This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 54 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 54 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I was surprised by her ..... tone; usually, she is sweet, soft spoken, and congenial. A) Derisive. B) Deter. C) Affluent. D) Insolvent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Derisive. 2. (verb) to libel or slander; take away a good name A) Demagogue. B) Demonic. C) Defame. D) Deft. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Defame. 3. To talk harshly or critically of, particularly to speak false criticisms A) Subsequent. B) Regress. C) Malign. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malign. 4. Study the characteristics of flight or projectile A) Badger. B) Ballistics. C) Askew. D) Aggrandize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ballistics. 5. Phil appeared ..... wearing his tuxedo on an old-fashioned hayride. A) Expunge. B) Incongruous. C) Bulwark. D) Aloof. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incongruous. 6. Which word means the quality of being able to be seen through or clear? A) Turbulence. B) Ineptness. C) Transparent. D) Miser. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transparent. 7. After all of the excitement and buildup for the concert, the performance itself was pretty lackluster. A) Unnecessary; unrequired. B) Over the top. C) Boring; dull. D) Unusual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boring; dull. 8. Choose the word that means "lacking ideas or intelligence." A) Didactic. B) Vacuous. C) Exuberant. D) Euphony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vacuous. 9. To go over repeatedly to an absurd extent-pummel, repeat A) Laud. B) Induce. C) Abridge. D) Bucolic. E) Belabor. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Belabor. 10. What does Gregarious mean? A) Fond of company; sociable. B) Shy and reserved. C) Independent and solitary. D) Unfriendly and distant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fond of company; sociable. 11. Jack was a ..... to his job; he worked seven days a week and rarely took a day off. A) Martyr. B) Doldrums. C) Aspire. D) Fjord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Martyr. 12. They are waiting for the storm to ..... , so they can leave. A) Abate. B) Burgeon. C) Conciliatory. D) Derogatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abate. 13. Public shame or disgrace A) Glower. B) Ephemeral. C) Florid. D) Ignominy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ignominy. 14. To openly express an opinion A) Oust. B) Opine. C) Fin. D) Opal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opine. 15. Secret, stealthy A) Ostentatious. B) Surreptitious. C) Outrageous. D) Fortuitous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surreptitious. 16. Bill's grip on the ladder was ..... , and he struggled to keep from falling. A) Precarious. B) Malicious. C) Lament. D) Malicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precarious. 17. Ambivalent A) Having clear and definite feelings about something or someone. B) Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. C) Being indifferent or apathetic towards something or someone. D) Having a strong preference for one option over another. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. 18. Prevalent; abundant or overflowing A) Nonchalant. B) Brigand. C) Stygian. D) Rife. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rife. 19. What does "efface" mean? A) To wipe out; to erase. B) To persuade by pleasant words. C) To collect. D) To live solely for pleasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To wipe out; to erase. 20. A "serrated" edge is one that is: A) Smooth. B) Notched. C) Straight. D) Rounded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Notched. 21. To strongly desire, to crave A) Covet. B) Copious. C) Callous. D) Circumscribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Covet. 22. Something delicate ..... A) Queue. B) Laconic. C) Gossamer. D) Harrowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gossamer. 23. What does Lament mean? A) To move quickly/abruptly. B) To make a mistake. C) To laminate something. D) To feel sorrow for. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To feel sorrow for. 24. Fill in the blank:Some employees are so ..... , they need to be fired because they do nothing all day. A) Venerable. B) Wary. C) Superfluous. D) Tactful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Superfluous. 25. Groups of elite actors working on a film together must control their egos to prevent fights from breaking out among prima donnas. A) No change. B) Characters. C) Self-images. D) Roles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No change. ← 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