This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 9 (30 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 spread or increase. B) To fade away or cause something to disappear. C) To guess based on limited information. D) To speak badly about someone or something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To speak badly about someone or something. 2. Stacy was the Engender of the deadly virus.What does Engender mean. A) Problem. B) Happen. C) The cause. D) Answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cause. 3. To make something worse by adding to it. A) Complementary. B) Compound. C) Consensus. D) Conflated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 4. The house was cold because someone accidentally left the window ..... A) Also-ran. B) Ajar. C) Alternative. D) Aloof. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ajar. 5. Very skilled or proficient at something A) Clout. B) Adept. C) Taut. D) Petulant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Conceive. B) Promulgate. C) Omnipotent. D) Demur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Super Bowl parties. B) Drivers Ed tests. C) Funerals. D) Parent-Teacher conferences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Super Bowl parties. 11. If something is described as attributable to genetics, it is ..... A) Acquired. B) Taught. C) Artificial. D) Innate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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) Hidden. B) Discussed. C) Extended. D) Coated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extended. 14. Doubtful; uneasy or fearful about something that might happen A) Discerning. B) Anecdote. C) Apprehensive. D) Contemplate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apprehensive. 15. The plaintiffs declined to comment for this story.What does plaintiffs mean? A) Petitioner (in court of law). B) People who are witnesses in a lawsuit. C) People who are responsible for a crime. D) People who are being sued. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Petitioner (in court of law). 16. The ..... task of cutting down all of the trees took the men all day. A) Benevolent. B) Antagonistic. C) Arcane. D) Arduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arduous. 17. Sometimes foolish, simple or childlike; unaware A) Obsolete. B) Reticent. C) Menacing. D) Naive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Naive. 18. The idea that the same ethical standards are applied to everyone A) Omnipotent. B) Impartiality. C) Abysmal. D) Ferocity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impartiality. 19. Ever since he was a young child, the astronaut was interested in outer space and ..... objects. A) Celestial. B) Malicious. C) Loquacious. D) Morbid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Querulous. B) Magnanimous. C) Sychophant. D) Assiduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magnanimous. 23. The synonym of '' reliance '' is ..... A) Dependence. B) Effectiveness. C) Sufficiency. D) Independence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependence. 24. The social unrest that ..... the French Revolution A) Adverse. B) Adumbrate. C) Accretion. D) Acumen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Violent. C) Stormy. D) Chaotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chaotic. 26. The development of events beyond a person's control. A) Displace. B) Piety. C) Violate. 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) Maybe. C) Yes. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes. 28. A burst of gunfire or sudden release of force. A) Salvo. B) Abdicate. C) Skirmish. D) Fortify. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salvo. 29. Feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems. A) Wary. B) Connive. C) Diligent. D) Connive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wary. 30. OBDURATE most nearly means ..... A) Lasts forever. B) Stubbornly refuse to change opinion. C) Easily change opinion. D) Short duration. 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