This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 32 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ..... acts committed by the antagonist in the film left the audience feeling disturbed and outraged. A) Abject. B) Abet. C) Abominable. D) Abolish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abominable. 2. Synonym for "alleviate" A) Intensify. B) Aggravate. C) Fickle. D) Relieve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Relieve. 3. Select the correct vocabulary word for the followiong definition:having never been done or known before; novel A) Mesmerized. B) Precedent. C) Unprecedented. D) Unnerve. E) Vie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unprecedented. 4. What does it mean to 'fabricate' something? A) To predict. B) To invent or construct. C) The operation of two or more things at the same time. D) Be a typical example of. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To invent or construct. 5. The Grand Canyon is on gigantic ..... A) Crevice. B) Chasm. C) Chattel. D) Chronic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chasm. 6. What is an example of a diplomatic action? A) Shouting at both parties. B) Negotiating a peaceful solution. C) Walking away from the conflict. D) Taking sides in an argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negotiating a peaceful solution. 7. To harm someone's reputation A) Defame. B) Scrutinize. C) Apathy. D) Emacitated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Defame. 8. The ..... of the native Florida panther is in the Everglades and South Central Florida. A) Dulcet. B) Dormant. C) Efface. D) Domain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Domain. 9. What does deplore mean? A) Deny. B) Regret. C) Describe. D) Rise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regret. 10. The lack of rain makes the ground is to ..... for any crops to grow. A) Arid. B) Asylum. C) Benevolent. D) Amicable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arid. 11. Which of the following best explains the difference between "euphony" and "vacuous" ? A) Euphony refers to pleasing sounds; vacuous means lacking ideas or intelligence. B) Both refer to being generous. C) Euphony means evil; vacuous means happy. D) Both mean noisy and aggressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphony refers to pleasing sounds; vacuous means lacking ideas or intelligence. 12. Arcane (adj.) A) Obscure, secret, known only by a few. B) Common and widely understood. C) Easily accessible and clear. D) Bright and colorful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obscure, secret, known only by a few. 13. Beard does ..... the tendency of both academics and popular authors to present speculation as historical truth. A) Antagonize. B) Admonish. C) Adept. D) Abysmal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Admonish. 14. Which word means "to tie down to limit movement" ? A) Tether. B) Aggrandize. C) Ensemble. D) Elfin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tether. 15. Showing self-restraint; careful; sneaky, unnoticeable A) Strident. B) Gullible. C) Discreet. D) Discrete. E) Anarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discreet. 16. This word means to mock publicly A) Acquiesce. B) Lampoon. C) Deride. D) Temerity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lampoon. 17. Choose the vocabulary word that means:(v) to turn on; to adapt or improve by adjusting or modifying something A) Intuition. B) Pivot. C) Jockey. D) Rejuvenate. E) Microcosm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pivot. 18. What is the definition of disperse (v)? A) To drive away. B) To scatter in various directions. C) To condemn, to expose. D) To object. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To scatter in various directions. 19. The employees were so ..... No one was willing to stick around for long because the manager was so terrible. A) Transient. B) Obstinate. C) Sedentary. D) Placate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transient. 20. Relating to a thing's basic nature; inborn or innate A) Intrinsic. B) Sybaritic. C) Apocryphal. D) Kudos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intrinsic. 21. Wise; able to discern with wise perception A) Talisman. B) Pastoral. C) Recoil. D) Sagacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sagacious. 22. What does Rash mean? A) To do unwillingly. B) To accomplish right away. C) Undecided or unable to decide. D) Without attention to danger or risk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Without attention to danger or risk. 23. To inspect carefully A) Scrutinize. B) Myriad. C) Covert. D) Emaiciated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scrutinize. 24. (verb) to lower in quality, character, or value A) Decree. B) Deduce. C) Defame. D) Debase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Debase. 25. Tractable A) Obedient; dutiful; polite. B) Strong; healthi; tough. C) Inactive; lazy; stagnant. D) Filled of (usually full of holes). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obedient; dutiful; polite. 26. The judge ordered the clerk to ..... the lawyer's statement from the record. A) Cacophony. B) Lament. C) Austere. D) Expunge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expunge. 27. At this point during the election campaign, who SIDES WITH THE MAJORITY is rather nebulous. A) Poopular. B) Predominant. C) Pestilent. D) Popular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Popular. 28. Changeable; volatile A) Ignominious. B) Ostentatious. C) Lurid. D) Mercurial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mercurial. 29. (noun) going before; preceding; an occurrence or event preceding another A) Anterior. B) Appalling. C) Aptitude. D) Antecedent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antecedent. 30. Anathema A) A cherished belief or value. B) Something or someone that one vehemently dislikes. C) A popular trend or fashion. D) A type of artistic expression. 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