This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 40 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 40 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He seems to have a ..... problem with keeping a job. A) Perennial. B) Paradoxical. C) Ploy. D) Rankle. E) Relegate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perennial. 2. Select the correct definition of the wordinsipid A) To wander aimlessly. B) A deep, long-lasting sadness. C) A witty saying or remark. D) Dull and interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dull and interesting. 3. Dismay, concern, shock, bewilderment A) Flippancy. B) Disconcert. C) Anomaly. D) Consternation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consternation. 4. Assuage (v.) A) To ease, pacify. B) To provoke, incite. C) To ignore, neglect. D) To confuse, bewilder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To ease, pacify. 5. Fill in the blank:The friendship was so ..... ; we never talked about anything really deep. A) Transient. B) Superficial. C) Superfluous. D) Tactful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Superficial. 6. Violent or loud A) Tumultuous. B) Animosity. C) Detrimental. D) Pang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tumultuous. 7. Unconnected, separate; distinct-unrelated A) Strident. B) Gullible. C) Discreet. D) Discrete. E) Anarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Discrete. 8. It's a point of sheer ..... that the very problem he was trying to solve was being manifold exacerbated by his every attempt at abating it. A) Ridicule. B) Catastrophe. C) Irony. D) Malice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 9. Which of the following words is synonymous with 'eccentric'? A) Average. B) Similar. C) Normal. D) Quirky. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quirky. 10. When traveling through an area with many pickpockets, regardless of police presence and other security measures, you must stay attentive-no one can warranty the safety of your belongings better than yourself. A) [NO CHANGE]. B) Underwrite. C) Swear. D) Guarantee. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guarantee. 11. Happening by luck or chance; fortunate A) Auspicious. B) Fortuitous. C) Propitiate. D) Consort. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fortuitous. 12. Even though Jake was a millionaire, he avoided hanging out with ..... people who liked to flaunt their wealth. A) Presumptuous. B) Pretentious. C) Scrupulous. D) Incongruous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pretentious. 13. I'd like, if I may, to relate a small ..... A) Anecdote. B) Protege. C) Veneer. D) Archive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 14. (verb) to come to a conclusion by reasoning from the evidence A) Defame. B) Deduce. C) Deft. D) Demagogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deduce. 15. She bowed because she had great ..... for the queen. A) Nuance. B) Fiscal. C) Deference. D) Objectivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deference. 16. Cautious, restrict, limit action, to draw a line around A) Circumscribe. B) Confounded. C) Charlatan. D) Circumspect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circumscribe. 17. To be languid is to A) Be fluid in many languages. B) Have a deadening disposition. C) Be lacking something. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have a deadening disposition. 18. With the ..... of AI robotics in the household, life was verily changed forever. A) Despotic. B) Servile. C) Unravelling. D) Advent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Advent. 19. Marauder A) Raider, intruder. B) Defender. C) Guardian. D) Bystander. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raider, intruder. 20. A lack, scarcity A) Dearth. B) Garrulous. C) Hallowed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dearth. 21. Emmy is (a) at computing math problems in her head A) A. adept. B) Derelict. C) Dubious. D) Fickle. E) Erratic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. adept. 22. Which word is synonymous with being dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight A) Jubilation. B) Mundane. C) Parched. D) Longevity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parched. 23. Appraise(v) (e.g., A realtor will come over tonight to appraise our house.) A) To assess the worth or value of. B) To decorate or enhance the appearance of. C) To evaluate the performance of an employee. D) To predict future trends based on data. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To assess the worth or value of. 24. Which word means to sprout or newly emerge? A) Adulation. B) Burgeon. C) Chimera. D) Inundate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burgeon. 25. To ..... the tide of applications, the prestigious Ivy requires that each applicant score at least 2100 on the SAT. A) Stem. B) Insolvent. C) Affluent. D) Belittle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stem. 26. Firm; unwilling to give in A) Adament. B) Avid. C) Debacle. D) Obsolete. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adament. 27. Fill in the blank:Capable of being felt is described as ..... A) Demure. B) Tangible. C) Redress. D) Imminent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tangible. 28. What does it mean to 'establish' something? A) To form a theory. B) To set up or show to be true. C) To synchronize. D) To predict something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To set up or show to be true. 29. Because of his shyness, he had the reputation of being unapproachable. A) Affable. B) Admonish. C) Adroit. D) Aloof. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aloof. 30. You need to get to class ..... so that you're not marked late. A) Creditable. B) Tawdry. C) Hastily. D) Blatantly. 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