This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary Challenge – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Challenge Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Find the synonym for squirm ..... A) Obliterate. B) Writhe. C) Deity. D) Parse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Writhe. 2. Choose the word that best fits the sentence:The scientist's theory was considered ..... by his peers, as it challenged the established norms. A) Innovative. B) Obsolete. C) Redundant. D) Trivial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Innovative. 3. To destroy; to break down into nothing; to eliminate A) Handwriting. B) Obliterate. C) Necessitate. D) Parse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Obliterate. 4. Although his methods seemed strange at first, the teacher's idiosyncratic approach to literature-using music and improv-ultimately helped students connect more deeply with the material. A) Controversial. B) Confusing. C) Unusual. D) Ineffective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unusual. 5. To sink a ship by creating a hole or holes in the ship beneath the water line; also to destroy or wreck A) Scuttle. B) Malady. C) Nestle. D) Writhe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scuttle. 6. Find an antonym for one-sided ..... A) Kernel. B) Thearchy. C) Queue. D) Bilateral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bilateral. 7. When asked whether he supported the new policy, the mayor gave an equivocal response, praising the effort without clearly stating his position. A) Enthusiastic. B) Honest. C) Dismissive. D) Ambiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ambiguous. 8. To cheat; to gain something dishonestly, as through a lie, deception, or confidence game A) Deity. B) Defraud. C) Aspire. D) Queue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Defraud. 9. A permanency; a person or thing remaining fixed, in the same position A) Elude. B) Fixture. C) Havoc. D) Handwriting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fixture. 10. TRUE OR FALSE:Portent means-something that foreshadows a coming event:OMEN, SIGN A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 11. Find the synonym for require ..... A) Elude. B) Necessitate. C) Scuttle. D) Malady. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Necessitate. 12. Which word means a spear, spike, or javelin? A) Err. B) Lance. C) Decathlon. D) Obscure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lance. 13. The film's strength lay not in its plot but in its nuanced depiction of sibling rivalry-showing how love, resentment, and loyalty could all coexist in a single look. A) Vague. B) Emoitonal. C) Complicated. D) Subtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subtle. 14. Provide an antonym for 'exacerbate'. A) Alleviate. B) Ameliorate. C) Worsen. D) Mitigate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alleviate. 15. It was a fortuitous coincidence that Emma missed the bus that morning-had she been on time, she would have been caught in the accident that occurred just minutes later. A) Unfortunate. B) Accidental. C) Suspicious. D) Tragic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accidental. 16. Broach A) Start to dive. B) Start to drown. C) Start to drop. D) Start to discuss. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Start to discuss. 17. Hoary A) Modern. B) Aging. C) Recent. D) New. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aging. 18. To move uncomfortably; to twist around, especially to express pain A) Aspire. B) Writhe. C) Queue. D) Ravenous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Writhe. 19. Chaos or large-scale destruction A) Handwriting. B) Havoc. C) Malady. D) Obliterate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Havoc. 20. After hours of questioning, the defendant's story began to fall apart, and the jury quickly saw that it was untenable under scrutiny. A) Unsustainable. B) Well-supported. C) Dramatic. D) Innovative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unsustainable. 21. Wince A) Nonstop. B) Standing out, renowned. C) Dissatisfied, unhappy person. D) To flinch, to shrink back. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To flinch, to shrink back. 22. If you are adept at something, what does this mean? A) You are skilled at something. B) You are interested in something. C) You are discussing something. D) You are late for something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You are skilled at something. 23. Deference A) Animosity. B) Respect. C) Antipathy. D) Enmity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Respect. 24. What can a person aspire to? A) Loneliness. B) Greatness. C) Fun. D) Confusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greatness. 25. A synonym for "concur" is agree. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 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