This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Only ten years ago, being an avid reader and a traveler meant carrying a ..... backpack stuffed with books ..... these days we need only an e-reader. A) Candidness. B) Derisive. C) Cumbersome. D) Reprobate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cumbersome. 2. What is the meaning of the word 'malicious'? A) Having the intention to help and support others. B) Being indifferent towards others. C) Having the intention to harm or cause trouble to others. D) Having good intentions towards others. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having the intention to harm or cause trouble to others. 3. Of little value; gaudy A) Credible. B) Tawdry. C) Absolution. D) Obdurate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tawdry. 4. Easily fooled A) Unorthodox. B) Vacillating. C) Philanthropy. D) Gullible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gullible. 5. How did Susan's tenacious efforts help her? A) She won the admiration of her teacher. B) She lost her homework. C) She became a famous singer. D) She traveled the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She won the admiration of her teacher. 6. Unadorned, stern ..... A) Aloof. B) Austere. C) Bulwark. D) Cacophony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Austere. 7. Flexible; not stubborn A) Objective. B) Pliable. C) Enunciation. D) Crepuscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pliable. 8. Special advantage or special power A) Adequate. B) Bittersweet. C) Clout. D) Devise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clout. 9. To appease, soothe, or satisfy A) Propitiate. B) Propitious. C) Fortuitous. D) Destine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Propitiate. 10. Very bold, daring A) Archaic. B) Ascetic. C) Audacious. D) Auspicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Audacious. 11. There is a ..... of jobs hiring today that require menial skills, since most jobs have either been automated or outsourced. A) Indigenous. B) Paucity. C) Stem. D) Affluent. E) Demean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paucity. 12. To strongly dislike, loath A) Abut. B) Abyss. C) Abominate. D) Affinity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abominate. 13. What word means concerned with practical matters? A) Pragmatic. B) Precocious. C) Pretentious. D) Procrastinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pragmatic. 14. The waiter tips for the day were lousy. A) Waiters'. B) Waiters. C) Waiter's. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Waiter's. 15. Select the word that best fills in the blank.The man hoped to ..... a strong work ethic in his son so he gave him a job on the weekends. A) Clairvoyant. B) Foster. C) Compassion. D) Forbearance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foster. 16. Resembling a dream A) Surreal. B) Precarious. C) Obligatory. D) Tamper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surreal. 17. What word means:Hate A) Wary. B) Vindicate. C) Superfluous. D) Abhor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abhor. 18. The act of giving or bestowing; a formal offer A) Rapport. B) Euphoria. C) Gestate. D) Conferment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conferment. 19. Pertaining to a pig ..... A) Porcine. B) Reminisce. C) Beleaguer. D) Bludgeon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Porcine. 20. To create a more equitable society, we must find ways to ..... outdated laws that perpetuate inequality. A) Abhor. B) Abet. C) Abominable. D) Abolish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abolish. 21. Give me a truly ..... reason why you're late and not the flimsy excuse you usually give. A) Plausible. B) Tawdry. C) Blatant. D) Absolved. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plausible. 22. What does obsequious mean? A) Truthfully praising other people. B) Being disobedient towards elders. C) Being rude to people. D) Flattery of influential people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flattery of influential people. 23. Choose the vocabulary word that means:(v) struggle by every available means to gain or achieve something A) Intuition. B) Pivot. C) Jockey. D) Rejuvenate. E) Microcosm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jockey. 24. All of the following could be considered as synonyms for the word "expound" except ..... A) Elaborate. B) Clarify. C) Confuse. D) Express. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confuse. 25. Strong dislike A) Anomaly/atypical. B) Antecedent/forerunner. C) Antipathy/ animosity. D) Antithesis/ antipodal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antipathy/ animosity. Next →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSat Vocabulary Quiz 2Sat Vocabulary Quiz 3Sat Vocabulary Quiz 4Sat Vocabulary Quiz 5Sat Vocabulary Quiz 6Sat Vocabulary Quiz 7Sat Vocabulary Quiz 8Sat Vocabulary Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books