This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 22 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hypothetical A) High blood pressure. B) As an example. C) Frostbite. D) Awaiting a decision. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As an example. 2. (Especially of something undesirable or harmful) Of common occurrence; widespread. A) Rife. B) Refute. C) Querulous. D) Duplicity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rife. 3. Diatribe A) A speech bitterly denouncing some person or thing. B) Dull. C) Showy or high flown words with too little thought. D) Grimly humorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A speech bitterly denouncing some person or thing. 4. For which vocabulary term is the additional meaning full of mist, foggy, and cloudy? A) Nebulous. B) Onerous. C) Orthodox. D) Paradigm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nebulous. 5. Knowing that ..... is destructive in the classroom, the teacher wanted to foster a sense of community among her students. A) Discord. B) Solidarity. C) Malleable. D) Scorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discord. 6. The ..... queen was nice to everyone in the village. A) Arduous. B) Antagonistic. C) Benevolent. D) Arcane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benevolent. 7. Cataclysm A) Orderly. B) Disaster. C) Overflow. D) To be indecisive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disaster. 8. To dislike strongly. A) Scorn. B) Loathe. C) Abhor. D) Detest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abhor. 9. To stir up or instigate A) Ferocity. B) Foment. C) Galvanizing. D) Feasibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foment. 10. A short break from pain or stress. A) Respite. B) Harried. C) Precocious. D) Anomie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Respite. 11. Why must to try to ..... me to choose violence?! A) Nettle. B) Goad. C) Wary. D) Dour. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goad. 12. Which vocabulary word would fit the context of this sentence?Changing a flat tire can be a somewhat ..... task. A) Arduous. B) Evasive. C) Quixotic. D) Dulcet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arduous. 13. Which word does this definition describe?*Contingent upon something else A) Conditional. B) Digression. C) Inspect. D) Frequent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conditional. 14. What is dormant similar to in Spanish? A) Dormir. B) Dormitory. C) Duelo. D) Doler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dormir. 15. Dean crossed his fingers and hoped this affiance would ..... fewer complications than the last. A) Stimulate. B) Spawn. C) Vitality. D) Convey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spawn. 16. To restore (someone or something) to his/its former position or condition. A) Reverberate. B) Reincarnate. C) Reiterate. D) Reinstate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reinstate. 17. Which word means to means to arouse hostility or indifference? A) Aftermath. B) Alleviate. C) Allienate. D) Altercation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allienate. 18. Pugnacious A) Having a tendency towards aggression or combativeness; quick to argue or fight. B) Calm and peaceful; avoiding conflict. C) Eager to please and accommodating; friendly in nature. D) Indifferent and apathetic; lacking interest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Having a tendency towards aggression or combativeness; quick to argue or fight. 19. The political ..... of the affair cost him his job as it was severe. A) Fallout. B) Luddites. C) Fear-mongering. D) Proponents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fallout. 20. Fearing something bad might happen A) Apprehesive. B) Concede. C) Concur. D) Lucrative. E) Ubiquitous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apprehesive. 21. (adjective) Critical; tending to blame and condemn A) Cede. B) Celerity. C) Censorious. D) Certitude. E) Cessation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Censorious. 22. The kitten loves to ..... on the feather when it is whisked into his sight. A) Tirade. B) Trounce. C) Listless. D) Unscathed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trounce. 23. Inadvertent A) Arouse to action; stire up. B) Indiecision; the feeling of being pulled in two directions. C) Unintentional. D) Deliberate; planned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unintentional. 24. Pecuniary:Alex's concerns about college were specifically pecuniary.Ryan wanted to take Jessie to the prom but didn't ask her because of his pecuniary problems.Pecuniary troubles are the primary reason for many failed marriages. A) Consisting of or relating to anger. B) Consisting of or relating to money. C) Consisting of or relating to friendship. D) Consisting of or relating to trust. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consisting of or relating to money. 25. The thunderstorm was ..... , starting suddenly and gone within seconds A) Hedonist. B) Obliterate. C) Tentative. D) Ephemeral. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ephemeral. 26. If something is ..... , then it is harmful or injurious to your health. A) Debacle. B) Ignominy. C) Deleterious. D) Resplendent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deleterious. 27. Suffered death, typically in a violent, sudden, or untimely way; suffered complete ruin or destruction A) Reluctantly. B) Subtle. C) Austere. D) Perished. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perished. 28. What is the definition of essentric? A) Weird, but in a good way. B) Unique but in a ackward way. C) True. D) One who has many different interests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weird, but in a good way. 29. If something is described as bilateral, what does it have? A) A god or goddess. B) Honesty or straightforwardness. C) Chaos or destruction. D) Two sides. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two sides. 30. I will ..... my salary with a second job at Publix. A) Acrimony. B) Ambivalence. C) Banal. D) Augment. 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