SAT Word List # SAT/M208

Explanation of platitude (noun)
form: platitudes
a written or spoken statement that is flat, dull or commonplace

Explanation of alluvion (noun)
form: no plural
flood

Explanation of qualification (noun)
form: qualifications
a requisite for an employment, position, right or privilege

Explanation of dismount (verb)
forms: dismounted; dismounted; dismounting
to throw down, push off or remove otherwise from a horse or the like

Explanation of mongrel (noun)
form: mongrels
the progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties

Explanation of enkindle (verb)
forms: enkindled; enkindled; enkindling
to set on fire

Explanation of preferable (adjective)
more desirable than others

Explanation of appropriate (adjective)
forms: more appropriate; most appropriate
suitable for the purpose and circumstances

Explanation of hoard (verb)
forms: hoarded; hoarded; hoarding
to gather and store away for the sake of accumulation

Explanation of rapacious (adjective)
disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods