This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 43 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 43 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The bank held a ..... mortgage on all of our office equipment, chairs, computers, and even our clock. A) Chattel. B) Chide. C) Circa. D) Citadel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chattel. 2. Authoritative or unconditional; "the final say" A) Peremptory. B) Patronizing. C) Abstemious. D) Vacillate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peremptory. 3. When a conversation ..... , two people are no longer discussing the topic at hand. A) Feigns. B) Burgeons. C) Digresses. D) Revives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Digresses. 4. When someone has mixed feelings about something, they are said to be ..... A) Ambivalent. B) Apprehensive. C) Undecided. D) Arbitrary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ambivalent. 5. Eager to fight; belligerent A) Nefarious. B) Obliterate. C) Vernacular. D) Querulous. E) Pugnacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Pugnacious. 6. (adjective) filling with dismay; causing horror or consternation A) Anterior. B) Appalling. C) Aptitude. D) Archaic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appalling. 7. Sycophancy A) False praise. B) Musical infancy. C) Religious infancy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False praise. 8. What is the definition of the word 'Abashed'? A) Reserved and tactful. B) Bland or dull. C) Embarrassed. D) Hectic and disorganized. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Embarrassed. 9. "Treat or speak of with contempt" . Choose the correct vocabulary word that goes with the statement. A) Deride. B) Admire. C) Prosaic. D) Retract. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deride. 10. Stingy, relating to great poverty-tight A) Penurious. B) Indulgent. C) Insuperable. D) Extraneous. E) Conspicuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Penurious. 11. Due to the ..... stories she heard about his behavior, she refused to hire him. A) Creditable. B) Ensconsed. C) Tawdry. D) Obdurate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tawdry. 12. Fill in the blank. The bumpy ride left her feeling ..... and in a bad mood. A) Prosaic. B) Prudent. C) Querulous. D) Mundane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Querulous. 13. Fill in the blank:The dialogue between the two academics ..... into a downright bitter argument. A) Debased. B) Degraded. C) Devolved. D) Besieged. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Devolved. 14. Life can seem boring and mundane sometimes, but you have to look around and see what makes it special. A) Full of life; exciting. B) Hopeful. C) Tiresome; unhappy. D) Commonplace; ordinary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commonplace; ordinary. 15. Which word means to be lenient towards oneself A) Inundate. B) Ineptness. C) Ingrate. D) Indulgent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indulgent. 16. The highest point of attainment; the end or climax A) Heresy. B) Culmination. C) Avarice. D) Bastion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Culmination. 17. What is the definition of "cajole" ? A) To gather and store away; to collect. B) To persuade by pleasant words or false promises. C) About to occur. D) Hard to please; dainty in taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To persuade by pleasant words or false promises. 18. In the context of vocabulary, what does 'altruistic' imply about a person's character? A) They are self-centered. B) They are generous and selfless. C) They are indifferent to others. D) They are aggressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are generous and selfless. 19. What does the word "realism" mean? A) Imaginary stories and characters. B) The attitude of accepting a situation as it is. C) A type of painting that looks very real. D) Making things more complicated than they are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The attitude of accepting a situation as it is. 20. What does the word "adhere" mean? A) To criticize. B) To decorate. C) To stick to something. D) To praise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To stick to something. 21. Can be believed; reasonable A) Obdurate. B) Ensconsed. C) Plausible. D) Tawdry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plausible. 22. Curt decided to lend his saxophone playing skills to his school's jazz ..... A) Elfin. B) Ensemble. C) Erudite. D) Also-ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ensemble. 23. To turn away or to turn aside A) Inconceivable. B) Alleviate. C) Avert. D) Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Avert. 24. AQUITTAL MEANS ONE IS NOT PUNISHED A) T. B) F. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T. 25. Speaking with brevity is often the best form of speech. A) Tone. B) Manner. C) Briefness. D) Timed. 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