This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Vocabulary – Quiz 80 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Vocabulary Quiz 80 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Invoke A) (v) to cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument. B) (v) to call upon a deity or spirit in prayer or supplication. C) (v) to bring about or cause something to happen. D) (v) to summon someone to appear in court. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (v) to cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument. 2. In the sentence "The prosecution wanted to discredit the defense witness to make his testimony less believable, " what is the prosecution trying to do? A) Praise the defense witness. B) Harm the reputation of the defense witness. C) Support the defense witness. D) Ignore the defense witness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harm the reputation of the defense witness. 3. What is an 'epiphany'? A) A sudden realization. B) A long-term plan. C) A temporary solution. D) A random thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sudden realization. 4. This defenition is the meaning of what word:Certain to happen; unavoidable A) Condone. B) Inevitable. C) Distort. D) Profundity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inevitable. 5. A court of military officers and enlisted personnel for a trial of members of the armed forces or others within its jurisdiction A) Court-martial. B) Kangaroo court. C) Show trial. D) Adjudication-tribunal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Court-martial. 6. What does satire mean? A) Irony. B) Sarcasm. C) Lying. D) Honesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 7. Our teacher will allow us to use a replacement grade in ..... of our lowest test grade. A) Lieu. B) Bolster. C) Prudent. D) Quell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lieu. 8. Surrender under agreed conditions A) Capitulate. B) Brandish. C) Twinge. D) Crux. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capitulate. 9. Which word would best complete the sentence? "The ..... villain plotted to harm the hero at every turn." A) Benevolent. B) Nefarious. C) Exuberant. D) Euphonic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nefarious. 10. Annex A) To detach or remove something from a larger entity. B) To attach or add, especially to something larger. C) To ignore or overlook a detail. D) To divide or separate into parts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To attach or add, especially to something larger. 11. A mixture, combination of different elements A) Amalgam. B) Ambiguous. C) Ambivalent. D) Anachronism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amalgam. 12. Hard, tiresome ..... A) Beleaguer. B) Arduous. C) Reminisce. D) Porcine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arduous. 13. What is the synonym of 'bilk'? A) Steal. B) Donate. C) Destroy. D) Hate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steal. 14. Elude [ ih-lood ]1. escape, either physically or mentally 2. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) 3. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding byWhich definition best matches the use of the word elude as it is used in the sentence? "What you are seeing in him eludes me" A) Definition 1. B) Definition 2. C) Definition 3. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Definition 3. 15. Don't get complacent about your life ..... it can change in an instant! A) Unhappy. B) Self-satisfied. C) Irrational. D) Verbose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self-satisfied. 16. Select the word that best fills in the blank.Republicans and Democrats tend to have ..... ideas about how the government should run the country. A) Discredited. B) Divergent. C) Evanescent. D) Disdainful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divergent. 17. A preceding event A) Anomaly/atypical. B) Antecedent/forerunner. C) Antipathy/ animosity. D) Antithesis/ antipodal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antecedent/forerunner. 18. (noun) the choice between two mutually exclusive possibilities, a situation presenting such as choice A) Altercation. B) Alternative. C) Aloof. D) Also-ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alternative. 19. A formal essay, usually written in association with a degree A) Exertion. B) Assertion. C) Certitiude. D) Dissertation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dissertation. 20. What does 'evasion' refer to? A) The act of escape. B) The act of surrender. C) The act of hiding. D) The act of confrontation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The act of escape. 21. Which word means a person who is kind and compassionate? A) Miser. B) Prattler. C) Humane. D) Fatuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humane. 22. Julie loves all kinds of music. She has an eclectic taste.Select the correct meaning of the word. A) Stubborn. B) Concise. C) Choosing from various sources. D) Selecting from a large database. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Choosing from various sources. 23. Astute A) Very clever, crafty. B) Unintelligent, foolish. C) Indifferent, apathetic. D) Naive, innocent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Very clever, crafty. 24. Standing out; obvious-prominent A) Penurious. B) Indulgent. C) Insuperable. D) Extraneous. E) Conspicuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Conspicuous. 25. Charmingly rural A) Boon. B) Boorish. C) Bowdlerize. D) Bucolic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bucolic. ← 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