This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 53 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 53 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Without a nest, it was impossible for the mother bird to ..... her eggs. A) Indolent. B) Hasten. C) Ineffable. D) Incubate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Incubate. 2. Because people felt the title of "garbage man" was unappealing, the ..... of "sanitation engineer" was created A) Facetious. B) Idiosynchrosy. C) Lackadaisical. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphemism. 3. If a town is desolate, it is: A) Eclectic and varied. B) Warm and welcoming. C) Busy and crowded. D) Deserted and lifeless. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deserted and lifeless. 4. This word means having conflicting emotions. A) Antediluvian. B) Altruistic. C) Ambivalence. D) Amorphous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ambivalence. 5. N the wake of the Los Angeles riots, it would be foolish to ignore Galbraith's ..... warnings. A) Prescient. B) Imminent. C) Abound. D) Inherited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prescient. 6. The teacher was in close ..... to the loud student; she stood beside his desk. A) Proximity. B) Puerile. C) Quarantine. D) Rebuff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proximity. 7. The ..... man was always giving money away to charities; he wanted to help as many people as possible. A) Amicable. B) Adept. C) Abate. D) Benevolent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Benevolent. 8. He condition of being savage, ferocious A) Readily. B) Surly. C) Ferocity. D) Viability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ferocity. 9. Which word would fit into this list?postpone, dawdle, defer, ..... A) Aloof. B) Opportune. C) Arduous. D) Procrastinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Procrastinate. 10. Dissent means ..... A) To disagree with an opinion. B) To give someone a gift. C) To scream. D) To accept the law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To disagree with an opinion. 11. In the process of changing from one state to another. A) Transitional. B) Transformative. C) Morphology. D) Metamorphose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transitional. 12. Recent measurements of the mass of the W boson (a subatomic particle) were notable not only for the mere fact that the particle's mass differed from expectations but for the ..... of that difference:the measured mass of the W boson was seven standard deviations higher than predicted by the standard model of particle physics. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? A) Cause. B) Existence. C) Implication. D) Scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scale. 13. Profuse A) Abundant. B) Scarce. C) Short. D) Sharp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abundant. 14. Uranium is a white ..... metal, which is pretty hard, though softer than steel. A) Discord. B) Solidarity. C) Malleable. D) Scorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malleable. 15. "the effect of the music is nuanced by the social situation of listenerswhat does Nuance mean? A) A clear and obvious difference. B) A loud and overpowering sound. C) A complete absence of variation. D) A subtle difference or distinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A subtle difference or distinction. 16. Writing a fifty page report in one evening is an ..... task to complete. A) Ingenuous. B) Onerous. C) Impetuous. D) Ominous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onerous. 17. Harbingers means A) Extremely small. B) A person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another. C) Legally or officially acceptable. D) Great difference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another. 18. The action of reversing the normal order of something A) Antipathy. B) Undulate. C) Deference. D) Inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inversion. 19. A person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society. A) Implicit. B) Duplicity. C) Misanthrope. D) Obtuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Misanthrope. 20. I am ..... with my money because I like to save it. A) VACILLATE. B) TRITE. C) TERSE. D) TENACIOUS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRITE. 21. Noun:playful conversation A) Hone. B) Banter. C) Aversion. D) Feign. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Banter. 22. Relish A) Food. B) To descend. C) Enjoys greatly. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enjoys greatly. 23. A tendency towards aggression, argumentativeness, or combativeness. It is used to describe a person who is quick to fight or argue, or who has a combative personality. A) Solicitious. B) Ostentatious. C) Pugnacious. D) Precarious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pugnacious. 24. Obeying or performing a service for someone in an overly attentive mannerpenu A) Penurious. B) Iniquitous. C) Contentious. D) Obsequious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Obsequious. 25. Hard working; diligent A) Sedulous. B) Epitome. C) Pristine. D) Surfeit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sedulous. 26. What is another word for aloof? A) Near. B) Loose. C) Confused. D) Distant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Distant. 27. What is the meaning of "ruminate" ? A) Reflect deeply on a subject. B) Unfriendly and inclined toward anger. C) Having a sense of what is considerate. D) Marked by quiet and caution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reflect deeply on a subject. 28. One who perceives or understands things clearly; perceptive. A) Rigorous. B) Paraphernalia. C) Presumption. D) Percipient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Percipient. 29. When people change the way they live in order to fit new conditions or a new environment it is A) Adaptation. B) Modification. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adaptation. 30. Be full of or swarming with A) Teeming. B) Avid. C) Erratic. D) Empirical. 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