This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 20 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It is a ..... but effective device for raising water from a well. A) Incisive. B) Postulated. C) Primitive. D) Subdued. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primitive. 2. When the rain began to abate, it started to ..... A) Get lighter. B) Get louder. C) Freeze. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get lighter. 3. Starting to happen or develop. A) Incipient. B) Flux. C) Palimpsest. D) Nascent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incipient. 4. Which is most likely to be considered an artifact. A) Eco friendly car. B) IPad Pro. C) Modern building. D) Ancient scrolls. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ancient scrolls. 5. To dispel means A) A disaster. B) All parts are balanced. C) To gather. D) To get rid of; to push out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To get rid of; to push out. 6. To encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behavior) A) Precedent. B) Incite. C) Deference. D) Corroborate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incite. 7. Special advantage or power A) Analogous. B) Clout. C) Brevity. D) Anomaly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clout. 8. Delicately complex and understated; so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe A) Subtle. B) Lucrative. C) Squalid. D) Austere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subtle. 9. Story from a real life experience. A) Allude. B) Ambivalent. C) Anecdote. D) Anomaly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anecdote. 10. The ..... words of the angry man were heard by everyone at the game. A) VIRULENT. B) VESTIGE. C) VERACITY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) VIRULENT. 11. Stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored A) Guise. B) Verbatim. C) Dour. D) Adulterate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dour. 12. Bardolater A) A person who idolizes Shakespeare. B) A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds. C) To dramatically express emotions. D) Bustling excitement or activity, or commotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who idolizes Shakespeare. 13. What is an antonym for bombastic? A) Straightforward. B) Flamboyant. C) Verbose. D) Grandiose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Straightforward. 14. Excessesivly talkative A) Gregarious. B) Egregious. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gregarious. 15. What word does this definition describe?*To refrain from doing something A) Bias. B) Conformist. C) Abstain. D) Divergent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abstain. 16. Reticent A) Loquacious; talkative; confident. B) Honesty; frankness. C) The first of its kid. D) Quiet; uncommunicative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quiet; uncommunicative. 17. Gentle; kind-hearted; mild A) Benign. B) Bequeath. C) Blight. D) Assuage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benign. 18. The transportation was well organized in spite of the difficulties of the ..... A) Terrain. B) Sky. C) Projection. D) Incendiary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terrain. 19. The ..... details of the case were so entangled, it was hard to tell who was telling the truth. A) Engendered. B) Covert. C) Knotty. D) Counterfeit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knotty. 20. State of being separated or kept at a distance A) Estrangement. B) Repudiate. C) Verbose. D) Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Estrangement. 21. Chattel A) A cow's horns, the peak of their head. B) An item of personal, moveable property, slave. C) Distant, reserved in manner; univolved. D) To express or show sorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An item of personal, moveable property, slave. 22. Exhilarating A) Causing sleep. B) Smelling nice. C) Wildly exciting. D) Strengthening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wildly exciting. 23. The Congress of Vienna met, with some allowance for delays, early in November of the same year, and all the powers engaged in the war on either side sent ..... A) Military. B) Kennings. C) Plenipotentiaries. D) Chivalry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plenipotentiaries. 24. Substance the increases the rate of chemical reaction A) Catalyst. B) Cache. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catalyst. 25. The clear, healthy beverage was pure and ..... A) Jocular. B) Intrinsic. C) Inscrutable. D) Innocuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Innocuous. 26. Abhor means A) To love deeply. B) To hate intensely. C) To feel indifferent. D) To feel confused. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To hate intensely. 27. During wars, the ..... is an important part of the battlefield. A) Aviation. B) Celestial. C) Terrain. D) Dormant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Terrain. 28. The driver's ..... behavior caused a wreck on the road as no one knew what to expect. A) Disparage. B) Erratic. C) Evasive. D) Fallacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erratic. 29. Pendulum A) The hands on a clock. B) Something that swings back and forth from a fixed point. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something that swings back and forth from a fixed point. 30. What word means to entice? A) Alleviate. B) Alienate. C) Allure. D) Aloof. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allure. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSat Words Quiz 1Sat Words Quiz 2Sat Words Quiz 3Sat Words Quiz 4Sat Words Quiz 5Sat Words Quiz 6Sat Words Quiz 7Sat Words Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books