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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To lean or tilt to one side. When our dog wakes from a nap - his head lists to one side.
strut
scurvy
list
Slight
2. (v.) - To bother - question repeatedly Harry badgered me for a new lacrosse stick
qualify
sap
Sustain
Badger
3. Majestic - venerable. Albert Bierstadt painted august mountains.
brook
august
sap
pedestrian
4. General acceptance . The banning of handguns gained currency after the movie theater shooting spree.
arrest/arresting
pluck
Discriminating
Currency
5. To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream. Climb every mountain; ford every stream--are words from the Sound of Music
die
ford
Slight
Sustain
6. To reduce quality or value of something. If you defrost and refreeze the meat you will compromise the quality.
Gravity
Compromise
table
Discriminating
7. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.
strut
Subscribe
Precipitate
stand
8. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated
Spare
nice
color
personification
9. (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.
Rank
Police
alloy
Constitution
10. (adj.) - Unfamiliar - foreign The new schedule was so alien to me that I kept showing up at the wrong time for about a week.
Alien
Police
Bridge
brook
11. To restrain; halt; contain. He was able to check the flow of water with his wrench.
Bent !
Check
Mint
Negotiate
12. To saturate or completely soak - as in to let a tea bag steep. Allow the tea to steep for at least five minutes -
Affect/Affected
nice
steep
Eclipse
13. 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 -
singular
temper
Modest
Court
14. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.
negotiate
temper
Bent !
waffle
15. To modify ex: modify work He qualified his remarks so that the older voters were not offended.
alloy
Grate
qualify
Crop
16. To complain or grumble. Stop grousing and just come with us.
Bent !
steep
Lumber
grouse
17. (v.) - To withstand . The new stone house sustained to high gustly wind.
Grill
alloy
Currency
Sustain
18. (adj.) - Austere - rigid. She wore her hair in a severe bun and she dressed is a severe black - high necked dress.
nice
singular
Severe
Compromise
19. (v.) - To complain about or denounce bitterly
Rail
Carp
Police
Hail
20. (adj.) - Serious Pleas recognize the gravity of the situation and refrain from laughing.
Elliptical
Police
Carp
Grave/Gravity
21. To move heavily and clumsily. Hagrid lumbered back to his shack.
Buffet
sap
lumber
Rake
22. A perfect example Sam was the personification of bravery.
trenchant
fell
Cavalier
personification
23. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.
sap
Carp
obtain
august
24. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy
pied
Qualify
arrest/arresting
essay
25. Official approval or disapproval of an action. Mrs' Gerring sanctioned ipod but only for studying vocabulary
mince
Grate
prize
Sanction
26. (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.
Bridge
rent
Precipitate
Cavalier
27. Exacting - fastidious - very precise. The reason the watch maker could command such high prices is because his work is so nice.
waffle
Hail
color
nice
28. (v.) - To proclaim enthusiastically. Harry was hailed as the greatest lacrosse player Hackley has ever seen.
Hail
Sustain
Currency
Police
29. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)
court
Buffet
pluck
Grill
30. Elevation of a land surface. The globe we have had all the mountain ranges in relief. Remember bas relief?
Embroider
Relief
trenchant
alloy
31. To be established - accepted - or customary. After years of community service - Henry was finally obtained.
singular
damp
lumber
obtain
32. (v.) - To rummage around - search
Court
Grave/Gravity
Root
Spare
33. To tolerate - endure - countenance. I can brook many of his silly habits but loud gum chewing is intolerable
court
list
august
brook
34. Courage - spunk - fortitude. Despite hard times - James had amazing pluck.
prize
Rake
pluck
Carp
35. To imply - suggest - or insinuate. He intimated that I had stolen his bike.
list
consequential
pied
intimate
36. (v.) - To give in - acquiesce Eventually - Mimi caved in and let the girls wear eye makeup
consequential
Cave
grouse
brook
37. To sap or droop; to become spiritless. I am sorry to be flagging but I am suffering from jet lag.
Precipitate
damp
grouse
flag
38. An arrogant attitude. George took a cavalier attitude towards smoking in the men's room.
Qualify
Cavalier
Bridge
table
39. Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating. For some reason very librarian our school has ever ever hired has been trenchant.
trenchant
appropriate
Sanction
wag
40. To successfully travel through. He negotiated the sharp turn very poorly.
rent
Stem
negotiate
brook
41. A result or outcome of an action. The seniors' prank precipitated a ban on all future senior pranks.
Cave
pine
brook
Precipitate
42. (v) - To shock or stun
court
Grate
rail
meet
43. 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.
list
table
exact
wag
44. To lose vigor (as through grief). After her husband died - Mrs. Deary pined for weeks.
pine
Cave
intimate
Gravity
45. To direct along a desired course. Charlotte - please channel the overflow of water towards the pond rather than into my garden.
Coin
Channel
Eclipse
occult
46. (n.) - A dissolute man - womanizer. Do not go out with Bill - he's a rake and can't be trusted.
Bent !
Rake
pied
flip
47. Contemptible; despicable. I find his behavior to be scurvy.
Buffet
scurvy
rail
Embroider
48. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.
essay
august
Channel
Eclipse
49. Fitting - proper.It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame
meet
Carp
waffle
Rail
50. A stereotypical or formulaic character. i don't remember her name beacause she was just a stock character in the play.
Stock
wag
court
Coin