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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. (v.) - To proclaim enthusiastically. Harry was hailed as the greatest lacrosse player Hackley has ever seen.






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






3. To move heavily and clumsily. Hagrid lumbered back to his shack.






4. (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.






5. To lose vigor (as through grief). After her husband died - Mrs. Deary pined for weeks.






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






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






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






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






10. (n. - adj.) - Artificial or pretentious behavior. The trouble with Jill is that her behavior is so affected that it is impossible to determine her real personality






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






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






13. A result or outcome of an action. The seniors' prank precipitated a ban on all future senior pranks.






14. Exceptional - unusual - odd.She was singular in her gymnasts talent. She was singular in her Gothic taste.






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






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






17. (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.






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






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






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






21. A strong tendency. Annie has a bent for Chemistry.






22. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






23. 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 -






24. Majestic - venerable. Albert Bierstadt painted august mountains.






25. Ordinary. Please don't wear the solid red tie; it is so pedestrian. Please don't order a hotdog at the restaurant - it's so pedestrian.






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






27. Sarcastic - impertinent. He was sent to the principal's office for being flip in Miss Gerry's class.






28. To become weak; to lose interest. After the long battle the soldiers were flagged.






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






30. A serious situation or problem. Joe did not apprear to recognize the gravity of the situation






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






32. (v.) - To insult - put down . Every word she said was meant as a slight and the whole class recognized her hostility.






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






47. (v.) - To cut short. He cropped his jeans so he he could wade into the water and not have wet pants around his ankles






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






49. To complain about bitterly. He railed against the new regulations.






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