This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 45 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The desks are ..... to each other-side by side in straight rows. A) Loathe. B) Juxtapose. C) Legacy. D) Loath. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juxtapose. 2. Excessively talkative A) Loquacious. B) Vacillate. C) Arcane. D) Assiduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loquacious. 3. Being difficult to understand, explain, or interpret. It is used to describe something or someone that is mysterious, enigmatic, or not easily understood. A) Infallible. B) Impetuous. C) Unscrupulous. D) Inscrutable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inscrutable. 4. Not influenced by strong emotion A) Dispassionate. B) Accede. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dispassionate. 5. A lack of respect and strong dislike A) Disdain. B) Diminish. C) Erratic. D) Coarse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disdain. 6. Carefully alert and watchful A) Palatable. B) Vigilant. C) Munificent. D) Impugn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vigilant. 7. The book was so ..... that after he had finished the first difficult chapter, he understood less than when he had begun. A) Fuse. B) Abstruse. C) Exotic. D) Didactic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abstruse. 8. The highest point of a mountain; the most successful point; culmination. A) Pinnacle. B) Tentacle. C) Ventricle. D) Cynical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pinnacle. 9. When Jason forgot to do his homework, he tried to come up with a ..... excuse his teacher would believe. A) Plausible. B) Auspicious. C) Ornate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plausible. 10. Frauctious A) Hated. B) Grumpy. C) Depressed. D) Careful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grumpy. 11. To hinder progress is to A) Accelerate results. B) Obstruct advancement. C) Record outcomes. D) Justify expenses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Obstruct advancement. 12. The act of gaining a skill or possession of something A) Advocate. B) Adapt. C) Adept. D) Acquisition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acquisition. 13. Making ..... suggestions to my parents about where to go on our vacation was a lot more successful than being direct. A) Diffident. B) Frank. C) Subtle. D) Reticent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subtle. 14. One who excels in the technique of an art A) Virtuoso. B) Orator. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Virtuoso. 15. A heavy backpack can encumber a hiker by: A) Weighing them down and slowing them. B) Driving away their friends and family. C) Making them louder and more confident. D) Turning the trail into a debacle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weighing them down and slowing them. 16. Which word is defined as "lasting a very short time" ? A) Surreptitious. B) Transient. C) Tenacious. D) Vaunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transient. 17. The scientist's hypothesis was tenuous at best, lacking the necessary evidence to gain widespread acceptance. As used in the passage, "tenuous" most nearly means: A) Weak. B) Controversial. C) Innovative. D) Obscure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weak. 18. Having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell as a consequence. A) Arid. B) Anecdote. C) Stagnant. D) Insidious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stagnant. 19. Something displayed for the public to see A) Circumspect. B) Inspect. C) Spectacle. D) Spectator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spectacle. 20. Provincial A) Acceptance. B) Narrow-minded. C) To disprove. D) ESTIMATE THE VALUE OF. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narrow-minded. 21. To take power by force. A) Imperious. B) Salvo. C) Usurp. D) Subvert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Usurp. 22. Which word is similar to aggregate. A) Collection. B) Singular. C) Concrete. D) Precise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collection. 23. The news report was very ..... and needed some enthusiasm and energy. A) UNKEMPT. B) TEMPER. C) UNERRING. D) VAPID. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) VAPID. 24. Morbid is most similar to what Spanish word? A) Mayonesa. B) Morir. C) Mayor. D) Menor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Morir. 25. Torque would associate with what shape? A) Square. B) Pentagon. C) Circle. D) Trapezoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circle. 26. He looked morose, meaning he seemed ..... A) Sad. B) Excited. C) Energetic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sad. 27. The president had ..... dreams of no wars, no hunger, and no diseases. A) Mendacity. B) Malign. C) Loquacious. D) Lofty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lofty. 28. What does 'Ambivalence' mean? A) Complete certainty. B) A strong preference. C) Mixed feelings or contradictory ideas. D) A state of clarity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mixed feelings or contradictory ideas. 29. Causing woe; destructive, harmful, deadly A) Circumspect. B) Neologism. C) Respite. D) Baneful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baneful. 30. The novel's protagonist, a young detective, found herself in a ..... situation when she discovered that the key suspect in her investigation was her own mentor. A) Comfortable. B) Predictable. C) Perilous. D) Delightful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perilous. ← 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