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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. (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






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






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






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






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






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. (v.) - To proclaim enthusiastically. Harry was hailed as the greatest lacrosse player Hackley has ever seen.






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






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






10. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






16. (v.) - To complain about or denounce bitterly






17. Courage - spunk - fortitude. Despite hard times - James had amazing pluck.






18. Elevation of a land surface. The globe we have had all the mountain ranges in relief. Remember bas relief?






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






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






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






22. 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 -






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






24. 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.






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






26. (v.) - To give in - acquiesce Eventually - Mimi caved in and let the girls wear eye makeup






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. A rope - cord or cable attached as a brace or guide. The guy helped secure the mast.






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






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






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






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






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






41. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






42. Contemptible; despicable. I find his behavior to be scurvy.






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






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






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






46. To bring up - announce - begin to talk about. Many parents are afraid to broach the subject of colleges with their kids






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






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






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






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