This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 76 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 76 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Paradigm (n) ..... A) An example that is a perfect pattern or model. B) A random occurrence. C) A type of clothing. D) A musical instrument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An example that is a perfect pattern or model. 2. To adjust or fine-tune an instrument or device is to ..... it. A) Calibrate. B) Consensus. C) Conflated. D) Complementary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calibrate. 3. Galvanize A) To express a particular opinion. B) To say that you do not agree with something or that you refuse to do something. C) To force somebody out of a job or position of power, especially in order to take their place. D) To make somebody take action by shocking or exciting themTagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make somebody take action by shocking or exciting themTagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.4. 4. The football player was ridiculously ..... as he bragged about his athletic abilities. A) Affirmation. B) Pretentious. C) Adroit. D) Primordial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pretentious. 5. What does "burnish" mean? A) Reflect deeply on a subject. B) Stubbornly unyielding. C) Polish and make shiny. D) Show off. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polish and make shiny. 6. Define foil. A) Absolutely necessary or important; essential. B) Peculiar or individual. C) A cause of great distress or annoyance. D) Prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding. 7. Widely spread but probably not true. A) Apocryphal. B) Cogent. C) Parsimony. D) Polemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apocryphal. 8. Definition:ease or lessen; satisfy; soothe A) Scrutinize. B) Complacency. C) Assuage. D) Uniformity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assuage. 9. Visionary means A) Fluent in 2 languages. B) Person that starts a business. C) Person that plans for the future with creativity. D) A person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Person that plans for the future with creativity. 10. Harangue means ..... A) To prepare a type of food. B) To play a musical instrument. C) To address in a long, passionate speech; to rant. D) To capture an animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To address in a long, passionate speech; to rant. 11. Dilemma A) A situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives. B) A type of puzzle that has a single solution. C) A scenario where one must make a decision without any options. D) A conflict between two equally favorable choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives. 12. What is an antonym for punctilious? A) Meticulous. B) Diligent. C) Attentive. D) Careless. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Careless. 13. Deceitfulness, double dealing A) Obtuse. B) Duplicity. C) Implicit. D) Misanthrope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duplicity. 14. Of great importance or significance, especially in its bearing on the future A) Unmitigated. B) Imprudent. C) Momentous. D) Analogous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Momentous. 15. To turn off a person is to ..... A) Put him or her off . B) Put him or her out. C) Encourage him or her to do something . D) Impede his or her by force . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Put him or her off . 16. To ..... is try to correct a weakness or mistake by doing too much of the opposite thing A) Overcompensate. B) Overventilate. C) Overspill. D) Overuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overcompensate. 17. Josh is ..... when it comes to chess; he has never played before. A) Ingenuous. B) Incorrigible. C) Incite. D) Impetuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ingenuous. 18. Vital A) Sad. B) Living happily. C) To refuse. D) To sit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Living happily. 19. Enunciation A) Clear pronunciation. B) To say slowly. C) To make a great speech. D) To announce something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clear pronunciation. 20. The ..... was dripping with jewels and went to all of the best parties. A) Naive. B) Finery. C) Covert. D) Socialite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Socialite. 21. On the flight I sat between/among Michael and David. A) Between. B) Among. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between. 22. An ..... is a disagreement between two or more people, but it can also be a statement backed by evidence, like your ..... that your school doesn't need a dress code. A) Context. B) Claim. C) Argument. D) Counterargument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Argument. 23. The football coach will ..... his team to work hard and win the championship. A) Ingenuous. B) Incorrigible. C) Incite. D) Impetuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incite. 24. Definition:casual indifference; lack of concern A) Candor. B) Nonchalance. C) Adulation. D) Mundane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonchalance. 25. When the man learned he had hired a 17-year old, he knew his landscaping contract would be ..... and void since an adult can't contract with a minor. A) Erratic. B) Adversarial. C) Null. D) Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Null. 26. A distorted image that becomes clear only from a certain angle-symbolic of hidden change. A) Catalyst. B) Transmute. C) Anamorphosis. D) Ameliorate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anamorphosis. 27. Complement A) A thing that completes or brings to perfection. B) A type of food that is served with a meal. C) A person who is very similar to another. D) A decorative item used in home decor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A thing that completes or brings to perfection. 28. An unpleasant or harmful odor A) Effluvia. B) Abet. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Effluvia. 29. What does Riddled Mean A) Clean and pure. B) Full of or containing something undesirable or unpleasant. C) Empty and void. D) Pleasant and delightful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Full of or containing something undesirable or unpleasant. 30. But skeptics argue that the practice unfairly casts ..... on large groups of family members who are likely uninvolved in crime. A) Arbitrary. B) Antithesis. C) Anachronistic. D) Aspersion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aspersion. ← 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