This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 29 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Excessively concerned with material possessions; money-oriented. A) Materialistic. B) Abysmal. C) Lucrative. D) Null. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Materialistic. 2. The ..... of Landen's attention span is shockingly short-lived. A) Appalling. B) Fortuitous. C) Brevity. D) Postulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brevity. 3. Dull; ordinary; lacking interest or excitement. A) Surreptitious. B) Mundane. C) Scrutinize. D) Ambivalent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mundane. 4. PERFIDIOUS most nearly means ..... A) Deceitful, untrustworthy. B) Trustworthy, honest. C) Smells great. D) Foul-smelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deceitful, untrustworthy. 5. Able to change or be changed easily. A) Reconstitute. B) Mutable. C) Transmute. D) Nascent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutable. 6. Her ideas were ..... with those of her colleagues, leading to confusion. A) Complementary. B) Consensus. C) Calibrate. D) Conflated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conflated. 7. Conundrum:Whether to go to my best friend's birthday party or my important soccer game was a conundrum. A) A person's reason for doing something. B) A confusing or difficult problem. C) Being responsible for an identified wrongdoing. D) The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or position is true or valid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A confusing or difficult problem. 8. Desire to possess or have (something). A) Rescind. B) Berate. C) Covet. D) Nonchalant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Covet. 9. Abigail feared she might face ..... if her roommates discovered her secret flatulence adventures. A) Ostracism. B) Umbrage. C) Wallow. D) Zenith. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ostracism. 10. Something that causes change without being changed itself. A) Permutation. B) Catalyst. C) Recalibrate. D) Mutable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Catalyst. 11. (noun) Assurance, freedom from doubt A) Certitude. B) Cessation. C) Censorious. D) Cede. E) Celerity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Certitude. 12. This is the part of the story where suspense eases. A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Falling action. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falling action. 13. The ..... look on the woman's face betrayed her gullibility; she had a tendency to believe everything she heard. A) Euridite. B) Depricate. C) Audacity. D) Credulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Credulous. 14. The ..... message that mysteriously appeared in my mailbox frightened me. A) Succinct. B) Surreptitious. C) Stymie. D) Stoic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surreptitious. 15. The quality of having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; shrewdness; wise. A) Asylum. B) Apathetic. C) Sagacity. D) Inane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sagacity. 16. Indifferent most nearly means A) Secretly hostile. B) Deeply invested. C) Neutral or unconcerned. D) Easily persuaded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neutral or unconcerned. 17. What does deleterious mean A) Neutral. B) Beneficial. C) Healthy. D) Toxic or harmful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Toxic or harmful. 18. Prudent; cautious A) Circumspect. B) Capitulate. C) Admonish. D) Tantamount. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circumspect. 19. When approached by her boss, Janine's response was ..... and out of line. A) Abhored. B) Noxious. C) Tangent. D) Abrasive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abrasive. 20. I got an ..... grade on. my paper ..... it was a D minus. A) Adequate. B) Ambiguous. C) Abysmal. D) Adept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abysmal. 21. Antonym for robust A) Healthy. B) Foundational. C) Flimsy. D) Solid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flimsy. 22. To warn, to caution in council A) Neologism. B) Confute. C) Admonish. D) Respite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Admonish. 23. What is the meaning of the word 'bilateral'? A) Having one side. B) Having two sides. C) Having multiple sides. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having two sides. 24. Extensive speculation means it is ..... A) It has been conclusively proven based on factual data or observation. B) Has a lot of empirical evidence. C) It has not been conclusively proven based on factual data or observation. D) Not based on guess work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It has not been conclusively proven based on factual data or observation. 25. What does exacerbate mean? A) To ignore or overlook. B) To improve or make better. C) To make worse. D) To simplify or clarify. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make worse. 26. It is ..... to read that his father never visited him in hospital. A) Startling. B) Expansive. C) Whopping. D) Dismissive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Startling. 27. Without hesitation or reluctance; willingly A) Readily. B) Viability. C) Decree. D) Ferocity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Readily. 28. Jassiel approached the starting line with some ..... and some sheer exictement. A) Facetious. B) Amiable. C) Trepidation. D) Voracious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trepidation. 29. Impetuous:adjective A) Having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority. B) To shorten (a word, phrase, or text). C) Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties. D) Acting or done quickly and without thought or care. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acting or done quickly and without thought or care. 30. Loquacious is most similar to what Spanish word? A) Lavar. B) Levantar. C) Locutor. D) Listo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Locutor. 31. An object that does not allow light to pass through A) Opaque. B) Transparent. C) Ornate. D) Translucent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opaque. 32. Respect; consideration A) Deference. B) Complement. C) Elucidate. D) Efficacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deference. 