SAT Verbal Quiz # SAT/M208

n. platitude
(a) the act or practice of bringing from one country into another
(b) the poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete
(c) a loose robe, fastening with a sash, the principal outer garment in Japan
(d) a written or spoken statement that is flat, dull or commonplace
 
n. alluvion
(a) a token of remembrance
(b) flood
(c) the prevalent way or fashion
(d) the state of being attached or joined
 
n. qualification
(a) a requisite for an employment, position, right or privilege
(b) the assertion of the opposite of that which has been said
(c) the part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another country
(d) an imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are the larger planets
 
v. dismount
(a) to fail to put strongly enough, as a case
(b) to throw down, push off or remove otherwise from a horse or the like
(c) to write over again (something already written)
(d) to diminish the gravity or importance of
 
n. mongrel
(a) the dead body of an animal
(b) a young swan
(c) estrangement
(d) the progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties

v. enkindle
(a) to make a demand or repeated demands on for payment
(b) to relapse into a state of repose and tranquillity
(c) to convert into a substance of stony hardness and character
(d) to set on fire
 
adj. preferable
(a) having the nature or quality of soap
(b) more desirable than others
(c) worn and gaunt in appearance
(d) harsh
 
adj. appropriate
(a) suitable for the purpose and circumstances
(b) passing naturally from parent to child
(c) inherent
(d) outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile or cruel
 
v. hoard
(a) to divide
(b) to rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance
(c) to gather and store away for the sake of accumulation
(d) to make milder or more endurable
 
adj. rapacious
(a) needlessly free or lavish in expenditure
(b) disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods
(c) loud enough to be heard
(d) worthy of respect