Sat Vocabulary Test
Sat Vocabulary Test
Sat Vocabulary Test
Choose the word that is most nearly Choose the word that is most nearly
the same in meaning to the key words. the same in meaning to the key words.
RESILIENCE
1. FILCH
a) Submission
a) Hide b) Elasticity
b) Swindle c) Determination
c) Drop d) Recovery
d) Steal
ANALOGY
2. URBAN
a) Similarity
a) Polished b) Transposition
b) Rural c) Variety
c) Friendly d) Appropriateness
d) Prominent
FACETIOUS
3. DECANT
a) Shrewd
a) Bisect b) Impolite
b) Bequeath c) Complimentary
c) Pour off d) Witty
d) Abuse verbally
DIATRIBE
4. ANTITHESIS
a) Monologue
a) Contrast b) Oration
b) Conclusion c) Tirade
c) Resemblance d) Conversation
d) Dislike
MALEDICTION
5. HERETICAL
a) Curse
a) Impractical b) Mispronunciation
b) Quaint c) Grammatical error
c) Rash d) Tactless remark
d) Unorthodox
AGGREGATE
6. COALESCE
a) Result
a) Associate b) Difference
b) Combine c) Product
c) Contact d) Sum
d) Cover
APLOMB
7. CHARLATAN
a) Caution
a) Clown b) Self assurance
b) Philanthropist c) Short sightedness
c) Jester d) Self restraint
d) Quack
THERAPEUTIC
8. GAUCHE
a) Curative
a) Clumsy b) Restful
b) Stupid c) Warm
c) Feeble-minded d) Stimulating
d) Foreign
TRANSMUTE
9. REDUNDANT
a) Remove
a) Necessary b) Change
b) Sufficient c) Duplicate
c) Diminishing d) Explain
d) Superfluous
ATTRITION
10. ATROPHY
a) Encirclement
a) Soften b) Count attack
b) Waste away c) Appeasement
c) Grow d) Wearing down
d) Spread
a) Confuse LITIGATION
b) Turn
c) Vibrate
d) Whirl a) Argument
b) Endeavor
INOCULATE c) Lawsuit
d) Ceremony
a) Make harmless FIASCO
b) Infect
c) Cure a) Disappointment
d) Overcome b) Turning point
c) Loss
PERUSAL d) Complete failure
a) Approval VAGARY
b) Estimate
c) Reading a) Caprice
d) Computation b) Confusion
c) Extravagance
QUERULOUS d) Loss of memory
a) Fretful GRAPHIC
b) Inquisitive
c) Shivering a) Serious
d) Annoying b) Concise
c) Detailed
AUTONOMY d) Vivid
a) Tyranny CONNOTATION
b) Independence
c) Minority a) Implication
d) Dictatorship b) Footnote
c) Derivation
MACHINATIONS d) Comment
a) Inventions TORTUOUS
b) Ideas
c) Mysteries
d) Plots a) Crooked
b) Difficult
SCHISM c) Painful
d) Slow
a) Government
b) Religion FULMINATING
c) Division
d) Combination a) Pointed
b) Wavelike
PUSILLANIMOUS c) Thundering
d) Bubbling
a) Cowardly
b) Extraordinary CIRCUMVENT
c) Ailing
d) Excitable a) Change
b) Control
TERMINOLOGY c) Harass
d) Frustrate
a) Technically
b) Formality CARTEL
c) Explanation
d) Nomenclature a) World government
b) Industrial pool
c) Skilled craft
d) Instrument of credit
PROLIFIC a) Repulsive
b) Enchanting
a) Obedient c) Stinging
b) Fertile d) Disgusting
c) Hardy
d) Scanty EMBRYONIC
ASSUAGE a) Arrested
b) Developed
c) Functioning
a) Create d) Rudimentary
b) Ease
c) Enlarge INEXORABLE
d) Prohibit
a) Unfavorable
DECORUM b) Permanent
c) Crude
a) Charm d) Relentless
b) Adornment
c) Seemliness PROTRACTED
d) Charity
a) Prolonged
PHLEGMATIC b)
c)
a) Tolerant d)
b) Careless
c) Sensitive OBSEQUIOUS
d) Stolid
a) Courteous
INTREPID b) Fawning
c) Respectful
a) Quick-witted d) Inexperienced
b) Brutal
c) Fearless LOQUACIOUS
d) Hearty
ACTUATE a) Queer
b) Logical
c) Gracious
a) Frighten d) Rural
b) Direct e) Voluble
c) Isolate
d) Impel PUGNACIOUS
MOUNTEBANK
a) Bold
b) Combative
a) Trickster c) Brawny
b) Courier d) Pug-nosed
c) Scholar
d) Cashier ASTRINGENT
LACONIC a) Bossy
b) Musty
a) Terse c) Flexible
b) Informal d) Contracting
c) Convincing
d) Interesting ESCARPMENT
BOORISH a) Threat
b) Limbo
a) Sporting c) Cliff
b) Argumentative d) Blight
c) Monotonous
d) Rude AM ENTITIES
ERUDITE a) Prayers
b) Ceremonies
a) Modest c) Pleasantries
b) Egotistical d) Social functions
c) Learned
d) Experienced
Choose the word that is most nearly Choose the word that is most nearly
the same in meaning to the key words the same in meaning to the key words
DEPLORE OBEISANCE
a) Forget a) Salary
b) Forgive b) Justification
c) Deny c) Conduct
d) Regret d) Deference
BANAL PEDANTIC
ABACUS PETULANT
a) Casserole a) Peevish
b) Blackboard b) Proclivity
c) Slide rule c)
d) Adding device d)
SEISMIC PROCLIVITY
a) Tide a)
b) Volcano b)
c) Earth quake c)
d) Tornado d) Tendency
AMELIORATE TRENCHANT
a) Favor
b) Improve a) Keen
c) Interfere b) Good
d) Learn c) Edible
d) Light
CHARY
VAPID
a) Burned a) Carefree
b) Careful b) Crazy
c) Comfortable c) Insipid
d) Fascinating d) Spotty
CORPULENT PROGNOSTICATE
a) Fat a) Forecast
b) Full b) Ravish
c) Organized c) Salute
d) Similar d) Succeed
ENIGMA PROPRIETY
a) Ambition a) Advancement
b) Foreigner b) Fitness
c) Instrument c) Sobriety
d) Riddle d) Use
INEPT PULCHRITUDE
a) Awkward a) Beauty
b) Intelligent b) Character
c) Tawdry c) Generosity
d) Uninteresting d) Intelligence
INVETERATE SCRUPULOUS
a) Ill
a) Evil b) Masterful
b) Habitual c) Exact
c) Inconsiderate d) Stony
d) Unintentional