SAT Preparation # SAT/M500

n. ligature
(a) anything that constricts or serves for binding or tying
(b) a certain profession
(c) dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither
(d) a wanderer
 
adj. perspicacious
(a) astute
(b) harmless
(c) pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action
(d) incapable of being concealed
 
n. annals
(a) the derivation of a judgment from any given material of knowledge on the ground of law
(b) panic
(c) a small dagger
(d) a record of events in their chronological order, year by year
 
adj. sanguine
(a) looking old an shriveled
(b) having the color of blood
(c) being in a state of or resembling sleep
(d) growing, climbing or running without check or restraint
 
n. ascent
(a) one of the most ancient of stringed instruments of the harp class
(b) a painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the infant Jesus
(c) a raging epidemic
(d) a rising, soaring or climbing

adj. somnolent
(a) having great speed
(b) sleepy
(c) unavoidable; inescapable; certain; sure to happen
(d) struck with terror and amazement
 
adj. habitual
(a) remotely situated
(b) according to usual practice
(c) very dry
(d) harsh or disagreeable in sound
 
adj. rampant
(a) growing, climbing or running without check or restraint
(b) of or pertaining to a town or city or to its corporate or local government
(c) supple
(d) impenetrably mysterious or profound
 
n. significance
(a) a theory of evolution that includes findings of modern genetics
(b) importance
(c) a three-wheeled vehicle
(d) a service
 
v. promulgate
(a) to cover with ornament
(b) to go from one country, state or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another
(c) to rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance
(d) to declare; publicize; advertise widely; publish; distribute widely