This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 22 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Consecutive has the same meaning as ..... A) In line with. B) In a raw. C) In a row. D) In the same vein. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a row. 2. Succeeded in restricting the ..... of their master for their own ends, it must invariably have been the Curia that dictated its wishes to the Church and to Europe. A) Infrastructure. B) Omnipotence. C) Regression. D) Scope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Omnipotence. 3. What is the mathematical meaning of TWICE? A) Add. B) Equal. C) Subtract. D) Multiply. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multiply. 4. What does the word "amicable" mean? A) Secret or hidden. B) Friendly and easy to get along with. C) Extreme greed for money or things. D) Loud, energetic, and a little out of control. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friendly and easy to get along with. 5. Her ..... commitment to the job meant that she had little time left for her family. A) Narrow-minded. B) Open-minded. C) Single-minded. D) Absent-minded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Single-minded. 6. Charming in a way that is a little misleading. A) Impecunious. B) Grandiloquent. C) Enervate. D) Beguiling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beguiling. 7. I try to be ..... with my New Year's Resolutions and not set any goals that are unrealistic. A) Mitigate. B) Frank. C) Unconventional. D) Pragmatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pragmatic. 8. There was no humor in the principal's ..... face as she talked about the consequences of school bullying A) Solemn. B) Sinister. C) Benevolent. D) Endearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solemn. 9. Making a show of being morally superior to other people. A) Sanctimonious. B) Ambiguous. C) Xenophobe. D) Wary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanctimonious. 10. To promote something, usually a cause A) Allow. B) Ambivalence. C) Agitate. D) Accordingly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agitate. 11. Lesion is another word for ..... A) Lesson. B) Wound. C) Lessen. D) Greaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wound. 12. The room ..... with stale tobacco smoke. A) Redressed. B) Blossomed. C) Reeked. D) Refurbished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reeked. 13. Hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process). A) Cognition. B) Bemoan. C) Appertain. D) Inhibit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inhibit. 14. The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone A) Ubiquitous. B) Brevity. C) Renounced. D) Ambivalence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ambivalence. 15. The politician's speech was filled with *grandiloquent* phrases that impressed the audience but lacked substance. As used in the passage, "grandiloquent" most nearly means: A) Pompous. B) Clear. C) Simple. D) Concise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pompous. 16. Extremely hopeless, bad, or severe A) Lucrative. B) Abysmal. C) Oust. D) Reluctantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abysmal. 17. Pillage (v) ..... A) To seize or plunder, especially in war. B) To build or construct. C) To negotiate or discuss. D) To paint or draw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To seize or plunder, especially in war. 18. A harsh discordant mixture of sounds. A) Inane. B) Cacophony. C) Insidious. D) Frugal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cacophony. 19. There are times when ..... architectural solutions like this are the right ones. A) Seasoned. B) Discerned. C) Understated. D) Befallen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understated. 20. All the guests paid her extravagant ..... for her hospitality. A) Disdain. B) Complements. C) Anguish. D) Compliments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compliments. 21. Tom is ..... and has no regard for morality or the law. A) LICENTIOUS. B) DENIGRATE. C) TREMENDOUS. D) UNDULATE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) LICENTIOUS. 22. Just beginning to form or develop. A) Inchoate. B) Nascent. C) Ameliorate. D) Palimpsest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nascent. 23. Until; awaiting something A) Blurt. B) Reluctant. C) Hardship. D) Pending. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pending. 24. The part of the story where the suspense builds and the conflict starts to unfold. A) Rising actions. B) Resolution. C) Resolution. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising actions. 25. Without a nest, it was impossible for the mother bird to ..... her eggs. A) Indolent. B) Incubate. C) Hasten. D) Ineffable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incubate. 26. Because people felt the title of "garbage man" was unappealing, the ..... of "sanitation engineer" was created A) Idiosynchrosy. B) Euphemism. C) Facetious. D) Lackadaisical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 27. If a town is desolate, it is: A) Eclectic and varied. B) Warm and welcoming. C) Busy and crowded. D) Deserted and lifeless. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deserted and lifeless. 28. This word means having conflicting emotions. A) Antediluvian. B) Ambivalence. C) Amorphous. D) Altruistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ambivalence. 29. N the wake of the Los Angeles riots, it would be foolish to ignore Galbraith's ..... warnings. A) Imminent. B) Abound. C) Prescient. D) Inherited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prescient. 30. The teacher was in close ..... to the loud student; she stood beside his desk. A) Proximity. B) Rebuff. C) Puerile. D) Quarantine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proximity. 31. The ..... man was always giving money away to charities; he wanted to help as many people as possible. A) Benevolent. B) Adept. C) Abate. D) Amicable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benevolent. 