This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 54 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 54 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To moderate; soften A) Temper. B) Pliable. C) Rescind. D) Objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temper. 2. The pregnancy test results were ..... , preventing the woman from telling whether or not she was actually pregnant. A) Ambiguous. B) Comprehensive. C) Advantageous. D) Mandated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ambiguous. 3. Given the following scenario, which word best applies? "Despite his reputation for being ..... , Mr. Smith donated a large sum to charity, surprising everyone." A) Penurious. B) Exuberant. C) Didactic. D) Blissful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Penurious. 4. In which sentence is the word 'Ignominious' used correctly? A) He faced an ignominious defeat. B) The ignominious act was praised by the public. C) The ignominious leader was respected by all. D) The team celebrated their ignominious victory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He faced an ignominious defeat. 5. What does "Dissipated" mean? A) Gathered together. B) Scattered or dispersed. C) To lessen the impact of something. D) To clear from blame. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scattered or dispersed. 6. Dr. Simmons was very ..... , with always a smile and a kind word for her patients. A) Congenial. B) Consensus. C) Doldrum. D) Obtuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Congenial. 7. Which word means being able to work, function, or develop adequately? A) Burgeon. B) Viable. C) Adversity. D) Inundate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Viable. 8. Writhing; curving or twisting like a snake A) Contort. B) Acclivity. C) Insinuate. D) Sinuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sinuous. 9. Even though my aunt thinks it is hard to quit smoking, she knows it is a ..... decision to stop the bad habit. A) Garner. B) Prudent. C) Succinct. D) Tenacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prudent. 10. Which of the following is a synonym for "rectify" ? A) Confuse. B) Correct. C) Break. D) Hide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. 11. Which word means the right to vote? A) Suffrage. B) Adversity. C) Stoic. D) Summon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suffrage. 12. Choose the answer which uses assuage correctly. A) If I could assuage your feelings about the upcoming exams, I would. B) The assuage drains into the harbor. C) My mother assuaged my jeans after I ripped them. D) I asked the assuage for advice, but he was no help. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If I could assuage your feelings about the upcoming exams, I would. 13. Incapable of being overcome or solved-impossible A) Penurious. B) Indulgent. C) Insuperable. D) Extraneous. E) Conspicuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insuperable. 14. If you want someone to know how you feel, you should be more ..... when you communicate your feeling to them. A) Implicit. B) Explicit. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explicit. 15. His scholarship was ..... because they found out he cheated. A) Tempered. B) Pliable. C) Rescinded. D) Objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rescinded. 16. The players were ..... and only wanted to run old plays, even when the new one would guarantee them wide open looks. A) Obsinate. B) Transient. C) Sedentary. D) Gregarious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obsinate. 17. Jill is a bully who constantly makes ..... statements about her coworkers. A) Palpable. B) Censorious. C) Extraneous. D) Incoherent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Censorious. 18. Which word means to have a preference? A) Prattle. B) Procrastinate. C) Predilection. D) Prediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predilection. 19. Appropriation vs. Accretion A) Appropriation refers to gradual growth or increase, while accretion refers to taking something for personal use. B) Appropriation refers to taking something for personal use, while accretion refers to gradual growth or increase. C) Appropriation is a legal term for property ownership, while accretion is a financial term for profit. D) Appropriation is a method of saving, while accretion is a type of investment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appropriation refers to taking something for personal use, while accretion refers to gradual growth or increase. 20. What is the meaning of the word root 'bio'? A) Biography. B) Biology. C) Biome. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Life. 21. What does disdain mean? A) Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling ofintense dislike. B) Cause to be distrusted or disbelieved. C) A message that departs from the main subject. D) Quietly and steadily persevering especially indetail or exactness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling ofintense dislike. 22. I couldn't tell if Josh was stuck-up or ..... either way, he never said a word to anyone. A) Exalt. B) Reticent. C) Magnanimous. D) Empathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reticent. 23. Sorrowful; expressing mourning or sadness A) Plaintive. B) Plaint. C) Elegiac. D) Jocular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plaintive. 24. Antagonism A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 25. Choose the word that best matches the definition:Showing little or no emotion or sympathy A) Callous. B) Parsimony. C) Blasphemy. D) Conciliate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Callous. 26. The king decided to ..... in favor of his son. A) Abstain. B) Abdicate. C) Abate. D) Abhor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abdicate. 27. Boring and tiresome A) Sluggish. B) Mitigate, ameliorate. C) Mrs. Alvarez's class. D) Tedious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tedious. 28. Negative and critical; insulting A) Pejorative. B) Negligent. C) Impeccable. D) Malaise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pejorative. 29. Being the first of its kind in a region; primitive, native A) Abate. B) Aboriginal. C) Abhor. D) Abet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aboriginal. 30. A person who is incredulous is one who A) Unbelieving. B) Is a skeptic. C) A doubter. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSat Vocabulary Quiz 1Sat Vocabulary Quiz 2Sat Vocabulary Quiz 3Sat Vocabulary Quiz 4Sat Vocabulary Quiz 5Sat Vocabulary Quiz 6Sat Vocabulary Quiz 7Sat Vocabulary Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books