This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following best describes the action "to disparage" ? A) To guess based on limited information. B) To speak badly about someone or something. C) To spread or increase. D) To fade away or cause something to disappear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To speak badly about someone or something. 2. Stacy was the Engender of the deadly virus.What does Engender mean. A) Happen. B) Problem. C) Answer. D) The cause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The cause. 3. To make something worse by adding to it. A) Complementary. B) Consensus. C) Compound. D) Conflated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 4. The house was cold because someone accidentally left the window ..... A) Ajar. B) Alternative. C) Aloof. D) Also-ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ajar. 5. Very skilled or proficient at something A) Adept. B) Taut. C) Clout. D) Petulant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adept. 6. Robert has felt hexed ever since finding that old coin. A) Unlucky. B) Lucky. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unlucky. 7. To promote or make widely known A) Demur. B) Omnipotent. C) Promulgate. D) Conceive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Promulgate. 8. A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary. A) Antagonist. B) Querulous. C) Lobbyist. D) Candor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonist. 9. Define main idea/central idea: A) The moral of the story; the message. B) General subject of the text; one or two words. C) Who or what the story is about; one sentence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who or what the story is about; one sentence. 10. Which situation is often raucous? A) Funerals. B) Drivers Ed tests. C) Super Bowl parties. D) Parent-Teacher conferences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Super Bowl parties. 11. If something is described as attributable to genetics, it is ..... A) Acquired. B) Innate. C) Artificial. D) Taught. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Innate. 12. Though he did not mean to ..... the girl, his rejection came off as extremely offensive A) Discord. B) Solidarity. C) Malleable. D) Scorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scorn. 13. The following text is from Yann Martel's 2001 novel Life of Pi. The narrator's family owned a zoo when he was a child. It was a huge zoo, spread over numberless acres, big enough to require a train to explore it, though it seemed to get smaller as I grew older, train included. As used in the text, what does the word "spread" most nearly mean? A) Coated. B) Hidden. C) Extended. D) Discussed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extended. 14. Doubtful; uneasy or fearful about something that might happen A) Discerning. B) Contemplate. C) Apprehensive. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apprehensive. 15. The plaintiffs declined to comment for this story.What does plaintiffs mean? A) People who are witnesses in a lawsuit. B) People who are being sued. C) People who are responsible for a crime. D) Petitioner (in court of law). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Petitioner (in court of law). 16. The ..... task of cutting down all of the trees took the men all day. A) Arcane. B) Antagonistic. C) Arduous. D) Benevolent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arduous. 17. Sometimes foolish, simple or childlike; unaware A) Obsolete. B) Naive. C) Menacing. D) Reticent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Naive. 18. The idea that the same ethical standards are applied to everyone A) Abysmal. B) Impartiality. C) Ferocity. D) Omnipotent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impartiality. 19. Ever since he was a young child, the astronaut was interested in outer space and ..... objects. A) Malicious. B) Celestial. C) Loquacious. D) Morbid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Celestial. 20. My ..... was necessary in order for me to work well. I did not like to rely on others for projects. A) Disdain. B) Autonomy. C) Aesthetic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autonomy. 21. The competition was intense, and the shop managers would actually stand in the street ..... for business. A) Portraying. B) Touting. C) Retarding. D) Falling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Touting. 22. Generous, showing courageous spirit A) Sychophant. B) Querulous. C) Magnanimous. D) Assiduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magnanimous. 23. The synonym of '' reliance '' is ..... A) Dependence. B) Effectiveness. C) Independence. D) Sufficiency. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependence. 24. The social unrest that ..... the French Revolution A) Adverse. B) Acumen. C) Adumbrate. D) Accretion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adumbrate. 25. Despite the turbulent circumstances, the leader maintained her composure and guided the team to success.As used in the passage, "turbulent" most nearly means: A) Uncertain. B) Chaotic. C) Violent. D) Stormy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chaotic. 26. The development of events beyond a person's control. A) Piety. B) Violate. C) Displace. D) Fate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fate. 27. The socialite was dressed in finery. Is this a sentence that correctly uses the vocabulary words? A) I don't know. B) No. C) Maybe. D) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes. 28. A burst of gunfire or sudden release of force. A) Abdicate. B) Skirmish. C) Salvo. D) Fortify. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salvo. 29. Feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems. A) Diligent. B) Connive. C) Wary. D) Connive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wary. 30. OBDURATE most nearly means ..... A) Easily change opinion. B) Short duration. C) Stubbornly refuse to change opinion. D) Lasts forever. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stubbornly refuse to change opinion. 31. When the future princess was taken into a vault ..... with jewels, she was speechless. A) LICENTIOUS. B) TEEMING. C) BANE. D) MAVERICK. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TEEMING. 32. Disgracefully bad, typically as a result of someone's negligence or irresponsibility; causing public outrage by a perceived offense A) Dire. B) Underscore. C) Disdain. D) Scandalous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scandalous. 33. This word means unclear or doubtful in meaning. A) Ambiguous. B) Ambivalence. C) Antagonism. D) Altruistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ambiguous. 34. Still alive ..... serves him right! A) Equivocal. B) Dismay. C) Tenacious. D) Indispensable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tenacious. 35. Present, appearing, or found everywhere A) Eminent. B) Feasibility. C) Ubiquitous. D) Promulgate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ubiquitous. 36. Wise and good at making decisions. A) Magnanimous. B) Sagacious. C) Disparate. D) Abstruse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sagacious. 37. Declared one's abandonment of a claim, right, or possession; stopped using A) Renounced. B) Ambivalence. C) Irreconcilable. D) Conventional. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renounced. 38. Obvious to the eye or mind A) Cunning. B) Jargon. C) Conspicuous. D) Disdain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conspicuous. 39. A list of or supply of capabilities A) Acquiesce. B) Umbrage. C) Repertoire. D) Epitome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repertoire. 40. What does Labyrinthine mean A) Confusing and disorienting. B) Complicated or intricate, like a labyrinth. C) Open and spacious. D) Straightforward and simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complicated or intricate, like a labyrinth. 41. Well-meaning and Charitable A) Deferential. B) Endearing. C) Benevolent. D) Earnest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benevolent. 42. Infirmary means ..... A) Hospital. B) Yard. C) School house. D) Home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hospital. 43. His heart was kind and his affections were strong; he was ..... and disinterested, simple and honest. A) Pending. B) Magnanimous. C) Neglect. D) Renounce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magnanimous. 44. Indicating a rough texture A) Irreconcilable. B) Nappy. C) Controversial. D) Coarse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coarse. 45. To cause (an event or situation, typically one that is bad or undesirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely. A) Writhe. B) Precipitate. C) Recapitulate. D) Presumption. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Precipitate. 46. Which of the following best describes "ostentatious" ? A) Simple and plain. B) Generous and kind. C) Overly showy or flashy. D) Generous and Kind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overly showy or flashy. 47. What is celestial like in Spanish? A) Cyan. B) Cielo. C) Continuar. D) Cierto. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cielo. 48. Officially revoke or cancel. A) Reclusive. B) Rescind. C) Ostracize. D) Ambiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rescind. 49. What does "abate" mean? A) Isolation to prevent the spread of disease. B) To decrease in force or intensity; to become less intense or widespread. C) To give up a position. D) Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed. E) A sanctuary or place of safety. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To decrease in force or intensity; to become less intense or widespread. 50. To describe something that is similar to something else and can be compared to another; performing a similar function but having a different evolutionary origin, such as the wings of insects and birds A) Competent. B) Analogous. C) Momentous. D) Ambiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analogous. 51. Plain; lacking embellishment or decoration A) Abysmal. B) Lucrative. C) Qualitative. D) Unadorned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unadorned. 52. To use and benefit from selfishly, bold or daring feat A) Geriatric. B) Exploit. C) Expend. D) Fiscal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exploit. 53. The same night the Sudanese leaders, fearful lest their men might submit, murdered Thruston and his companions and sent letters to Uganda to ..... their comrades to mutiny. A) Empirical. B) Corroborate. C) Erratic. D) Incite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Incite. 54. The quality of having all power A) Omnipresence. B) Omnipotence. C) Omniscience. D) Omnivorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Omnipotence. 55. In Ms. Carter's advanced English seminar, Evelyn, Abigail, and Olivia are tasked with a linguistic analysis:decompose the word 'reconcile' into its morphemic components. Which option accurately represents the morphemic breakdown of reconcile? A) Re + con + cil. B) Re + con + sile. C) Re + con + cile. D) Re + concil + e. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Re + concil + e. 56. The number of months in a year is not a(n) ..... matter. A) Candor. B) Ambiguous. C) Soporific. D) Artifact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ambiguous. 57. The flat surface people sit around when they eat together is a ..... A ..... can also be a chart full of information. When doing your taxes, you might use a tax table to determine how much you owe. A) Data. B) Table. C) Graph. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Table. 58. Clear, logical, and convincing. A) Indefatigable. B) Auspicious. C) Cogent. D) Deleterious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cogent. 59. Definition:the quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness. A) Inconsequential. B) Robust. C) Candor. D) Soporific. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Candor. 60. Humble submission and respect A) Scorn. B) Inversion. C) Deference. D) Antipathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deference. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSat Words Quiz 1Sat Words Quiz 2Sat Words Quiz 3Sat Words Quiz 4Sat Words Quiz 6Sat Words Quiz 7Sat Words Quiz 8Sat Words Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books