32. He condition of being savage, ferocious A) Viability. B) Readily. C) Ferocity. D) Surly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ferocity. 33. Which word would fit into this list?postpone, dawdle, defer, ..... A) Aloof. B) Procrastinate. C) Opportune. D) Arduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Procrastinate. 34. Dissent means ..... A) To scream. B) To disagree with an opinion. C) To accept the law. D) To give someone a gift. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To disagree with an opinion. 35. In the process of changing from one state to another. A) Transformative. B) Metamorphose. C) Transitional. D) Morphology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transitional. 36. Recent measurements of the mass of the W boson (a subatomic particle) were notable not only for the mere fact that the particle's mass differed from expectations but for the ..... of that difference:the measured mass of the W boson was seven standard deviations higher than predicted by the standard model of particle physics. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? A) Scale. B) Existence. C) Implication. D) Cause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scale. 37. Uranium is a white ..... metal, which is pretty hard, though softer than steel. A) Discord. B) Solidarity. C) Malleable. D) Scorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malleable. 38. "the effect of the music is nuanced by the social situation of listenerswhat does Nuance mean? A) A clear and obvious difference. B) A loud and overpowering sound. C) A complete absence of variation. D) A subtle difference or distinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A subtle difference or distinction. 39. Writing a fifty page report in one evening is an ..... task to complete. A) Impetuous. B) Ominous. C) Onerous. D) Ingenuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onerous. 40. The action of reversing the normal order of something A) Inversion. B) Deference. C) Undulate. D) Antipathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inversion. 41. A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society. A) Misanthrope. B) Duplicity. C) Implicit. D) Obtuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misanthrope. 42. I am ..... with my money because I like to save it. A) TERSE. B) VACILLATE. C) TENACIOUS. D) TRITE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) TRITE. 43. Noun:playful conversation A) Hone. B) Banter. C) Aversion. D) Feign. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Banter. 44. A tendency towards aggression, argumentativeness, or combativeness. It is used to describe a person who is quick to fight or argue, or who has a combative personality. A) Solicitious. B) Precarious. C) Pugnacious. D) Ostentatious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pugnacious. 45. Obeying or performing a service for someone in an overly attentive mannerpenu A) Penurious. B) Contentious. C) Obsequious. D) Iniquitous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Obsequious. 46. Hard working; diligent A) Epitome. B) Sedulous. C) Pristine. D) Surfeit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sedulous. 47. What is another word for aloof? A) Loose. B) Near. C) Distant. D) Confused. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Distant. 48. What is the meaning of "ruminate" ? A) Reflect deeply on a subject. B) Unfriendly and inclined toward anger. C) Having a sense of what is considerate. D) Marked by quiet and caution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflect deeply on a subject. 49. One who perceives or understands things clearly; perceptive. A) Percipient. B) Paraphernalia. C) Presumption. D) Rigorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Percipient. 50. When people change the way they live in order to fit new conditions or a new environment it is A) Adaptation. B) Modification. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adaptation. 51. Be full of or swarming with A) Erratic. B) Teeming. C) Avid. D) Empirical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teeming. 52. What does Plaudit mean A) Criticism or negative feedback. B) Booing or disapproval. C) Silence or indifference. D) Applause or enthusiastic praise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Applause or enthusiastic praise. 53. In which sentence is the word "Catharsis" used correctly? A) Having 2 cats has led Ms. Castaneda to a catharsis state. B) Being stressed brings upon a cathartic feeling. C) Going out for a bike ride in a thunderstorm is cathartic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having 2 cats has led Ms. Castaneda to a catharsis state. 54. Extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless A) Eloquent. B) Abysmal. C) Deficient. D) Benevolent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abysmal. 55. No man was more free or outspoken in his criticism of the policy of his employers than this apparently ..... writer. A) Venal. B) Surly. C) Dour. D) Candid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Venal. 56. The cars were ..... with matching paint, interiors, and gas consumption, but the prices varied greatly. A) Affirmation. B) Analogous. C) Affable. D) Adroit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analogous. 57. When my friends wouldn't let me sit at the lunch table with them, I felt ..... A) Alleviated. B) Allienated. C) Aloof. D) Ajar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allienated. 58. A typical or ideal example A) Epitome. B) Umbrage. C) Pristine. D) Surfeitsurfeit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epitome. 59. Criminals ..... unsuspecting consumers by stealing their online passwords. A) Defraud. B) Imbibe. C) Fixture. D) Havoc. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Defraud. 60. Baby similes are like food for the soul. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. ← 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