This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Words – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Words Quiz 41 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Causing harm or damage. A) Deleterious. B) Polemical. C) Vicissitude. D) Ennui. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deleterious. 2. Attempting to impress by acting as if one has greater importance talent, culture, etc. than is actually possessed. A) Precocious. B) Pugnacious. C) Pretentious. D) Amicable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pretentious. 3. Deceitfulness; a kind of deception in which you intentionally hide your true feelings or intentions behind false words or actions A) Sanctimonious. B) Duplicity. C) Ambivalent. D) Opulent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duplicity. 4. Catastrophe means A) An event causing great damage. B) Everything is balanced. C) To gather or acquire. D) To get rid of, make disappear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An event causing great damage. 5. The principal's ..... reply was clear: "No dogs on school grounds." A) Supercilious. B) Eloquent. C) Terse. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Terse. 6. Presenting favorable details A) Propitious. B) Arcane. C) Aplomb. D) Magnanimous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Propitious. 7. Students must ..... the chapter when studying for college-level chemistry. A) Perfunctory. B) Decadence. C) Peruse. D) Culpable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peruse. 8. The beginning of the story, it gives you the setting, introduces characters, and hints at the conflict. A) Rising action. B) Resolution. C) Exposition. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exposition. 9. Belie A) To give a false impression or to contradict something; when something appears one way but is actually different. B) To support or confirm something; to provide evidence for a claim. C) To express a strong opinion or belief about something; to advocate for a position. D) To make something appear better or more attractive than it is; to embellish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To give a false impression or to contradict something; when something appears one way but is actually different. 10. Puny A) Approve. B) Less than normal. C) Royal. D) Horrible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less than normal. 11. Complaining, whining A) Querulous. B) Assiduous. C) Soporific. D) Aplomb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Querulous. 12. The downfall of our morals can be attributed to the ..... we view on TV. A) Culpable. B) Decadence. C) Deference. D) Deplore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decadence. 13. Relate to; concern. A) Appertain. B) Dire. C) Senile. D) Bemoan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appertain. 14. Hindering the achievement of a goal A) Counterproductive. B) Controversial. C) Disdain. D) Diminish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Counterproductive. 15. After winning the match, the team was jubilant (very ..... ). A) Angry. B) Cheerful. C) Bored. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cheerful. 16. To reshape or redesign something into a new form. A) Refashion. B) Revise. C) Metabolic. D) Transitional. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refashion. 17. To defeat completely. A) Vanquish. B) Tumult. C) Trenchant. D) Abdicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vanquish. 18. Excavate A) (v.) to dig out of the ground and remove. B) (v.) to make up, invent. C) (adj.) wild, savage. D) (adj.) symbolic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (v.) to dig out of the ground and remove. 19. Entrepreneur means A) Fluent in 2 languages. B) Person that starts a business. C) A person that plans for the future with imagination. 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: B) Person that starts a business. 20. What does abscond mean? A) To leave a place in a formal manner. B) To flee. C) To arrive at a destination slowly and carefully. D) To stay in one place for a long time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To flee. 21. Anomaly A) Strict; austere. B) Expressing approval. C) False; unauthenticated; disputed. D) Abnormality; deviation from the general rule; irregularity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abnormality; deviation from the general rule; irregularity. 22. Bringing in money; profitable A) Materialistic. B) Null. C) Lucrative. D) Benevolent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lucrative. 23. To take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force. A) Communism. B) Socialism. C) Usurp. D) Superfluous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Usurp. 24. Bombastic A) Showing off with speech. B) Loud and violent. C) Silly speech. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Showing off with speech. 25. Calm or soothe A) Pacify. B) Placate. C) Allay. D) Quell. 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