This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What part of speech is the word "inexorable" ? A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 2. If someone is described as "parsimonious, " what are they likely to do? A) Spend money freely. B) Be stingy and unwilling to spend. C) Eat excessively. D) Teach others. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be stingy and unwilling to spend. 3. What is the definition of the word 'Imminent'? A) Hectic and disorganized. B) Joking in a clumsy or inappropriate manner. C) About to take place. D) Embarrassed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) About to take place. 4. Illogical; incomprehensible A) Incoherent. B) Fastidious. C) Inept. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incoherent. 5. Belonging to an earlier time, outdated A) Aptitude. B) Appalling. C) Arduous. D) Archaic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Archaic. 6. The sudden and ..... ending of the meeting left many participants confused. A) Conventional. B) Prevalent. C) Abrupt. D) Resilient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abrupt. 7. More than sufficient; roomy A) Anomaly. B) Ancestry. C) Apathy. D) Ample. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ample. 8. Select the vocabulary word that best fits in the blank:Dementia was causing the old man to become increasingly ..... and difficult to care for. A) Profuse. B) Pugnacious. C) Vindictive. D) Cogent. E) Sanguine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pugnacious. 9. The ability to anticipate future happenings or to plan for the future A) Hypocrisy. B) Foresight. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foresight. 10. 1-I guess mostly I just feel ..... by the displays of strength and by the inability to expect what to come . A) A. Ingenious. B) B. Intuitive. C) C. intimidated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. intimidated. 11. Milk is often considered the perfect ..... to cereal, though other liquids have become popular choices in recent years. A) Compliment. B) Supplement. C) Choice. D) Balance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Supplement. 12. Someone who consumes too much food or drink; gorger A) Enhance. B) Glutton. C) Obscure. D) Engender. E) Delineate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glutton. 13. Because of your ..... performance, we're going to have to fire you. A) Headstrong. B) Lackluster. C) Enunciation. D) Blithe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lackluster. 14. Obsolete A) A desire to atone for wrongdoing. B) No longer used or useful. C) To come together, to meet. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No longer used or useful. 15. Condone (Verb) means A) To forgive or overlook an offense or wrongdoing. B) Not harmful or offensive. C) Seemingly or apparently likely. D) Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To forgive or overlook an offense or wrongdoing. 16. Deciding on which college or university to attend can be a ..... decision for most seniors. A) Malicious. B) Momentous. C) Disdain. D) Nuance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Momentous. 17. What is the meaning of the word "penurious" ? A) Generous and giving. B) Penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous. C) Extremely happy. D) Noisy and aggressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous. 18. Fill in the blank. The business was so ..... , everyone wanted to invest their money. A) Provocative. B) Prudent. C) Prosperous. D) Rancorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prosperous. 19. If someone says they have an infinite amount of time, they mean A) Time is not an issue. B) They're free. C) Time is on their side. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. What is the correct definition of "writhe" ? A) To destroy. B) To move uncomfortably. C) To drink a liquid. D) To escape from someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To move uncomfortably. 21. Extol A) Exterminate. B) Praise. C) Pay taxes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Praise. 22. Charmingly rural-rustic A) Laud. B) Induce. C) Abridge. D) Bucolic. E) Belabor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bucolic. 23. What feeling do people have when good things concur? A) Sadness. B) Happiness. C) Anger. D) Indifference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Happiness. 24. James ..... walked into the room wearing a cheerleader's outfit; just begging for attention. A) Mundanely. B) Ostentatiously. C) Opulently. D) Perfidiously. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ostentatiously. 25. Dark, unknown; hard to understand; ambiguous A) Enhance. B) Glutton. C) Obscure. D) Engender. E) Delineate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Obscure. 26. A new dress code policy would compound, not ..... , the school's current issues. A) Ameliorate. B) Altruistic. C) Abstruse. D) Baleful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ameliorate. 27. The use of many words unnecessarily A) Verbiage. B) Impetuous. C) Stigma. D) Terminate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbiage. 28. The trick-or-treaters hoped that the approaching clowns were ..... and not terrifying. A) Benevolent. B) Malicious. C) Antagonism. D) Lament. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benevolent. 29. An obstruction or impediment; something that blocks progress A) Hindrance. B) Elasticity. C) Chattel. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hindrance. 30. To hint at; to suggest in an indirect way A) Distort. B) Insinuate. C) Converge. D) Implicit. 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