SAT Testing # SAT/M497

n. siren
(a) a sea-nymph, described by Homer as dwelling between the island of Circe and Scylla
(b) lack of confidence in the power, wisdom or good intent of any person
(c) clothing or covering
(d) virtue or integrity tested and confirmed
 
n. rote
(a) measurement of the powers of vision
(b) concealment
(c) sorcery
(d) repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them, with slight attention
 
n. genealogist
(a) belief in your own worth and dignity
(b) a body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline
(c) any unusual occurrence
(d) a tracer of pedigrees
 
adj. magisterial
(a) blameless
(b) having an air of authority
(c) consisting of blood
(d) touching
 
adj. left-handed
(a) having and exercising the power to produce effects or results
(b) clumsy
(c) swollen
(d) unchecked merriment or animal spirits

n. surety
(a) a young bird
(b) objects of curiosity or for decoration
(c) security for payment or performance
(d) person who or that which regulates or directs
 
n. declension
(a) the science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography and geology
(b) a peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States
(c) description of nature
(d) the change of endings in nouns and adjectives to express their different relations of gender
 
adj. improvident
(a) full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit
(b) recovering health after sickness
(c) utterly ridiculous or absurd
(d) lacking foresight or thrift
 
n. resonance
(a) any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage
(b) a figure, especially, with five angles and five sides
(c) one of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment
(d) the quality of being able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations
 
adj. imminent
(a) dangerous and close at hand
(b) pertaining to electricity developed water or steam
(c) observant and exact in points of time
(d) fancied