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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. (v.) - To complain After awhile her carping became very irritating because she never said anything positive about the school.






2. To sap or droop; to become spiritless. I am sorry to be flagging but I am suffering from jet lag.






3. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






4. (v.) - To rummage around - search






5. Fitting - proper.It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame






6. (v.) - To regulate - control. Who is going to police the dark alley to make sure it is safe for the young children who pass by every day.






7. To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration - let's table the discussion on cafeteria lunch and go for a nice walk instead.






8. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.






9. To suspend; to engage; holding one's attention. I am afraid my brother is case of arrested development. Her beauty was arresting. His Chaucer lecture was arresting.






10. To imply - suggest - or insinuate. He intimated that I had stolen his bike.






11. (v.) - To bother - question repeatedly Harry badgered me for a new lacrosse stick






12. Exacting - fastidious - very precise. The reason the watch maker could command such high prices is because his work is so nice.






13. To tolerate - endure - countenance. I can brook many of his silly habits but loud gum chewing is intolerable






14. (v.) - To question intensively . The criminal was grilled for hours by the police






15. To successfully travel through. We negotiated our way through the narrow street in Chainatown






16. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.






17. General acceptance . The banning of handguns gained currency after the movie theater shooting spree.






18. (n. - v.) - A factory where money is produced / To produce money also excellent condition Mint produced pennies. When they are minted - they are in mint condition.






19. (v.) - To modify or soften the severity of a statement






20. To equivocate or change one's position. You can't count on Jane: she always waffles at the last moment






21. (v.) - To withstand . The new stone house sustained to high gustly wind.






22. Wit - joker. I love having dinner with your cousin; he's such a wag.






23. (n.) - A fundamental (e.g. staple crop)






24. (v.) - To put a stop to. With a tourniquet she was able to stem the flow of blood






25. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






26. Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating. For some reason very librarian our school has ever ever hired has been trenchant.






27. Hidden - concealed - beyond comprehension. John Lofter was well regarded because his evil intentions were occult.






28. To complain or grumble. Stop grousing and just come with us.






29. To pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully. Don't mince word; say what you mean.






30. (n.) - To read over or study with great attention. Fran pored over the yearbook hoping to find himself in many pictures.






31. -pompous - self-important. He believes he is consequential because he donated money to the school fund.






32. To successfully travel through. He negotiated the sharp turn very poorly.






33. (n.) - A dissolute man - womanizer. Do not go out with Bill - he's a rake and can't be trusted.






34. To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of sound.






35. (v) - To shock or stun. I was floored by his unexpected bouquet of flowers






36. To change as if by dyeing - to distort or affect. When she colored her hair purple it colored my impression of her.






37. (n.) - The physical character - health of a body. I am very lucky because I have a very healthy constitution - so have never missed a day of school.






38. (adj.) - Unfamiliar - foreign The new schedule was so alien to me that I kept showing up at the wrong time for about a week.






39. To soften; moderate. Mr. King - after forbidding students to wear shirst with scenes of violence tempered his remarks by saying that they did not apply to boys who never wore hoodies or shirts with offensive militaristic designs to school






40. An arrogant attitude. George took a cavalier attitude towards smoking in the men's room.






41. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy






42. To demand - call for - require - take. Our English teachers demands were exacting. The pressure of public speaking exacted a tremendous amount of vitality from George VI.






43. (n.) - A liking or talent for (syn: predilection - proclivity - penchant). The SAT really likes this one






44. (adj.) - Austere - rigid. She wore her hair in a severe bun and she dressed is a severe black - high necked dress.






45. Inhumanely cruel. Attila the Hun was probably the most fell of all rulers.






46. To attempt to gain the favor or support of a person or group - The politician courted support for the new bill he wanted to pass -






47. (v.) - To move slowly and awkwardly. The old man lumbered down the lane






48. To take for one's own use; confiscate. Harry appropriated the candy supply for himself.






49. To devise a new word Who coined the name 'labradoodles?'






50. To reduce quality or value of something. If you defrost and refreeze the meat you will compromise the quality.