This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A (public) fight or brawl A) Incantation. B) Contemptuous. C) Rife. D) Donnybrook. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Donnybrook. 2. Rise after defeat ..... A) Draconian. B) Karma. C) Resurgent. D) Elapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resurgent. 3. What does the word 'custom' mean? A) To make familiar by use. B) To avoid something. C) To change something completely. D) To follow a tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make familiar by use. 4. Mistaken conviction that is long lasting A) Abdicate. B) Boorish. C) Evoke. D) Delusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Delusion. 5. To berate; lecture ..... A) Myriad. B) Accolade. C) Grandiloquent. D) Harangue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Harangue. 6. Done without care; in a routine fashion A) Perfunctory. B) Precocious. C) Quell. D) Ravenous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perfunctory. 7. Jessica tried to ..... her friends who had started arguing loudly in the hallway. A) Placate. B) Gregarious. C) Ambiguous. D) Negligible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Placate. 8. 1-This excludes all possibility of innate ideas or any faculty akin to ..... reason. A) A. intuitive. B) B. disruptive. C) C. conspicuous. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. intuitive. 9. Urchin A) Waif. B) Wail. C) Wait. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waif. 10. What does "adroit" mean? A) Clumsy. B) Skillful. C) Dangerous. D) Praiseworthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skillful. 11. Detrimental A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 12. The driver's ..... driving as he swerved from lane to lane made me very nervous! A) Compulsion. B) Challenge. C) Erratic. D) Dubious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erratic. 13. What is the definition of the word 'Insipid'? A) Bland or dull. B) Hectic and disorganized. C) Embarrassed. D) Harsh and grating to the ears. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bland or dull. 14. Choose the word that best fits the given definition:'Showing or expressing hostility' A) Hostile. B) Friendly. C) Welcoming. D) Kind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hostile. 15. Amicable A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 16. What does it mean to have "tenacity" ? A) To be stubborn and not give up. B) To be very funny. C) To be very tall. D) To be very quiet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be stubborn and not give up. 17. Which word means talkative? A) Garrulous. B) Bulwark. C) Jettison. D) Hamper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Garrulous. 18. What is an example of frugal behavior? A) Throwing away old clothes. B) Buying clothes on sale. C) Purchasing luxury items. D) Ignoring discounts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buying clothes on sale. 19. The frazzled mom tried to appease her whining children by buying them ice cream. A) To make something unpleasant less severe. B) To help settle differences. C) Put an end to. D) To pacify, to bring peace, quiet, or calm to; to relieve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To pacify, to bring peace, quiet, or calm to; to relieve. 20. Choose the word that best fits: "By paying close attention, you may be able to ..... some information that will elucidate the situation." A) Garner. B) Efface. C) Cajole. D) Bizarre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Garner. 21. The professor asked students to ..... their arguments with evidence rather than relying on personal opinions. A) Emphasize. B) Demonstrate. C) Preclude. D) Undermine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Demonstrate. 22. Which word means wild or disturbing activity? A) Transparent. B) Ineptness. C) Adversity. D) Turbulence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turbulence. 23. Aladdin ..... the genie by rubbing the magic lamp. A) Conjured. B) Relinquished. C) Seceded. D) Banished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conjured. 24. Disposition to be friendly and approachable A) Affability. B) Precarious. C) Benign. D) Reproach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affability. 25. Foul smelling; rotten, rancid, malodorous A) Efficacious. B) Servile. C) Sybaritic. D) Putrid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Putrid. ← 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