This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 16 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. English teachers love grammar and have a ..... for it. A) Acrimony. B) Platitude. C) Predilection. D) Banal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predilection. 2. What does Hasten mean A) Hasten means to slow down. B) Hasten means to hurry or to move quickly. C) Hasten means to take your time. D) Hasten means to stand still. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hasten means to hurry or to move quickly. 3. (noun) Something that provokes or speeds up significant change, especially without being affected by the consequences A) Captious. B) Cataclysmic. C) Catalyst. D) Caucus. E) Caustic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catalyst. 4. Her argument was so ..... that everyone was convinced. A) Conform. B) Comprised. C) Compound. D) Compelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compelling. 5. These people are every year compelled by ..... of food to resort in great numbers to the plains. Some even resorted to cannibalism after years of famine. A) Frugality. B) Paucity. C) Profusion. D) Versimilitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paucity. 6. Cabal A) Rule to be governed or guided by; a maxim (saying). B) A small group joined in a secret intrigue. C) Aggressive attack on another's ideas; the art of disputation. D) A feeling of irritation or resentment at a slight insult; offense taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A small group joined in a secret intrigue. 7. Proceeding in a gradual subtle way but with harmful effects. A) Insidious. B) Expound. C) Duplicity. D) Prosperity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insidious. 8. Everyone in the class was having a hard time with the Knotty math problem.What does Knotty mean? A) Clear or straightforward. B) Difficult or complex. C) Easy or simple. D) Fun or enjoyable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Difficult or complex. 9. What is the definition of "vaunt" ? A) Show off. B) Lasting a very short time. C) Make better. D) Reflect deeply on a subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Show off. 10. When Post Malone says, "Came with the motley crew", he means that his crew is very ..... A) Willing to do whatever it takes. B) Elite; at the top of the pyramid. C) Incongruously varied in appearance or character. D) Much like John Wick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incongruously varied in appearance or character. 11. Batman and the Joker had nothing but ..... between them. A) Antipathy. B) Antecedent. C) Bypass. D) Austere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antipathy. 12. Definition:individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances A) Debilitate. B) Sage. C) Colloquial. D) Opportunist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Opportunist. 13. Acting quickly without thinking, like charging into battle. A) Subvert. B) Onslaught. C) Belligerent. D) Impetuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Impetuous. 14. Incapable of being in harmony or agreed upon A) Erratic. B) Difficult. C) Irreconcilable. D) Controversial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irreconcilable. 15. Having or using too many words; wordy A) Verbose. B) Fallacy. C) Estrangement. D) Futile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbose. 16. To grow back or renew, like healing tissue or hope. A) Regenerate. B) Palimpsest. C) Morphology. D) Emergent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regenerate. 17. Rue A) To choose. B) A color. C) To regret. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To regret. 18. Definition:conforming to established practice or accepted standards; traditional A) Obscure. B) Undermine. C) Valid. D) Conventional. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conventional. 19. My desire and ..... for Reeses' Peanut Butter Cups are out of control. A) Trepidation. B) Euphimism. C) Palpitant. D) Avarice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Avarice. 20. Add something as an attachment or supplement. A) Append. B) Implicit. C) Duplicity. D) Obtuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Append. 21. Verb:to praise (brag) A) Extol. B) Exasperation. C) Inane. D) Listless. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extol. 22. Appears real A) Verisimilar. B) Simulate. C) Sequestered. D) Vivid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verisimilar. 23. The use of too many words; wordy A) Indifferent. B) Ambiguous. C) Naive. D) Verbose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verbose. 24. Former President Trump had numerous public conversations that people considered him to a ..... A) Goad. B) Bigot. C) Surly. D) Venal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bigot. 25. Cadged A) Ownership. B) Offensive. C) To get by begging. D) Condescending. 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