This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To assure that he left no clues, the thief ..... his fingerprints from the stolen car. A) Effective. B) Dormant. C) Draconian. D) Effaced. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Effaced. 2. Match each vocabulary word from the word bank with the correct definition. Word Bank:abate, conspicuous, abundant, pervasive, adhere, ambivalent, buttress, abet, abhor, verisimilitude1 ..... :existing or available in large quantities; plentiful A) Abundant. B) Abhor. C) Conspicuous. D) Adhere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abundant. 3. All his life, Arnold ..... to earn a million dollars, but he was unhappy when he finally did. A) Aspired. B) Expired. C) Inflated. D) Ventilated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aspired. 4. Select the best definition of ameliorate. A) Undecided. B) An act of charity or kindness. C) To show intolerance. D) To make better. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make better. 5. Eat your cereal so you'll grow up and be ..... like your father. A) Cerebral. B) Incongruous. C) Expunge. D) Chattel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cerebral. 6. What does bombastic mean A) Of an extraordinary size or degree. B) A long, angry, and impassioned speech. C) High-sounding but with little meaning. D) Vehement or clamorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High-sounding but with little meaning. 7. Jaguars are ..... so they wait until dawn or dusk to hunt their prey. A) Headstrong. B) Crepuscular. C) Enunciation. D) Blithe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crepuscular. 8. Antipathy A) A strong affection or love for something. B) A deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion. C) A neutral stance towards a subject. D) An intense desire to achieve something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion. 9. Avoiding waste A) Frugal. B) Fraught. C) Hackneyed. D) Haughty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frugal. 10. Abridge A) To lengthen and elaborate. B) To shorten, condense, to diminish. C) To clarify and explain. D) To complicate and confuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To shorten, condense, to diminish. 11. To draw a conclusion A) Deduce. B) Abduction. C) Avert. D) Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deduce. 12. "The sudden cold weather was an (a) from the usual warm summer." A) A. aberration. B) Capitulate. C) Deleterious. D) Facetious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. aberration. 13. An evil or wicked act; a sin or abomination A) Talisman. B) Iniquity. C) Usurp. D) Scapegoat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iniquity. 14. The boss was about to fire him but he gave Jack a ..... by giving him time to improve. A) Tawdry. B) Absolution. C) Reprieve. D) Creditable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reprieve. 15. A minor sin or fault; a trifling wrongdoing A) Contemtuous. B) Detest. C) Peccadillo. D) Inconceivable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peccadillo. 16. Which of the following is a synonym for "sanguine" ? A) Optimistic. B) Pessimistic. C) Neutral. D) Anxious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Optimistic. 17. Army unit smaller than a division A) Brigade. B) Pfennig. C) Diminutive. D) Cynicism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brigade. 18. If a person is disgraceful and deserves condemnation, he is being ..... A) Infallible. B) Scrupulous. C) Reprehensible. D) Gullible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reprehensible. 19. Plethora A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 20. The opponents argued with so much information that the votes became ..... and were unable to vote. A) Exalt. B) Ambivalent. C) Tenacious. D) Reticent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ambivalent. 21. Inactive or slow-moving A) Sluggish. B) Menacing. C) Tedious. D) Rectify. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sluggish. 22. (adjective) agreeable, responsible to authority, pleasant, willing to give in to the wishes of another A) Ambiance. B) Amendable. C) Amplify. D) Antecedent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amendable. 23. What is the meaning of 'trenchant'? A) Critical of others. B) Clean or pure. C) Vigorous in expression. D) Exclusion from a group. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vigorous in expression. 24. No one wants to be around a braggart because all they talk about is ..... A) Classic literature. B) How terrible the weather is. C) School. D) How great they are. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How great they are. 25. Pragmatic A) Dealing with things sensibly and realistically based on practical considerations. B) Focusing on theoretical concepts without practical application. C) Making decisions based solely on emotions and feelings. D) Ignoring practical aspects in favor of idealism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dealing with things sensibly and realistically based on practical considerations. 26. Musical group, troupe, band, ..... A) Ensemble. B) Elfin. C) Wane. D) Also-ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ensemble. 27. A historian is researching the fall of a civilization and notes its moral and cultural decline. Which vocabulary word best describes this situation? A) Decadence. B) Imminent. C) Fastidious. D) Garner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decadence. 28. Choose the vocabulary word that means:(v) surround and have or hold within A) Encompass. B) Amputation. C) Consolidate. D) Entail. E) Inaugural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Encompass. 29. A subtle difference in meaning A) Imprudent. B) Nuance. C) Inversion. D) Desolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuance. 30. The home had a farmhouse ..... A) Deference. B) Objectivity. C) Aesthetic. D) Feasible. 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