This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A person who flatters to win favor A) Sycophant. B) Soporific. C) Propitious. D) Egregious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sycophant. 2. Prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove. A) Adulation. B) Connive. C) Refute. D) Garrulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refute. 3. To scrutinize a document means to ..... A) Throw it away. B) Look at it very carefully. C) Copy it quickly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Look at it very carefully. 4. What does Advocate mean A) To oppose or speak against something or someone. B) To support or speak in favor of something or someone. C) To remain neutral and not take any side. D) To ignore or disregard something or someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To support or speak in favor of something or someone. 5. To calm or make peaceful A) Conciliate. B) Pacify. C) Allay. D) Ameliorate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pacify. 6. Deteriorate means A) To become progressively worse. B) To mix together. C) A way of speaking or behaving. D) To accept or allow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To become progressively worse. 7. Laceration most nearly means ..... A) To confuse someone. B) A type of lace material. C) To explain something. D) Deep cut in the skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deep cut in the skin. 8. The child was up to no good and was very ..... A) Abrasion. B) Plagiarism. C) Ornery. D) Placid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ornery. 9. Following traditions or beliefs; accepting what is generally done A) Ubiquitous. B) Conventional. C) Brevity. D) Promulgate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conventional. 10. To reluctantly or unwillingly agree A) Ubiquitous. B) Concede. C) Concur. D) Restless. E) Lucrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concede. 11. They reached a ..... before making the final decision. A) Consensus. B) Comprised. C) Compound. D) Benevolent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consensus. 12. Luckily for the people of Wyoming, Yellowstone is a ..... volcano. A) Sanguine. B) Malevolent. C) Dormant. D) Inundate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dormant. 13. Jessica is extremely ..... when it comes to cheerleading. A) Candid. B) Deft. C) Flout. D) Wary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deft. 14. Good-natured; friendly A) Tenure. B) Amiable. C) Current. D) Caption. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amiable. 15. Extremely important or necessary. A) Vital. B) Significant. C) Ambitious. D) Diligent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vital. 16. Which vocabulary word would fit the context of this sentence?The protest group members were arrested for ..... a riot in the neighborhoodof the corporation. A) Forbearing. B) Inciting. C) Reminiscing. D) Bulwarking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inciting. 17. Many spiritual people live an ..... life of prayer, fasting, and helping others. A) Reticent. B) Aesthetic. C) Ascetic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ascetic. 18. In a thousand years, archaeologists will be digging through the ..... of what was once San Francisco. A) Premises. B) Ruins. C) Peruse. D) Platitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ruins. 19. Which word is closest in meaning to "benevolent" ? A) Friendly. B) Mean. C) Harmful. D) Irrelevant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Friendly. 20. Not talking much; reserved A) Prattle. B) Reticent. C) Disdainful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reticent. 21. The couple went to a couple's retreat hoping to re ..... their romance A) Kindle. B) Amicable. C) Perfidious. D) Placid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kindle. 22. It's hard to get a firm decision out of him, he's always going off on a Tangent.What does Tangent mean? A) To stay focused on the main topic. B) To follow a logical sequence of ideas. C) To provide a clear and concise answer. D) Going off the main subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Going off the main subject. 23. Marrying someone after only meeting them the week before could be considered an ..... decision. A) Inane. B) Ineffable. C) Impetuous. D) Indiscriminate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impetuous. 24. Well meaning and kindly A) Candid. B) Dire. C) Ambiguous. D) Benevolent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Benevolent. 25. Childishly sulky or easily irritable A) Petulant. B) Dismay. C) Contend. D) Surly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Petulant. 26. To suffer patiently; to continue on in the face of adversity A) Inversion. B) Teeming. C) Endure. D) Postulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Endure. 27. The state of being prosperous; having wealth and success. A) Inane. B) Remiss. C) Prosperity. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prosperity. 28. What does burgeon mean A) To change color. B) To shrink or diminish slowly. C) To grow or develop rapidly. D) To stay the same size. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To grow or develop rapidly. 29. ..... is anything that can be used to prove something-like the ..... presented in a trial, or the trail of bread crumbs that is ..... of the path Hansel took through the woods. A) Appeal. B) Rhetorical. C) Evidence. D) Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evidence. 30. ..... does not happen often for criminals; the prosecution usually has all of its ducks in a row before going to court. A) Acquittal. B) Viable. C) Tirade. D) Trounce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acquittal. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books