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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
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1. (v.) - To modify or soften the severity of a statement






2. To attempt to gain the favor of. Right now our President is courting voters.






3. To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream. Climb every mountain; ford every stream--are words from the Sound of Music






4. (v.) - To join two things together The wellness club and the athletic department were bridged my their mutual interest in having Hackley serve healthy food.






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






6. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






7. Official approval or disapproval of an action. Mrs' Gerring sanctioned ipod but only for studying vocabulary






8. (v.) - To attempt to get recognition or applause (e.g. to milk an audience) The young singer stayed on stage after the applause died down hoping to milk more even more recognition from the audience.






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






10. To direct along a desired course. Charlotte - please channel the overflow of water towards the pond rather than into my garden.






11. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)






12. 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.






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






14. 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 -






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






16. (v) - To shock or stun






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






18. (v.) - To believe in. I subscribe to the 'less is more' theory of dressing so I usually do not wear jewelry






19. (adj.) - Indirect - vague . After a while I tired of her elliptical hints and asked her directly what she wanted from me.






20. To pry - to press - or force with a lever; something taken by force - He prized the locked door until the door jam gave way.






21. To co-mingle - to debase by mirroring with something inferior. I am afraid the bowl is made of an alloy - not sterling as we thought.






22. (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.






23. To saturate or completely soak - as in to let a tea bag steep. Allow the tea to steep for at least five minutes -






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






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






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






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






28. The supporting structural cross-part of a wing. Guitars have struts across the neck.






29. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.






30. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.






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






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






33. (adj.) - Serious Pleas recognize the gravity of the situation and refrain from laughing.






34. (v.) - To elaborate or exaggerate. Every story Mike tells is so embroidered - that it is impossible to understand exactly what really is true.






35. (v.) - To complain After awhile her carping became very irritating because she never said anything positive about the school.






36. To be established - accepted - or customary. After years of community service - Henry was finally obtained.






37. 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.






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






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






40. (adj.) - Having an offensively strong or unclean odor. The men's locker room is rank after a football game.






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






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






43. A tool used for shaping. My father used a die to shape the replacement spindle for our stair railing.






44. To lose courage - turn frightened. The chimpanzee was quailed by the alpha male in the group.






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






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






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






48. (adj.) - Simple - unadorned. It was a small modest home but they wee happy to have their own place.






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






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