SAT Verbal Test # SAT/M174

n. sleight
(a) greediness
(b) the art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings
(c) a trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observation
(d) the act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office
 
n. parable
(a) the state of being white or glowing with heat
(b) a sense of injury
(c) a brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usually with a moral
(d) a companion or associate
 
n. fallacy
(a) the laying out or expending or money or other resources, as time or strength
(b) counterfeiting
(c) any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning; anything based on such reasoning
(d) a philosopher who investigates the essence of the world and of reality
 
n. unison
(a) a condition of perfect agreement and accord
(b) part on a foremast of a ship
(c) an opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles
(d) displacement by authority from an office or an employment
 
n. creak
(a) the junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle
(b) a sharp, harsh, squeaking sound
(c) stubborn adherence to opinion, arising from conceit or the desire to have one's own way
(d) the act of sinking until covered completely with water

n. mockery
(a) ridicule
(b) unyielding adherence
(c) an ecclesiastical council
(d) trickery
 
n. linguistics
(a) a change
(b) the science of languages or of the origin, history, and significance of words
(c) engagement to marry
(d) the act of sending through or across
 
n. synonym
(a) regularity
(b) a word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other
(c) the study of force exerted by the motion of liquids
(d) loyalty
 
adj. ghastly
(a) delivering bad news; foreboding; threatening
(b) verbose
(c) contradictory
(d) hideous
 
adj. gossamer
(a) pertaining to an island
(b) belonging to, situated in or derived from another country
(c) pertaining to streams
(d) flimsy