This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does Discord mean? A) A grueling task. B) Disagreement. C) A lack of respect. D) Creation of a problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disagreement. 2. Deserted, abandoned, lonely A) Desolate. B) Monotonous. C) Vulgar. D) Solipsism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desolate. 3. When babysitting an infant, a sitter must be frugal with the needs of the child, especially the need for food, security, and sleep. A) [NO CHANGE]. B) Shrewd about. C) Attentive to. D) Thrifty with. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Attentive to. 4. After he experienced the (a) of his former friends, Greg began eating lunch by himself at the picnic table. A) Meretricious. B) Trenchant. C) Irreverence. D) A. ostracism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. ostracism. 5. Skillful A) Adroit/deft/dexterous. B) Aesthetic. C) Affable/amiable/genial/gregarious. D) Aloof. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adroit/deft/dexterous. 6. To insult; to cause someone to lose dignity or respect A) Demean. B) Vicarious. C) Paucity. D) Affluent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Demean. 7. What is the meaning of the Greek root word 'tele'? A) Small or tiny. B) Far off or distant. C) Loud or noisy. D) Wet or damp. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Far off or distant. 8. Long hours walking his dog Crazy Maisy after school had a(n) ..... effect on Slaten's schoolwork. A) Voluptuary. B) Fabulist. C) Deleterious. D) Premonition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deleterious. 9. Mood, atmosphere ..... A) Cubism. B) Enrage. C) Ambiance. D) Coterie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ambiance. 10. Which word means misfortune or unfavorable happenings? A) Abstracted. B) Adulation. C) Adversity. D) Culpable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adversity. 11. A "talisman" is most closely a: A) Curse. B) Charm. C) Weapon. D) Poison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charm. 12. We used two ropes to ..... the boat to the dock. A) Wane. B) Chasm. C) Tether. D) Aggandize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tether. 13. To arouse or incite A) Dubious. B) Foment. C) Substantiate. D) Postulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foment. 14. Noticeable or important; standing out. A) Aberration. B) Salient. C) Fickle. D) Rectitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salient. 15. Dizziness A) Abdicate. B) Boorish. C) Achromatic. D) Vertigo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertigo. 16. My grandparents fell deeply in love with each other from the moment they met; my grandpa, in particular, always described feeling attentive to my grandma from the first time he saw her. A) [NO CHANGE]. B) Enamored with. C) Armored with. D) Concerned with. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enamored with. 17. To gesture for emphasis A) Gestate. B) Importunate. C) Gesticulate. D) Rapport. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gesticulate. 18. Aesthetic (Noun or adject.)means A) Smugly pleased and self-satisfied. B) A person who is appreciative of art or beauty. C) Concerned with beauty or the appreciation with beauty. D) A new method or idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Concerned with beauty or the appreciation with beauty. 19. Characterized by a feeling of well-being or elation A) Euphoric. B) Evade. C) Bluster. D) Capitulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphoric. 20. The community responded with ..... to the theif who stole from the homeless man. A) Malicious. B) Disdain. C) Apex. D) Bittersweet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disdain. 21. "Submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior" Choose the correct vocabulary word that goes with the statement. A) Heed. B) Tangible. C) Servile. D) Dominant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Servile. 22. Overcrowded; tightly packed; blocked A) Importunate. B) Preferential. C) Insufferable. D) Congested. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Congested. 23. A mouth or opening A) Orifice. B) Concave. C) Hiatus. D) Crevice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Orifice. 24. Don't ..... me with insults. A) Promulgate. B) Postulate. C) Undermine. D) Underscore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Undermine. 25. Fill in the blank: "Many sermons tend to focus on the moral ..... in our time." A) Decadence. B) Imminent. C) Fastidious. D) Hedonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decadence. 26. The extent of the disgraced Mayor's ..... was not limited to bribery and embezzlement ..... A) Malfeasance. B) Neglect. C) Iniquitous. D) Nefarious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malfeasance. 27. Cautious; discreet; exercising good judgement A) Succinct. B) Quell. C) Reproach. D) Prudent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prudent. 28. Recklessness. A) Wantonness. B) Invaluable. C) Monologue. D) Delusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wantonness. 29. Your ..... disrespect earned you a suspension. A) Ensconced. B) Creditable. C) Blatant. D) Absolved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blatant. 30. It means expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations. A) Peripheral. B) Objective. C) Flagrant. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Objective. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books