SAT Testing # SAT/M287

n. fervor
(a) a criticism or critical review
(b) ardor or intensity of feeling
(c) flow
(d) a narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water
 
v. retrieve
(a) to cast off, as hair, feathers, etc
(b) to quietly terminate
(c) to recover something by searching
(d) to make widely or generally known
 
n. anemometer
(a) possession of eminently or unusually good qualities
(b) any religious ceremonial
(c) an instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind
(d) hatred of marriage
 
n. philanthropist
(a) that part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra
(b) inequality
(c) person who endeavors to help his fellow men
(d) an agent acting for another
 
n. avalanche
(a) biblical exposition or interpretation
(b) a council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government
(c) the rules and principles of poetry
(d) the fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock

adj. ruminant
(a) having no limit or end
(b) having two parts
(c) chewing the cud
(d) smooth and pleasant in manner
 
n. boatswain
(a) an accursed thing
(b) an opposer
(c) a wooden hammer
(d) a subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc
 
adj. predominant
(a) touching or joining at the edge or boundary
(b) employing harsh words or ill treatment
(c) superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number or degree
(d) existing but not immediately perceptible
 
v. accost
(a) to cease from action
(b) to bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness
(c) to stick fast or together
(d) to speak to
 
adj. bilateral
(a) having several syllables, especially more than three syllables
(b) awkward or slow
(c) two-sided
(d) transferable by assignment, endorsement or delivery