This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 11 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence uses the word "rectify" correctly? A) The teacher needs more money to rectify the issue of not having enough books. B) Allowing more kids into the school will rectify the issue of overcrowding. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teacher needs more money to rectify the issue of not having enough books. 2. If John Smith wants to win the election, he will have to mollify the voters he angered during last week's debate. A) To calm or soothe. B) To put an end to. C) To make or become less severe; to lessen pain or damage. D) To make something unpleasant less severe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To calm or soothe. 3. The calculator rapidly ..... the mechanical adding machine. A) Affluent. B) Indigenous. C) Antiquated. D) Vicarious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antiquated. 4. To remove or delete objectionable parts of a book A) Rustic. B) Bucolic. C) Bowdlerize. D) Pastoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bowdlerize. 5. Fill in the blank. How ..... of you to tell everyone that you have a summer house in France and a winter home in Florida. A) Pragmatic. B) Precocious. C) Pretentious. D) Procrastinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pretentious. 6. The ..... of the palace was very impressive; it was covered in gold! A) Orator. B) Mundane. C) Opulence. D) Lobbyist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opulence. 7. Select the word that best fills in the blank.The ..... Christmas tree was so fancy, it received an award. A) Fortitude. B) Collaborate. C) Fortuitous. D) Florid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Florid. 8. What does digression mean? A) Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike. B) Cause to be distrusted or disbelieved. C) Leaving the main subject or topic. D) Quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leaving the main subject or topic. 9. Daily activities of people who do not serve in the military or work as police officers or firefighters (a) A) A. civilian. B) Advocate. C) Civil. D) Succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. civilian. 10. Choose the word that best fits the given definition:'Having or showing tact' A) Polite. B) Impolite. C) Empathetic. D) Rude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Empathetic. 11. Going before, preceding A) Appalling. B) Aptitude. C) Alienate. D) Antecedent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antecedent. 12. Fill in the blank:The ..... Mrs. Jones celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday. A) Venerable. B) Wary. C) Tenacious. D) Tactful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Venerable. 13. Fame in the world of rock and pop is largely ..... A) Indigenous. B) Ephemeral. C) Specious. D) Morbid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ephemeral. 14. Select the correct definition:indignant A) Feeling anger over a perceived injustice. B) Two things that are fundamentally different. C) Determined by impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason. D) Tastelessly showy; cheap and shoddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feeling anger over a perceived injustice. 15. To twist, wrench, or bend severely out of shape (sometimes one's body) A) Distort. B) Proclivity. C) Diverge. D) Contort. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contort. 16. Fill in the blank:His views on technology are so ..... that he refuses to use a smartphone. A) Altruistic. B) Modern. C) Antediluvian. D) Innovative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antediluvian. 17. To make amends for; to atone A) Foist. B) Expiate. C) Disconcert. D) Comprise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Expiate. 18. Which sentence best illustrates the meaning of 'altruistic'? A) She donated her entire bonus to charity, showing her altruistic nature. B) He kept all the profits for himself, proving his altruistic tendencies. C) Her altruistic behavior was evident when she refused to help anyone. D) His altruistic actions were questioned when he demanded recognition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She donated her entire bonus to charity, showing her altruistic nature. 19. Recalling the past ..... A) Milieu. B) Histrionic. C) Reminisce. D) Arduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reminisce. 20. Intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous A) Insidious. B) Blithe. C) Dour. D) Opulent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insidious. 21. Match each vocabulary word from the word bank with the correct definition. Word Bank:abate, conspicuous, abundant, pervasive, adhere, ambivalent, buttress, abet, abhor, verisimilitude7 ..... :to aid, act as an accomplice A) Abet. B) Abhor. C) Adherent. D) Abundant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abet. 22. Passion; excessive devotion A) Fanaticism. B) Glutton. C) Invoke. D) Maudlin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fanaticism. 23. Choose the correct definition:adulation A) (n) high praise. B) (v) to improve, bring a greater level of intensity. C) (adj) happening by luck. D) (adj) relating to prose; dull, commonplace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (n) high praise. 24. Choose the word that best matches the definition:Careful or extreme unwillingness to spend money A) Adulation. B) Squander. C) Parsimony. D) Discern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parsimony. 25. Enamored A) Marked by unreasonable foolishness. B) Lacking interest or significance in impact. C) Being near the surface. D) Correct behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marked by unreasonable foolishness. ← 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