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SAT Verbal Quiz # SAT/M128

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n. hydrometer
(a) penmanship
(b) washerwoman
(c) a renewal of youth
(d) an instrument for determining the density of solids and liquids by flotation
 
v. compliment
(a) to promote or advertise in an understated manner
(b) to reveal in trust
(c) to transfer (the young) from dependence on mother's milk to another form of nourishment
(d) to address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise
 
n. phenomenon
(a) embroidery
(b) a plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom
(c) the state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease
(d) any unusual occurrence
 
n. vaudeville
(a) a change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune
(b) a variety show
(c) deportment
(d) a bundle, as of letters
 
v. irk
(a) to afflict with pain, vexation or fatigue
(b) to unclothe
(c) to tell or make known, as something previously private or secret
(d) to quarrel

 

adj. treble
(a) supernatural
(b) turbulent
(c) fearless and bold
(d) multiplied by three
 
n. metonymy
(a) a gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance
(b) the science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events
(c) an official numbering of the people of a country or district
(d) a figure of speech that consists in the naming of a thing by one of its attributes
 
adj. indistinct
(a) within the smallest unit of life
(b) possessing wisdom
(c) vague
(d) tending to produce sleep
 
n. caricature
(a) a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted
(b) property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts; anything of material value or usefulness
(c) a written or spoken statement that is flat, dull or commonplace
(d) an anthem or other composition sung responsively
 
v. mollify
(a) to put off till tomorrow or till a future time
(b) to make satisfaction or amends for
(c) to please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire or need
(d) to soothe

n. hydrometer (d) an instrument for determining the density of solids and liquids by flotation
v. compliment (d) to address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise
n. phenomenon (d) any unusual occurrence
n. vaudeville (b) a variety show
v. irk (a) to afflict with pain, vexation or fatigue
adj. treble (d) multiplied by three
n. metonymy (d) a figure of speech that consists in the naming of a thing by one of its attributes
adj. indistinct (c) vague
n. caricature (a) a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted
v. mollify (d) to soothe

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