolstered. 41. I have never been a pen artist and I have never succeeded with rhetorical flourishes unless it were by accident. But I have always admired supremely that which I could realize the least. The woman who can coin words and ideas to suit me best would not be unlike Mrs. Swaim, and when I heard her I said: "That is worthy of Elizabeth Cady Stanton." "Coin" most nearly means: A) Spend. B) Gain. C) Think up. D) Learn about. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Think up. 42. Equal treatment of all rivals or disputants; fairness A) Impartiality. B) Adversarial. C) Fomenting. D) Programmatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impartiality. 43. Which sentence uses impede correctly? A) We impeded photos to enlarge. B) Sunlight impeded plants to grow. C) They impeded the essay sources. D) Road closures impeded ambulances. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Road closures impeded ambulances. 44. When you like things from your childhood or from many years ago-this is known as ..... A) Perfidious. B) Nostalgia. C) Amicable. D) Noxious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nostalgia. 45. Capable of making a lot of money ..... A) Wealthy. B) Ballin. C) Lucrative. D) Broke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lucrative. 46. What does Espouse Mean A) To ignore a belief, idea, or cause. B) To criticize a belief, idea, or cause. C) To reject a belief, idea, or cause. D) To adopt or support a belief, idea, or cause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To adopt or support a belief, idea, or cause. 47. Settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions A) Trenchant. B) Compromise. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compromise. 48. To stop someone from doing something is to ..... them from doing it. A) Bigot. B) Nag. C) Hamper. D) Plaintiff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamper. 49. He was a genius leader, with a mind full of ..... solutions. A) Innovative. B) Profound. C) Transitory. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Innovative. 50. Definition:Something elaborately decorated A) Ornate. B) Opportunist. C) Alleviate. D) Dominant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ornate. 51. Since loneliness can be the ..... of old age, it's important to maintain friendships and family connections as we grow older. A) BANE. B) CAJOLE. C) MAVERICK. D) FOIL. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) BANE. 52. Savage ; cruel and unfeeling; violent, ruthless A) Frenetic. B) Perceive. C) Brutal. D) Beret. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brutal. 53. A plaintiff ..... A) Is mean. B) Is nice. C) Claims that they have had a wrong done to them. D) Defends themself in court. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Claims that they have had a wrong done to them. 54. While young people tend to prefer ..... music, many older generations preferred to listen to classical music. A) Contemporary. B) Pervasive. C) Abstract. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contemporary. 55. A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned, and each person works and is paid according to his/her abilities and needs. A) Usurp. B) Socialism. C) Writhe. D) Communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Communism. 56. To express utter and complete disapproval A) Condemn. B) Lucrative. C) Concur. D) Concede. E) Ubiquitous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Condemn. 57. Developing adult-like behaviors early because of hardship. A) Hypervigilant. B) Tenebrous. C) Unmoored. D) Precocious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Precocious. 58. Calmness, especially in a stressful situation. A) Bellicose. B) Equanimity. C) Obfuscate. D) Disparate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equanimity. 59. What does "dexterous" mean? A) Impossible to express in words. B) Excessively talkative. C) Skillful with hands. D) Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed. E) To give up a position. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skillful with hands. 60. Emotionally cutting or deeply painful. A) Lacerating. B) Imbued. C) Stoic. D) Unmoored. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lacerating. ← 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