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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. (v) - To shock or stun
Lumber
Rail
Grate
temper
2. Majestic - venerable. Albert Bierstadt painted august mountains.
Cavalier
occult
august
Carp
3. A perfect example Sam was the personification of bravery.
sap
personification
prize
Grill
4. (n.) - To read over or study with great attention. Fran pored over the yearbook hoping to find himself in many pictures.
Discriminating
exact
Pore
rail
5. (v.) - To question intensively . The criminal was grilled for hours by the police
Grill
Compromise
Bent
Lumber
6. A stereotypical or formulaic character. i don't remember her name beacause she was just a stock character in the play.
Eclipse
Root
broach
Stock
7. To tolerate - endure - countenance. I can brook many of his silly habits but loud gum chewing is intolerable
Coin
flip
steep
brook
8. (adj.) - Having an offensively strong or unclean odor. The men's locker room is rank after a football game.
Channel
pluck
Rank
consequential
9. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)
Buffet
rail
Hail
appropriate
10. A rope - cord or cable attached as a brace or guide. The guy helped secure the mast.
guy
pluck
Court
Slight
11. (v.) - To complain about or denounce bitterly
Check
consequential
Spare
Rail
12. Elevation of a land surface. The globe we have had all the mountain ranges in relief. Remember bas relief?
Mint
arrest/arresting
singular
Relief
13. To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream. Climb every mountain; ford every stream--are words from the Sound of Music
Constitution
ford
nice
Bent !
14. Wit - joker. I love having dinner with your cousin; he's such a wag.
wag
Carp
stand
Gravity
15. Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating. For some reason very librarian our school has ever ever hired has been trenchant.
brook
trenchant
Badger
Gravity
16. Fitting - proper.It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame
flip
Buffet
Sustain
meet
17. (adj.) - Serious Pleas recognize the gravity of the situation and refrain from laughing.
Milk
Bridge
pine
Grave/Gravity
18. A strong tendency. Annie has a bent for Chemistry.
Spare
Buffet
Bent
grouse
19. An arrogant attitude. George took a cavalier attitude towards smoking in the men's room.
Cavalier
die
Cave
Carp
20. To become weak; to lose interest. After the long battle the soldiers were flagged.
Flag
stand
Check
Coin
21. Hidden - concealed - beyond comprehension. John Lofter was well regarded because his evil intentions were occult.
rent
occult
Cave
Milk
22. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.
brook
Discriminating
list
sap
23. Overshadow; surpass. The younger brother - Tim - eclipsed his sister as timed relays.
Cave
mince
Compromise
Eclipse
24. (v) - To shock or stun. I was floored by his unexpected bouquet of flowers
Floor
consequential
Rank
list
25. To lean or tilt to one side. When our dog wakes from a nap - his head lists to one side.
flag
obtain
list
sap
26. (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.
trenchant
Mint
stand
august
27. Official approval or disapproval of an action. Mrs' Gerring sanctioned ipod but only for studying vocabulary
Rake
Bent
appropriate
Sanction
28. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.
Carp
Eclipse
strut
stand
29. (v.) - To rummage around - search
Elliptical
ford
Root
Coin
30. (v.) - To move slowly and awkwardly. The old man lumbered down the lane
Sustain
obtain
essay
Lumber
31. (adj.) - Simple - unadorned. It was a small modest home but they wee happy to have their own place.
Modest
Coin
Stock
Bridge
32. (v.) - To bother - question repeatedly Harry badgered me for a new lacrosse stick
Cave
ford
Badger
list
33. To tear or torn; an opening or tear. There was a rent in his uniform jacket from the barbed wire fence -
rent
obtain
Embroider
exact
34. (adj.) - Unfamiliar - foreign The new schedule was so alien to me that I kept showing up at the wrong time for about a week.
Sustain
list
arrest/arresting
Alien
35. To change as if by dyeing - to distort or affect. When she colored her hair purple it colored my impression of her.
arrest/arresting
Embroider
Crop
color
36. (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.
negotiate
rent
Precipitate
Constitution
37. 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.
temper
alloy
waffle
Precipitate
38. (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.
Cavalier
Grate
Police
Bent !
39. (v.) - To put a stop to. With a tourniquet she was able to stem the flow of blood
Milk
arrest/arresting
meet
Stem
40. (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.
consequential
Court
Alien
Bridge
41. 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.
meet
pedestrian
quail
Modest
42. To saturate or completely soak - as in to let a tea bag steep. Allow the tea to steep for at least five minutes -
Bridge
obtain
mince
steep
43. To complain or grumble. Stop grousing and just come with us.
Stock
Lumber
Bent
grouse
44. (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.
sap
Milk
pied
die
45. (v.) - To elaborate or exaggerate. Every story Mike tells is so embroidered - that it is impossible to understand exactly what really is true.
court
essay
Gravity
Embroider
46. 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.
exact
brook
qualify
grouse
47. General acceptance . The banning of handguns gained currency after the movie theater shooting spree.
Currency
Embroider
broach
Buffet
48. 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.
grouse
meet
Compromise
arrest/arresting
49. Exceptional - unusual - odd.She was singular in her gymnasts talent. She was singular in her Gothic taste.
pedestrian
singular
prize
Relief
50. (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
temper
intimate
Constitution
Affect/Affected