33. Tawdry most nearly means ..... A) Pale. B) Showy but cheap, poor quality. C) Rich and of good quality. D) Tan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Showy but cheap, poor quality. 34. I will not ..... my right to have attorney with me during the trial. A) WAIVE. B) WANTON. C) WARRANTED. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WAIVE. 35. The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses. A) Cognition. B) Appertain. C) Bemoan. D) Ingenuity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cognition. 36. A bad, difficult, dangerous or unfortunate situation A) Plight. B) Reputable. C) Deteriorate. D) Ruinous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plight. 37. During an in-depth team discussion, Sophia noticed that Luna and William seemed unsure about the instructions. To ensure clarity and mutual understanding, she decided to reiterate the main points in a persuasive manner. In this context, what does the word reiterate mean? A) To express mild disappointment. B) To repeat for emphasis or clarity. C) To assign to a lower position. D) To restore friendly relations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To repeat for emphasis or clarity. 38. Don't be ..... ; stand up for yourself and don't let anyone talk down to you. A) Obdurate. B) Obsequious. C) Morose. D) Nefarious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obdurate. 39. To abridge a novel means to A) Illustrate chapters. B) Translate the plot. C) Reorder events. D) Shorten the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shorten the text. 40. Reticent is a(n) ..... because: A) Noun; it's a person, place, or thing. B) Adjective; it can describe someone, a place, or something. C) Verb; it is an action. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective; it can describe someone, a place, or something. 41. The following text is adapted from George Eliot's 1871-72 novel Middlemarch. [Mr. Brooke] had travelled in his younger years, and was held in this part of the country to have habit of mind. Mr. Brooke's conclusions were as difficult to predict as the weather. As used in the text, what does the word "contracted" most nearly mean? A) Described. B) Settled. C) Restricted. D) Developed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Developed. 42. Definition:to conceal or make unclear; to darken or make dim A) Undermine. B) Validate. C) Obscure. D) Valid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Obscure. 43. This term means to observe carefully. A) Scrutinize. B) Substantiate. C) Reverence. D) Subtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scrutinize. 44. Benign means ..... A) Gracious. B) Watchful. C) Selfish. D) Mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gracious. 45. To rebuild or restore something after it has been broken apart. A) Nascent. B) Reconstitute. C) Regenerate. D) Mutable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reconstitute. 46. The television series' ending left us all in an ..... daze. A) Histrionic. B) Impetuous. C) Impasse. D) Ineffable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ineffable. 47. Restrained; Uncommunicative A) Autonomy. B) Aesthetic. C) Reticent. D) Disdain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reticent. 48. What does Torpid mean A) Torpid means inactive or sluggish. B) Alert and active. C) Fast and agile. D) Energetic and lively. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Torpid means inactive or sluggish. 49. What does 'demographics' refer to? A) The study of graphs. B) Population statistics. C) A form of government. D) Anthropology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population statistics. 50. Dalila is not rude, she is ..... because she always welcomes everyone with her beautiful smile. A) Pretty. B) Amiable. C) Mature. D) Nefarious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amiable. 51. During a dynamic team meeting, Aria made a minor mistake, and her manager chose to harshly criticize or scold her in front of the entire group-including Mason and Daniel. Which phrase most precisely characterizes the manager's response? A) Reprove with patience. B) Relegate with formality. C) Reconcile with warmth. D) Rebuke with severity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rebuke with severity. 52. Aubrey describes him as "of a very fair, clear ..... complexion, with a long beard as white as milk-a very handsome man-tall and slender." A) Benign. B) Celestial. C) Loquacious. D) Sanguine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sanguine. 53. After playing soccer on a muddy field, the players were extremely ..... A) VAPID. B) UNERRING. C) TEMPER. D) UNKEMPT. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) UNKEMPT. 54. Torque is most similar to what Spanish word? A) Torcer. B) Trueno. C) Terremoto. D) Temblor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Torcer. 55. To think is to try and find a rational answer; to ..... is to let the answer come to us. A) Contemplate. B) Appropriate. C) Separate. D) Meditate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contemplate. 56. Tawdry:Scott gave Rhonda a tawdry engagement ring and could tell by her face she didn't like it.Shirley's tawdry dress was the talk of all the gossips.The innocent children believed the tawdry jewels in their mother's bureau were worth a fortune. A) Gaudy and cheap in appearance or nature. B) Ugly. C) Beautiful and elegant. D) Over the top. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gaudy and cheap in appearance or nature. 57. The Notebook and other ..... movies always stir up my tendency toward being hopelessly romantic. A) Endearing. B) Sinister. C) Benevolent. D) Revere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endearing. 58. To pull away or hide yourself emotionally. A) Lacerating. B) Sequester. C) Catharsis. D) Wistful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sequester. 59. What word is similar to the word profound? A) Small. B) Misunderstood. C) Level. D) Intense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intense. 60. To cause to be confused A) Fabricate. B) Gullible. C) Bemuse. D) Reputable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bemuse. ← 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