SAT Verbal Quiz # SAT/M256

adj. despicable
(a) destitute of animal life
(b) appalling
(c) capable of being put underwater
(d) contemptible
 
n. tincture
(a) rashness
(b) a slight deviation from what is right, proper or just
(c) a priest; clergyman; parson; spiritual leader; spiritual guide
(d) a solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine
 
adj. solvent
(a) characterized by a sweet succession of sounds
(b) inclined to seek company
(c) having sufficient funds to pay all debts
(d) yielding in abundance
 
v. fondle
(a) to take perceptible or substantial form
(b) to indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs
(c) to delegate authority to
(d) to handle tenderly and lovingly
 
n. theologian
(a) a tribe
(b) a certain profession
(c) a non-commissioned military officer ranking next above a corporal
(d) a professor of divinity

n. caret
(a) a sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted
(b) one versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye
(c) preponderance
(d) sorrow
 
n. neocracy
(a) government administered by new or untried persons
(b) a body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or by a religious vow
(c) prolonged sluggishness of body or mind
(d) a member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the Promised Land or western Palestine
 
n. leniency
(a) a modern and an ancient Greek coin
(b) an instrument for measuring very small angles or dimensions
(c) the act of placing side by side, together or in contact
(d) forbearance
 
n. facility
(a) ease
(b) long shaft with a revolving spiral blades that move a vehicle
(c) any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned
(d) the science of organic functions
 
n. evasion
(a) an inhabitant; city resident
(b) escape
(c) anything gained or made one's own, usually by effort or labor
(d) the art or business of compounding and dispensing medicines