This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The buds of trees of temperate climates, which lie ..... during the winter, are protected by scale leaves. A) Loquacious. B) Dormant. C) Morbid. D) Vivacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dormant. 2. To make a (a person) uncertain; hesitant; doubtful;to confuse A) Perplex. B) Caption. C) Brutal. D) Amiable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perplex. 3. For many years there was almost ..... agreement that what people needed where computers were involved was just more training. A) Amity. B) Tacit. C) Candid. D) Lucid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tacit. 4. Grift-a moving force, impulse, stimulus A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. I took Laura some homemade cookies, hoping to abate her sadness A) Laura did some chores. B) Laura wanted to to do so chores. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laura did some chores. 6. The ..... story of the lost arc has become a classic saga. A) Artifact. B) Arcane. C) Ascribe. D) Archaic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arcane. 7. Lively/Sharp/Intense A) Substantiate. B) Trivial. C) Vivid. D) Reiterate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vivid. 8. Which word is a synonym for brawn? A) Delicacy. B) Fragility. C) Strength. D) Weakness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strength. 9. Nick had a tendency to be ..... and laugh when he should have taken something more seriously. A) Facetious. B) Euphemism. C) Voracious. D) Trepidation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Facetious. 10. The man has lost so many of his morals that he has fallen into a state of ..... A) Dormant. B) Depravity. C) Affable. D) Contrite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Depravity. 11. The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect; contempt A) Disdain. B) Exploit. C) Imprudent. D) Ambiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disdain. 12. The UFO in the sky is a ..... object. A) Vivacious. B) Celestial. C) Morbid. D) Sanguine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Celestial. 13. Subtle:adjective A) Not immediately obvious or comprehensible. B) Feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems. C) Money paid for work or a service. D) Restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not immediately obvious or comprehensible. 14. Let's call on James on the way home. the phrasal verb '' call on" means A) To stop at a house or other place for a short time to see someone or do something. B) To have a particular name or title, or use a particular name or title for someone or something. C) To use a word or name to describe someone or something in a particular way. D) To you shout at him to get his attention. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To stop at a house or other place for a short time to see someone or do something. 15. Definition:to weaken gradually A) Valid. B) Obscure. C) Validate. D) Undermine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Undermine. 16. William, stuck in bed with a pesky virus, relished the ..... attentions of his mother, who brought him delicious soup and cozy blankets. A) Prowess. B) Vociferous. C) Ostracism. D) Solicitous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solicitous. 17. To lessen pain or discomfort A) Alleviate. B) Pacify. C) Quell. D) Mediate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alleviate. 18. An idea that is taken to be true, and often used as the basis for other ideas, although it is not known for certain. Presume (v). A) Commodism. B) Rigorous. C) Presumption. D) Scoialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Presumption. 19. A manager delegates a task when the manager: A) Exposes errors in the task's design. B) Weighs down the team with extra steps. C) Outlines the task in great detail alone. D) Gives the task to someone else to handle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gives the task to someone else to handle. 20. Rhonda felt that her relationship with Jerome was star-crossed. A) Unlucky. B) Lucky. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unlucky. 21. EGREGIOUS most nearly means ..... A) Outstandly bad, shocking. B) Outstandingly wonderful. C) A mistake. D) Getting the answer correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outstandly bad, shocking. 22. Someone who offers opposition A) Headway. B) Adversary. C) Conspicuous. D) Jabber. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adversary. 23. To rescind a policy means to A) Expand it broadly. B) Cancel it officially. C) Enforce it strictly. D) Delay its rollout. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cancel it officially. 24. He addressed me in a ..... manner. He was very friendly. A) Tentative. B) Poised. C) Jovial. D) Boisterous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jovial. 25. A synonym for rancor is ..... A) Neutral. B) Acceptance. C) Resentment. D) Calmness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resentment. 26. Define maverick. A) Independent-minded person. B) Peculiar or individual. C) Absolutely necessary or important; essential. D) Very great in amount, scale, or intensity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent-minded person. 27. I ..... that the couple would get back together at the end of the romance movie. A) Assembled. B) Bypassed. C) Benevolent. D) Anticipated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anticipated. 28. The shop beside/besides the station is the one I go to. A) Beside. B) Besides. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beside. 29. Jonah was ..... that he could swim twenty miles, but in reality he couldn't swim at all. A) Dogmatic. B) Enigma. C) Eclectic. D) Deride. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dogmatic. 30. Some researchers believe that the genes that enable groundhogs and certain other mammals to hibernate through the winter by slowing their breathing and heart rates and lowering their body temperature may be ..... in humans:present yet having essentially no effect on our bodily processes. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? A) Dormant. B) Decisive. C) Variable. D) Lacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dormant. 31. To move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion A) Undulate. B) Postulate. C) Endure. D) Incite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Undulate. 