This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does 'androgynous' describe? A) Masculine traits. B) Feminine traits. C) Traits that could be feminine or masculine. D) Related to androids. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traits that could be feminine or masculine. 2. To be unstable, to rise and fall A) Ferocity. B) Fiscal. C) Geriatric. D) Fluctuate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fluctuate. 3. Showing little or no emotion or interest. A) Apathetic. B) Implicit. C) Credible. D) Plausible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apathetic. 4. What does Enigma mean A) Enigma means a type of fruit. B) Enigma means a famous historical figure. C) Enigma means a popular dance move. D) Enigma means a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enigma means a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand. 5. The media's ..... coverage of the crime wave has most of the country living in fear. A) Pervasive. B) Comprehensive. C) Tenuous. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pervasive. 6. She made a deliberate choice, meaning it was ..... A) Accidental. B) Done on purpose. C) Impossible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Done on purpose. 7. PIOUS A) WELL SPOKEN. B) Unsophisticated. C) DEEPLYRELIGIOUS. D) Doubting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DEEPLYRELIGIOUS. 8. The following text is adapted from George Eliot's 1871-72 novel Middlemarch. [Mr. Brooke] had travelled in his younger years, and was held in this part of the country to have "contracted" a too rambling habit of mind. Mr. Brooke's conclusions were as difficult to predict as the weather. As used in the text, what does the word "contracted" most nearly mean? A) Restricted. B) Described. C) Developed. D) Settled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Developed. 9. Eager or quick to argue quarrel or fight. A) Prudent. B) Hubris. C) Duplicity. D) Pugnacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pugnacious. 10. The girl's father approves of her desire to sing, but he ..... her willingness to sing in nightclubs. A) Audacity. B) Credulous. C) Depricates. D) Euridite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Depricates. 11. It is unbelievable that the young man walked away from the car wreck ..... A) Unscathed. B) Listless. C) Tirade. D) Restrained. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unscathed. 12. What is the definition of 'demagogue'? A) Agitator. B) Firebrand. C) Political leader. D) One who seeks support by appealing to ordinary people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One who seeks support by appealing to ordinary people. 13. Meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards A) Opaque. B) Ornate. C) Fluctuate. D) Fastidious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fastidious. 14. If you come across a term which is ..... , you can always use a dictionary to review the word's meaning. A) DENIGRATE. B) ABSTRUSE. C) VITAL. D) NEGLIGENT. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ABSTRUSE. 15. Even though Larry has a gigantic art collection, he does not present it in an ..... manner to everyone who enters his home. A) Ostentatious. B) Stoic. C) Profound. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ostentatious. 16. In a classroom full of talkative students, Rachel's silence was ..... noticeable. The teacher encouraged her to participate more openly, but Rachel seemed content to let the other students answer questions. A) Exceptionally. B) Poorly. C) Disgustingly. D) Unpleasantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exceptionally. 17. Polemic A) Study of science of the nature of being. B) Rise to prominence or power. C) Aggressive attack on another's ideas; the art of disputation. D) A standard or basis for judging. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aggressive attack on another's ideas; the art of disputation. 18. Lackluster A) The party was lackluster and had no sparkles. B) The lackluster door wouldnt squeak when needed. C) The lackluster party was full of bored and disappointed guests. D) The lackluster diamond shone bright and clear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The lackluster party was full of bored and disappointed guests. 19. In the world of espionage, a spy must be ..... in gathering intelligence, ensuring they leave no trace of their activities to avoid detection. A) Reckless. B) Meticulous. C) Obvious. D) Clumsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meticulous. 20. Define negligent. A) Overcome (a difficulty or obstacle). B) Lacking in moral restraints. C) Failing to take proper care in doing something. D) Criticize unfairly; disparage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Failing to take proper care in doing something. 21. What does "Blather" mean? A) To talk softly. B) To indistinctly shout. C) To talk nonsensically. D) To talk while blowing raspberries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To talk nonsensically. 22. Most mothers have an ..... need to protect their children. A) Inherent. B) Auspicious. C) Tenuous. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inherent. 23. The ability to understand and share someone else's feelings. A) Empathy. B) Clarity. C) Apathetic. D) Implicit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Empathy. 24. A line drawn under a word or phrase for emphasis A) Underscore. B) Candid. C) Exploit. D) Analogous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Underscore. 25. Friends are usually ..... with one another A) Noxious. B) Nostalgia. C) Not-amicable. D) Amicable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amicable. 26. All this information can be ..... in a simple diagram. A) Anguished. B) Conveyed. C) Seasoned. D) Befallen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conveyed. 27. Hangar A) Device to hang up clothing. B) Storage for a plane. C) Hang out together. D) A nail that needs to be clipped. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Storage for a plane. 28. Burdened emotionally, as if carrying heavy weight. A) Inured. B) Encumbered. C) Lacerating. D) Tribulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Encumbered. 29. Aptitude A) Belonging to an earlier time; ancient; outdated. B) Capactity for learning; natural ability. C) Filled with dismay; causing horror or consternation. D) Situated before the front. E) Going before; preceding; an occurance or event preceding another. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capactity for learning; natural ability. 30. The ..... of the disrespectful boy was evident as he yelled at his mother. A) Acrimony. B) Ambivalence. C) Banal. D) Augment. 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