This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 73 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 73 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I received a blurred, ..... fax that didn't help at all. A) Disparate. B) Contrive. C) Indecipherable. D) Surmise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indecipherable. 2. What is the definition of desicate (v) A) To dry out completely, dehydrate. B) To infer, to guess. C) To drive away. D) To belittle, to put down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To dry out completely, dehydrate. 3. What does the word "Embellish" mean? A) To simplify. B) To decorate. C) To ruin. D) To neglect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To decorate. 4. Antonym for DEMURE A) Prim. B) Proper. C) Rude. D) Indiscreet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indiscreet. 5. Ever since I accidentally offended my boss in the staff meeting yesterday, he has been treating me in a freezing manner and ignoring all of my attempts to apologize. A) [NO CHANGE]. B) Frigid. C) Subzero. D) Rigid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frigid. 6. To one side, crooked A) Atypical. B) Austere. C) Aspire. D) Askew. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Askew. 7. To ridicule; to mock A) Deride. B) Eclectic. C) Fanaticism. D) Glutton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deride. 8. What is the synonym of 'acquiesce'? A) Agree. B) Disagree. C) Love. D) Hate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agree. 9. Which word describes someone who is pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner? A) Torpid. B) Grandiloquent. C) Hapless. D) Irreverence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grandiloquent. 10. Which word best fits the definition: "decay; decline" ? A) Decadence. B) Fastidious. C) Efface. D) Garner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decadence. 11. Nostalgic A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 12. What does 'meretricious' mean? A) Lack of respect for. B) Unfortunate. C) Idealistic. D) Appearing attractive but having little value. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appearing attractive but having little value. 13. Which word is a synonym for "sporadic" ? A) Regular. B) Predictable. C) Frequent. D) Intermittent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intermittent. 14. Adament A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 15. Meeting, to assemble ..... A) Atrophy. B) Myriad. C) Caucus. D) Accolade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caucus. 16. (adjective) partially open A) Aftermath. B) Aggrandize. C) Ajar. D) Alienate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ajar. 17. When the air pressure in the tank began to ..... , the diver knew he had to return to the surface. A) Erudite. B) Wane. C) Fraught. D) Aggrandize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wane. 18. Fill in the blank. The student showed ..... toward the teacher after he yelled at her by giving him the silent treatment. A) Provoke. B) Prudence. C) Querulous. D) Rancor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rancor. 19. What does the word 'altruistic' mean? A) Selfish. B) Generous. C) Indifferent. D) Hostile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generous. 20. Identify the sentence that correctly infers meaning from text. A) "Given the protagonist's struggle, we can infer that the theme revolves around perseverance.". B) "The author mentions the weather briefly, so it must be unimportant.". C) "Since the character smiled once, they are clearly always happy.". D) "The book's title is irrelevant to its content.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Given the protagonist's struggle, we can infer that the theme revolves around perseverance.". 21. Laughable, comic, or ridiculous A) Risible. B) Efficacious. C) Sybaritic. D) Apocryphal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Risible. 22. Deep and rich sounding; full A) Orotund. B) Orifice. C) Cavernous. D) Concave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Orotund. 23. Highly detailed and decorated A) Empirical. B) Ornate. C) Plausible. D) Modify. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ornate. 24. What is the meaning of the word "sanguine" ? A) Cheerfully confident; optimistic. B) Sad and pessimistic. C) Angry and frustrated. D) Indifferent and neutral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheerfully confident; optimistic. 25. A lachrymose person is A) Lazy. B) Tearful. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tearful. ← 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