This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A contiguous line A) Enjoins. B) Separates. C) Breaks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enjoins. 2. A strident person tends to be A) Obnoxious. B) Boisterous. C) Unpleasant. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 3. What does Loquacious mean? A) Rude. B) Lucrative. C) Talkative. D) Snobbish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Talkative. 4. Accolade A) Expression of approval. B) Expression of distrust. C) Expression of surprise. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expression of approval. 5. Select the vocabulary word that best fits in the blank:A ..... argument will change the minds of even the most skeptical audience. A) Cogent. B) Desecrate. C) Sanguine. D) Voracious. E) Sordid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cogent. 6. Using context clues, select the best definition for the bolded word:From her tone of voice, he could discern that she was disappointed, even though she said nothing. A) Forget. B) Hide. C) Understand or recognize. D) Announce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understand or recognize. 7. My brother tends to have (a) ideas about life in a perfect paradise. A) Grandeliquent. B) A. quixotic. C) Antiseptic. D) Censorious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. quixotic. 8. Someone who is grandiloquent is: A) Very shy. B) Critical of others. C) Probably bragging or showing off. D) Trenchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Probably bragging or showing off. 9. Outgoing; sociable A) Garrulous. B) Gregarious. C) Inept. D) Infallible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gregarious. 10. Norway and New Zealand are two countries noted for having the most scenic ..... in the world. A) Scrutinize. B) Fjord. C) Blather. D) Martyr. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fjord. 11. To increase in size; enlarge; to appear greater in power A) Amplify. B) Artisan. C) Aggrandize. D) Articulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aggrandize. 12. "Possible to be treated as fact" . Choose the correct vocabulary word that goes with the statement. A) Benign. B) Tangible. C) Belittle. D) Abstract. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tangible. 13. The rain fell steadily over the ..... village as nightfall approached. A) Busy. B) Draconian. C) Docile. D) Dormant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dormant. 14. Drowsy; sleepy A) Soporific. B) Languid. C) Vigilant. D) Somnolent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somnolent. 15. To soothe; to relieve-alleviate A) Exalt. B) Exult. C) Debunk. D) Assuage. E) Avarice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assuage. 16. Umbrage A) A feeling of joy and happiness. B) A sense of injury or insult, to take offense. C) A state of confusion and chaos. D) A form of celebration and festivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sense of injury or insult, to take offense. 17. A synonym for verify is A) Galvanize. B) Corroborate. C) Incite. D) Repudiate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corroborate. 18. To allow ideas to begin/develop in your mind A) Gestate. B) Gesticulate. C) Importunate. D) Rapport. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gestate. 19. Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: "Life is a journey, and we are its travelers." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 20. Select the correct definition:wax A) To gradually increase in size or intensity. B) Unreasonable; unscrupulous; excessive. C) Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically. D) Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To gradually increase in size or intensity. 21. While the other teams in the division actively ..... for the championship, this team seems content simply to go through the motions of playing. A) Huh?. B) Sigh. C) Rye. D) Tie. E) Vie. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Vie. 22. The science of the causes and effects of diseases A) Nuance. B) Pathology. C) Nominal. D) Lament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathology. 23. As a political science major writing a thesis paper on the behavior of crowds on voting day, I followed the elections with excitement and interest. A) [NO CHANGE]. B) Stalked. C) Imitated. D) Came after. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) [NO CHANGE]. 24. Harmful, dangerous A) Hostile. B) Candid. C) Galvanizing. D) Egregious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hostile. 25. Referring to the whole of something (as opposed to its parts) A) Consummate. B) Parcel. C) Totality. D) Holistic. 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