This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 70 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 70 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Illuminate A) Confident. B) To light up. C) Undesirable. D) Unimportant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To light up. 2. Reticent is a(n) ..... because: A) Noun; it's a person, place, or thing. B) Adjective; it can describe someone, a place, or something. C) Verb; it is an action. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective; it can describe someone, a place, or something. 3. The following text is adapted from George Eliot's 1871-72 novel Middlemarch. [Mr. Brooke] had travelled in his younger years, and was held in this part of the country to have habit of mind. Mr. Brooke's conclusions were as difficult to predict as the weather. As used in the text, what does the word "contracted" most nearly mean? A) Restricted. B) Described. C) Developed. D) Settled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Developed. 4. Definition:to conceal or make unclear; to darken or make dim A) Obscure. B) Validate. C) Valid. D) Undermine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obscure. 5. This term means to observe carefully. A) Substantiate. B) Reverence. C) Scrutinize. D) Subtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scrutinize. 6. Benign means ..... A) Gracious. B) Mean. C) Selfish. D) Watchful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gracious. 7. Compartment A) A separate section or part of something. B) A type of container for liquids. C) A method of organizing files. D) A place for storing food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A separate section or part of something. 8. To rebuild or restore something after it has been broken apart. A) Nascent. B) Regenerate. C) Mutable. D) Reconstitute. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reconstitute. 9. The television series' ending left us all in an ..... daze. A) Histrionic. B) Impetuous. C) Impasse. D) Ineffable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ineffable. 10. Restrained; Uncommunicative A) Reticent. B) Aesthetic. C) Autonomy. D) Disdain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reticent. 11. What does Torpid mean A) Torpid means inactive or sluggish. B) Alert and active. C) Fast and agile. D) Energetic and lively. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Torpid means inactive or sluggish. 12. What does 'demographics' refer to? A) A form of government. B) The study of graphs. C) Anthropology. D) Population statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population statistics. 13. Dalila is not rude, she is ..... because she always welcomes everyone with her beautiful smile. A) Mature. B) Pretty. C) Amiable. D) Nefarious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amiable. 14. During a dynamic team meeting, Aria made a minor mistake, and her manager chose to harshly criticize or scold her in front of the entire group-including Mason and Daniel. Which phrase most precisely characterizes the manager's response? A) Reprove with patience. B) Relegate with formality. C) Rebuke with severity. D) Reconcile with warmth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rebuke with severity. 15. Aubrey describes him as "of a very fair, clear ..... complexion, with a long beard as white as milk-a very handsome man-tall and slender." A) Benign. B) Celestial. C) Loquacious. D) Sanguine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sanguine. 16. After playing soccer on a muddy field, the players were extremely ..... A) UNKEMPT. B) TEMPER. C) UNERRING. D) VAPID. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) UNKEMPT. 17. Torque is most similar to what Spanish word? A) Torcer. B) Trueno. C) Temblor. D) Terremoto. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Torcer. 18. To think is to try and find a rational answer; to ..... is to let the answer come to us. A) Meditate. B) Appropriate. C) Contemplate. D) Separate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contemplate. 19. Tawdry:Scott gave Rhonda a tawdry engagement ring and could tell by her face she didn't like it.Shirley's tawdry dress was the talk of all the gossips.The innocent children believed the tawdry jewels in their mother's bureau were worth a fortune. A) Gaudy and cheap in appearance or nature. B) Ugly. C) Beautiful and elegant. D) Over the top. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gaudy and cheap in appearance or nature. 20. AESTHETICS A) CONCERNED WITH THE ART OF BEAUTY. B) Modern. C) Solitude. D) Phenomenon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CONCERNED WITH THE ART OF BEAUTY. 21. The Notebook and other ..... movies always stir up my tendency toward being hopelessly romantic. A) Sinister. B) Endearing. C) Benevolent. D) Revere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endearing. 22. To pull away or hide yourself emotionally. A) Lacerating. B) Wistful. C) Catharsis. D) Sequester. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sequester. 23. What word is similar to the word profound? A) Small. B) Misunderstood. C) Level. D) Intense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intense. 24. To cause to be confused A) Bemuse. B) Gullible. C) Reputable. D) Fabricate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bemuse. 25. The drivers showed ..... as they pulled their cars over to make room for the funeral procession. A) Culpable. B) Decadence. C) Deference. D) Deplore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deference. 26. Frivolously disrespectful; lacking proper respect or seriousness A) Slovenly. B) Austere. C) Flippant. D) Repudiate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flippant. 27. Emily ..... to be a pediatrician when she grew up; it was the only thing that she could imagine being. A) Belied. B) Abated. C) Bequeathed. D) Aspired. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aspired. 28. What part of speech is "hiatus" ? A) Verb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 29. The answer was very ..... when the teacher simply said, "No." A) Surreptitious. B) Succinct. C) Stymie. D) Stoic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Succinct. 30. She wanted to by a car but she didn't have enough ..... A) Debt. B) Accordingly. C) Judgement. D) Credit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Credit. ← 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