This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Word Power – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Word Power Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During his last year in office, Richard Nixon was a ..... president, struggling to fight off the Watergate scandal. A) Beleaguered. B) Beget. C) Beset. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beleaguered. 2. Define coup. A) The violent overthrow of a government by a small group. B) A general agreement. C) Spacious, roomy, capacious. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The violent overthrow of a government by a small group. 3. The study of the dynamics or flight characteristics of projectiles A) Badger. B) Ballistics. C) Askew. D) Atrophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ballistics. 4. (adj.) hard to understand A) Abstruse. B) Abut. C) Abyss. D) Accolade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abstruse. 5. What is the "job" of a verb? A) To describe a person, place, thing or idea. B) To describe the action of the subject. C) To be the action. D) To be the subject-person, place, thing or idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To be the action. 6. DOCILE:easily taught or controlled; obedient, easy to handle A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Define commodious. A) To consist of; to include, to contain, to be made up of. B) Spacious, roomy, capacious. C) A general agreement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spacious, roomy, capacious. 8. Which word means rural or rustic in nature? A) Bludgeon. B) Balm. C) Beget. D) Beleaguer. E) Bucolic. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Bucolic. 9. Which word means depressing, discouraging, harsh? A) Beget. B) Balm. C) Bleak. D) Beleaguer. E) Blather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bleak. 10. Give an example of an antecedent in a sentence. A) In the sentence 'The cat slept on the mat, ' 'the cat' is the antecedent. B) In the sentence 'The dog barked because it saw a stranger, ' 'the dog' is the antecedent. C) In the sentence 'She loves her brother, ' 'her brother' is the antecedent. D) In the sentence 'The sun sets in the west, ' 'the sun' is the antecedent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the sentence 'The dog barked because it saw a stranger, ' 'the dog' is the antecedent. 11. Definition of SCRUPULOUS A) Sociable. B) An insatiable appetite. C) Careful of small details. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Careful of small details. 12. Define decree. (link:set free) A) Collapse or failure. B) To come to a conclusion by reasoning from the evidence. C) An order having the force of law. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An order having the force of law. 13. Which word means to wither away? A) Assuage. B) Atrophy. C) Askew. D) Aspire. E) Astute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atrophy. 14. DISPARAGE:to drive away; to dissipate A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. DISPERSE:to drive away; to dissipate A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Events following some occurrence; a consequence of A) Aftermath. B) Aggrandize. C) Alienate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aftermath. 17. Define comprise. A) A person making a claim. B) To consist of; to include, to contain, to be made up of. C) A tranquil, secluded place. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To consist of; to include, to contain, to be made up of. 18. Definition of ONEROUS A) Troublesome. B) Offering unwanted device. C) An insatiable appetite. D) Careful or small details. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troublesome. 19. Define defame. (link:rename) A) Skillful; dexterous. B) To libel or slander; take away a good name. C) A leader who obtains power by appealing to emotions and prejudices of the people. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To libel or slander; take away a good name. 20. During the monthly ..... , the senator from Florida brought up the issue of runaway insurance rate hikes. A) Caucus. B) Certify. C) Cerebral. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caucus. 21. DESICCATE:to dry out completely; dehydrate A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Fashion designs, ; clothes created by fashion designers A) Couture. B) Cranny. C) Cower. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couture. 23. Define the word SPURIOUS A) Troublesome. B) False. C) Sociable. D) Devout or virtuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. Define abridge. A) To dislike strongly, to regard with intense aversion or loathing. B) To shorten; to condense; to diminish; to curtail. C) A natural attraction; kinship; similarity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To shorten; to condense; to diminish; to curtail. 25. Define abstruse. A) Hard to understand. B) An award, an honor; approval, praise. C) Bottomless pit; a yawning gulf; a profound depth or void. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hard to understand. 26. Partially open A) Ajar. B) Alienate. C) Allure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ajar. 27. To soothe; to make less severe; to satisfy, ease, lessen A) Assuage. B) Astute. C) Asunder. D) Atrophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assuage. 28. To make hostile; to cause to feel unwelcome or estranged A) Alienate. B) Alleviate. C) Allure. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alienate. 29. Define coterie. A) A circle of close associates or friends. B) Person's face, especially the expression. C) The violent overthrow of a government by a small group. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A circle of close associates or friends. 30. Which word means severely simple and plain? A) Austere. B) Askew. C) Assuage. D) Aspire. E) Astute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Austere. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSat Word Power Quiz 1Sat Word Power Quiz 2Sat Word Power Quiz 4Sat Word Power Quiz 5Sat Word Power Quiz 6Digital Sat Vocabulary QuizSat Grammar QuizSat Practice Test QuizSat Reading QuizSat Vocabulary Challenge QuizSat Vocabulary QuizSat Word List QuizSat Words QuizSat Writing And Language Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books