This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 48 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Rhonda felt that her relationship with Jerome was star-crossed. A) Unlucky. B) Lucky. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unlucky. 2. EGREGIOUS most nearly means ..... A) Outstandly bad, shocking. B) Outstandingly wonderful. C) A mistake. D) Getting the answer correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outstandly bad, shocking. 3. Someone who offers opposition A) Adversary. B) Conspicuous. C) Headway. D) Jabber. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adversary. 4. To rescind a policy means to A) Expand it broadly. B) Cancel it officially. C) Enforce it strictly. D) Delay its rollout. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cancel it officially. 5. He addressed me in a ..... manner. He was very friendly. A) Boisterous. B) Poised. C) Jovial. D) Tentative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jovial. 6. Zero value A) Deficient. B) Abysmal. C) Impartiality. D) Null. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Null. 7. A synonym for rancor is ..... A) Calmness. B) Neutral. C) Resentment. D) Acceptance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resentment. 8. Define maverick. A) Peculiar or individual. B) Independent-minded person. C) Very great in amount, scale, or intensity. D) Absolutely necessary or important; essential. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent-minded person. 9. I ..... that the couple would get back together at the end of the romance movie. A) Anticipated. B) Assembled. C) Bypassed. D) Benevolent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anticipated. 10. The shop beside/besides the station is the one I go to. A) Beside. B) Besides. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beside. 11. Jonah was ..... that he could swim twenty miles, but in reality he couldn't swim at all. A) Deride. B) Dogmatic. C) Eclectic. D) Enigma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dogmatic. 12. Some researchers believe that the genes that enable groundhogs and certain other mammals to hibernate through the winter by slowing their breathing and heart rates and lowering their body temperature may be ..... in humans:present yet having essentially no effect on our bodily processes. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? A) Decisive. B) Lacking. C) Variable. D) Dormant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dormant. 13. Hiatus A) A break or vacation. B) A type of food. C) A musical term. D) A geographical feature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A break or vacation. 14. Expunge A) To remove, delete, or erase. B) Not appropriate, unsuited to surrounding, not fitting in. C) A type of sponge. D) An item of personal movable property, slave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To remove, delete, or erase. 15. To move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion A) Undulate. B) Incite. C) Postulate. D) Endure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Undulate. 16. A problem or a struggle. A) Exposition. B) Conflict. C) Point of view. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 17. When the new employee made her experience out to be more than it was, she was hoping that no one would realize that her resume' had been ..... A) Alienated. B) Aggrandized. C) Alleviated. D) Allured. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aggrandized. 18. Confute means ..... A) A period of rest or relief. B) Prudent; cautious. C) To prove wrong; to refute decisively. D) To warn, to caution in council. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To prove wrong; to refute decisively. 19. Hesitating or doubting; not to be relied upon; suspect A) Precedent. B) Dubious. C) Corroborate. D) Scorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dubious. 20. After encountering a professional setback, Arjun exhibited the capacity to recover rapidly and maintain a high standard of performance in his work. Which term most accurately describes Arjun's ability to surmount adversity or challenging situations? A) Reproachful. B) Resilient. C) Reprehensible. D) Recalcitrant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resilient. 21. Mercy A) Wanton. B) Zealot. C) Exacerbate. D) Clemency. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clemency. 22. My plans to visit Texas were ..... when Hurricane Harvey decided to make landfall. A) Engendered. B) Enfranchised. C) Hampered. D) Abhored. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hampered. 23. ..... means "to ask, or address." If you appeal to someone's better nature, you're asking them for mercy. If a shirt doesn't ..... to you, you could also say it doesn't "speak" to you, or more simply, you don't like it. A) Data. B) Rhetorical. C) Evidence. D) Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeal. 24. To confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding A) Postulate. B) Inversion. C) Corroborate. D) Precedent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Corroborate. 25. Someone who clings fiercely to a belief to cope with fear. A) Zealot. B) Catharsis. C) Reticent. D) Hypervigilant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zealot. 26. I was shocked when Sandy said she hated Lionel. I'd never realized she felt such ..... toward him. A) Amiable. B) Adamant. C) Encounter. D) Animosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Animosity. 27. Minuscule A) Stingy. B) Very tini. C) Shameful. D) Intense. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Very tini. 28. The ..... to the game being cancelled was the big rainstorm. A) Antecedent. B) Antipathy. C) Austere. D) Benevolent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antecedent. 29. What is 'havoc'? A) Chaos. B) Peaceful. C) To absorb greatly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chaos. 30. I tried to ..... the pain of my headache by taking Tylenol and distracting myself with drawing. A) Mitigate. B) Subtle. C) Conventional. D) Diffident. 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