This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Using context clues, select the best definition for the bolded word:From her tone of voice, he could discern that she was disappointed, even though she said nothing. A) Forget. B) Hide. C) Understand or recognize. D) Announce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understand or recognize. 2. My brother tends to have (a) ideas about life in a perfect paradise. A) Grandeliquent. B) A. quixotic. C) Antiseptic. D) Censorious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. quixotic. 3. Someone who is grandiloquent is: A) Very shy. B) Critical of others. C) Probably bragging or showing off. D) Trenchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Probably bragging or showing off. 4. Outgoing; sociable A) Garrulous. B) Gregarious. C) Inept. D) Infallible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gregarious. 5. Norway and New Zealand are two countries noted for having the most scenic ..... in the world. A) Scrutinize. B) Fjord. C) Blather. D) Martyr. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fjord. 6. To increase in size; enlarge; to appear greater in power A) Amplify. B) Artisan. C) Aggrandize. D) Articulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aggrandize. 7. "Possible to be treated as fact" . Choose the correct vocabulary word that goes with the statement. A) Benign. B) Tangible. C) Belittle. D) Abstract. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tangible. 8. The rain fell steadily over the ..... village as nightfall approached. A) Busy. B) Draconian. C) Docile. D) Dormant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dormant. 9. Drowsy; sleepy A) Soporific. B) Languid. C) Vigilant. D) Somnolent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somnolent. 10. To soothe; to relieve-alleviate A) Exalt. B) Exult. C) Debunk. D) Assuage. E) Avarice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assuage. 11. Umbrage A) A feeling of joy and happiness. B) A sense of injury or insult, to take offense. C) A state of confusion and chaos. D) A form of celebration and festivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sense of injury or insult, to take offense. 12. A synonym for verify is A) Galvanize. B) Corroborate. C) Incite. D) Repudiate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corroborate. 13. To allow ideas to begin/develop in your mind A) Gestate. B) Gesticulate. C) Importunate. D) Rapport. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gestate. 14. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: "Life is a journey, and we are its travelers." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 15. Select the correct definition:wax A) To gradually increase in size or intensity. B) Unreasonable; unscrupulous; excessive. C) Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically. D) Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To gradually increase in size or intensity. 16. While the other teams in the division actively ..... for the championship, this team seems content simply to go through the motions of playing. A) Huh?. B) Sigh. C) Rye. D) Tie. E) Vie. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Vie. 17. The science of the causes and effects of diseases A) Nuance. B) Pathology. C) Nominal. D) Lament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathology. 18. As a political science major writing a thesis paper on the behavior of crowds on voting day, I followed the elections with excitement and interest. A) [NO CHANGE]. B) Stalked. C) Imitated. D) Came after. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) [NO CHANGE]. 19. Harmful, dangerous A) Hostile. B) Candid. C) Galvanizing. D) Egregious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hostile. 20. Referring to the whole of something (as opposed to its parts) A) Consummate. B) Parcel. C) Totality. D) Holistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Holistic. 21. The definition of longevity is ..... A) Long (particularly long life). B) To assign or attribute to someone. C) Without consequence, trivial, doesn't matter. D) To delay, often unnecessarily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long (particularly long life). 22. To have a profound dislike or abhorrence for; to hate. A) Vigilance. B) Detest. C) Bewilder. D) Salient. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Detest. 23. Which word best describes someone who eats too much? A) Misanthrope. B) Glutton. C) Benevolent. D) Reticent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glutton. 24. Harsh in tone; critical or bitter A) Eidetic. B) Vitriolic. C) Innocuous. D) Incongruous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vitriolic. 25. His ..... complexion is a definite indication that he spends all his time indoors. A) Pallid. B) Unequivocal. C) Anecdote. D) Incongruous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pallid. 26. To give in or surrender. A) Aberration. B) Capitulate. C) Deleterious. D) Facetious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capitulate. 27. The range of skills in a particular field or occupation A) Repertoire. B) Brigade. C) Culminate. D) Cynicism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repertoire. 28. Rapid technological advances have rendered many once-essential devices ..... A) resilientB) significantC) obsoleteD) objective A) Resilient. B) Signigicant. C) Obsolete. D) Objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Obsolete. 29. What does it mean to be 'irrational'? A) To be reasonable. B) To be sensible. C) To lack reasoning power. D) To be logical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To lack reasoning power. 30. A heated quarrel A) Allure. B) Ambiance. C) Aloof. D) Altercation. 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