SAT Words # SAT/M267

v. secede
(a) to hold to the fulfillment of duty
(b) to withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body
(c) to examine for the correction of errors or for the purpose of making changes
(d) to unite
 
v. parse
(a) to pay back as an equivalent of what has been expended
(b) to describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word
(c) to make an effort
(d) to force into military service
 
v. counterbalance
(a) to cause to cease temporarily
(b) to oppose with an equal force
(c) to call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not
(d) to surrender the custody of
 
v. estrange
(a) to occupy completely
(b) to give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to
(c) to train to obedience
(d) to alienate
 
v. cant
(a) to express, formulate or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form
(b) to league together
(c) to talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity
(d) to speak to

v. affect
(a) to act upon
(b) to spend sparingly
(c) to please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire or need
(d) to deny oneself the pleasure or profit of
 
n. transience
(a) something that is of short duration
(b) a representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another
(c) a wide lower part of a tidal river
(d) a geometrical figure
 
v. surmise
(a) to conjecture
(b) to attack on all sides
(c) to discuss
(d) to increase in range or scope
 
v. proceed
(a) to dress
(b) to disseminate
(c) to renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption
(d) to annihilate; to destroy; to ruin; to tear down
 
v. prevaricate
(a) to use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention
(b) to express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite
(c) to demonstrate; to reveal; to display
(d) to put in some relation of connection or correspondence