This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 49 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 49 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. His own shortcomings are ..... him. A) Rankling. B) Thwarting. C) Spurning. D) Vieing. E) Squandering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thwarting. 2. Adam fell to the floor weeping when he heard he couldn't chase cows. It was a very ..... scene. A) Olfactory. B) Deleterious. C) Melodramatic. D) Luminescent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Melodramatic. 3. What does the word "evanescent" mean? A) Gradually fading away. B) Suddenly appearing. C) Intensely bright. D) Permanently staying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gradually fading away. 4. Fill in the blank:After Johnny Depp won the case against Amber Heard, the actress was ..... by countless photographers and reporters. They want to know if she will compensate the damaged she caused on Depp. A) Championed. B) Besieged. C) Devolved. D) Enumerated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Besieged. 5. Exhibit aggressively A) Brandish. B) Affability. C) Reproach. D) Surreal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brandish. 6. Anguish A) Extreme happiness, joy. B) Extreme sadness, torment. C) Mild discomfort, annoyance. D) Complete indifference, apathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extreme sadness, torment. 7. You must learn to ..... your emotions so they don't control you. A) Temper. B) Pliable. C) Rescind. D) Objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temper. 8. Which term can be defined as "Humble submission and respect" ? A) Deference. B) Denounce. C) Evoke. D) Disgrace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deference. 9. What does unequivocal mean? A) Leaving no doubt. B) Not fair, evenly balanced, or having equal advantage. C) Shout, complain, or argue loudly or vehemently. D) Done openly and unashamedly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leaving no doubt. 10. Which word means extreme praise or admiration? A) Abstracted. B) Adulation. C) Adversity. D) Culpable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adulation. 11. The (a) businessman lost everything when the stock market crashed. A) Grandeliquent. B) Antiseptic. C) Censorious. D) A. hapless. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. hapless. 12. In the sentence "The author's argument, though **perspicacious**, was not well-received by the audience, who found it overly complex and inaccessible, " what does "perspicacious" most closely mean? A) Long-winded. B) Insightful. C) Pretentious. D) Simplistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insightful. 13. This sentence is so ..... ; it could really be any of our vocabulary words. A) Ambiguous. B) Negligible. C) Gregarious. D) Sedentary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ambiguous. 14. Light from a nonthermal source A) Vim. B) Feign. C) Olfactory. D) Luminescence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Luminescence. 15. Select the word that BEST matches the red word as a synonym.If you abhor bullying, you can make a difference by fighting it. A) Hate. B) Choose. C) Avoid. D) Understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hate. 16. Sunk to a low position; lower than low A) Abject. B) Anarchy. C) Destitute. D) Expedite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abject. 17. What does the term Benevolent mean? A) Happy, cheerful. B) Friendly, helpful. C) Hungry, starving. D) Funny, silly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friendly, helpful. 18. What is the meaning of the word 'Abate'? A) To remain constant or unchanged. B) To become more intense or widespread. C) To become less intense or widespread. D) To increase in intensity or spread. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To become less intense or widespread. 19. Choose the correct definition:fortuitous A) (adj) happening by luck. B) (n) high praise. C) (adj) persistent, hard-working. D) (v) to clear from blame. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (adj) happening by luck. 20. "To emphasize or draw attention to" most nearly means: A) Underscore. B) Refute. C) Undermine. D) Speculate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Underscore. 21. Showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper A) Headstrong. B) Lackluster. C) Enunciation. D) Blithe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blithe. 22. An art dealer all his life, Juan Hernandez was a ..... of Mexican art of the 19th century. A) Chattel. B) Cerebral. C) Connoisseur. D) Cacophony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connoisseur. 23. Incorrect A) Deduce. B) Abduction. C) Avert. D) Erroneous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Erroneous. 24. What is the definition of the word "pallor" ? A) Unnatural lack of color. B) Excessive sweating. C) High body temperature. D) Sudden weight loss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unnatural lack of color. 25. Unconventional; a little kooky-strange A) Archaic. B) Imminent. C) Recondite. D) Assiduous. E) Eccentric. 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