32. A problem or a struggle. A) Point of view. B) Characterization. C) Exposition. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conflict. 33. When the new employee made her experience out to be more than it was, she was hoping that no one would realize that her resume' had been ..... A) Alienated. B) Aggrandized. C) Alleviated. D) Allured. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aggrandized. 34. Confute means ..... A) Prudent; cautious. B) To warn, to caution in council. C) To prove wrong; to refute decisively. D) A period of rest or relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To prove wrong; to refute decisively. 35. Hesitating or doubting; not to be relied upon; suspect A) Precedent. B) Corroborate. C) Dubious. D) Scorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dubious. 36. After encountering a professional setback, Arjun exhibited the capacity to recover rapidly and maintain a high standard of performance in his work. Which term most accurately describes Arjun's ability to surmount adversity or challenging situations? A) Reproachful. B) Recalcitrant. C) Reprehensible. D) Resilient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resilient. 37. My plans to visit Texas were ..... when Hurricane Harvey decided to make landfall. A) Engendered. B) Enfranchised. C) Hampered. D) Abhored. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hampered. 38. ..... means "to ask, or address." If you appeal to someone's better nature, you're asking them for mercy. If a shirt doesn't ..... to you, you could also say it doesn't "speak" to you, or more simply, you don't like it. A) Rhetorical. B) Data. C) Evidence. D) Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeal. 39. To confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding A) Inversion. B) Postulate. C) Precedent. D) Corroborate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corroborate. 40. Someone who clings fiercely to a belief to cope with fear. A) Reticent. B) Zealot. C) Catharsis. D) Hypervigilant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zealot. 41. I was shocked when Sandy said she hated Lionel. I'd never realized she felt such ..... toward him. A) Animosity. B) Encounter. C) Adamant. D) Amiable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Animosity. 42. The ..... to the game being cancelled was the big rainstorm. A) Antipathy. B) Antecedent. C) Benevolent. D) Austere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antecedent. 43. What is 'havoc'? A) Chaos. B) Peaceful. C) To absorb greatly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chaos. 44. I tried to ..... the pain of my headache by taking Tylenol and distracting myself with drawing. A) Diffident. B) Mitigate. C) Subtle. D) Conventional. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitigate. 45. Birds sing to communicate over potentially great distances. For this reason, many researchers believe that birds in densely vegetated habitats generally sing at lower frequencies than birds living in comparatively sparse habitats, since dense vegetation tends to ..... the distance that high-frequency sounds can travel. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? A) Exceed. B) Diminish. C) Encompass. D) Conceal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diminish. 46. Showing steady, careful effort. A) Assiduous. B) Laconic. C) Disparate. D) Quixotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assiduous. 47. To lessen the harm or impact of a conflict. A) Salvo. B) Paramount. C) Belligerent. D) Mitigate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mitigate. 48. Interruptions in the supply chain for microchips used in personal electronics have challenged an economist's assertion that retailers can expect robust growth in sales of those devices in the coming months. The delays are unlikely to ..... her projection entirely but will almost certainly extend its time frame. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? A) Withdraw. B) Dispute. C) Underscore. D) Invalidate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invalidate. 49. In order to ..... the delay from the car accident, Nick had to take an alternative route. A) Assemble. B) Bypass. C) Arduous. D) Anticipate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bypass. 50. What word does this definition describe? *to improve, bring to a greater level of intensity A) Florid. B) Enhance. C) Regress. D) Longevity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enhance. 51. Causing a major and lasting change. A) Transformative. B) Reformation. C) Nascent. D) Morphology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transformative. 52. Choose the correct synonym for the word:nullify. A) Validate. B) Confirm. C) Support. D) Invalidate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invalidate. 53. In the workplace, Henry and Isla quickly conformed to the newly implemented policies, whereas Rohan openly resisted and even confronted his supervisor. In this context, recalcitrant most nearly means A) Eager to obey without question. B) Deserving blame or strong criticism. C) Stubbornly resistant; refusing to obey. D) Able to recover quickly from problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stubbornly resistant; refusing to obey. 54. What does Ogle mean A) To nod in agreement. B) To stare at someone in a lecherous manner. C) To blink rapidly. D) To smile warmly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To stare at someone in a lecherous manner. 55. To Arthur, the heavy snowfall was like manna. A) Unlucky. B) Lucky. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lucky. 56. To set something on fire-literally or figuratively ignite conflict. A) Tumult. B) Conflagrate. C) Skirmish. D) Incursion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflagrate. 57. Serious and intentional-with purpose A) Solemn. B) Endearing. C) Earnest. D) Revere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earnest. 58. (adjective) marked by the tendency to point out trivial faults; intending to confuse in an argument. A) Captious. B) Catalyst. C) Caustic. D) Cataclysmic. E) Caucus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Captious. 59. Shrewd, clever, showing practical wisdom A) Anecdote. B) Astute. C) Advocate. D) Allude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astute. 60. He didn't even have the ..... to call and say he couldn't come. A) Expression. B) Class. C) Approach. D) Courtesy. 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