SAT Vocabulary # SAT/M281

n. brokerage
(a) period during which something functions or exists
(b) a group of three persons of things
(c) the state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty
(d) the business of making sales and purchases for a commission
 
n. folio
(a) a sip; a bite
(b) the general science of the universe
(c) a sheet of paper folded once
(d) internal parts of an animal
 
adj. respondent
(a) compassionate
(b) answering
(c) calm
(d) disheartened
 
adj. acoustic
(a) having no limit or end
(b) easy to see through or understand
(c) capable of being inferred
(d) pertaining to the act or sense of hearing
 
n. parricide
(a) that property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed
(b) the murder of a parent
(c) a servile assistant and subordinate
(d) general lack of capacity or fitness

n. horde
(a) a three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for supporting some instrument
(b) a peace offering; a gesture of goodwill
(c) a gathered multitude of human beings
(d) enmity
 
n. grief
(a) slavery
(b) a landed estate held under feudal tenure
(c) a sudden and violent outbreak
(d) sorrow
 
adj. statuesque
(a) nervously high-strung
(b) incapable of being forced, constrained or compelled
(c) careless of or unable to meet responsibilities
(d) attractively tall, graceful, and dignified
 
n. vigilance
(a) a view or prospect
(b) a way of approach or entrance; passage
(c) the whole range or sequence
(d) alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger
 
n. percussion
(a) a formal token of regard, often presented in public
(b) an interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events
(c) the sharp striking of one body against another
(d) reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed