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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings
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sat
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english
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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 pry - to press - or force with a lever; something taken by force - He prized the locked door until the door jam gave way.
brook
Elliptical
arrest/arresting
prize
2. Overshadow; surpass. The younger brother - Tim - eclipsed his sister as timed relays.
flag
Relief
Eclipse
pluck
3. To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of sound.
flip
damp
Stem
temper
4. (n.) - A fundamental (e.g. staple crop)
fell
flag
Staple
stand
5. (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.
Police
die
Lumber
grouse
6. (v.) - To elaborate or exaggerate. Every story Mike tells is so embroidered - that it is impossible to understand exactly what really is true.
Embroider
Precipitate
Hail
Severe
7. To reduce quality or value of something. If you defrost and refreeze the meat you will compromise the quality.
wag
ford
Compromise
broach
8. A strong tendency. Annie has a bent for Chemistry.
intimate
guy
Rank
Bent
9. (v.) - To put a stop to. With a tourniquet she was able to stem the flow of blood
Sanction
Stem
ford
occult
10. To move heavily and clumsily. Hagrid lumbered back to his shack.
court
lumber
Staple
Gravity
11. 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.
flip
arrest/arresting
Alien
alloy
12. Majestic - venerable. Albert Bierstadt painted august mountains.
august
qualify
nice
Cavalier
13. (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.
Constitution
Discriminating
Eclipse
Sanction
14. To tolerate - endure - countenance. I can brook many of his silly habits but loud gum chewing is intolerable
Badger
brook
Floor
meet
15. (v) - To shock or stun. I was floored by his unexpected bouquet of flowers
Qualify
Coin
lumber
Floor
16. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.
meet
Check
steep
essay
17. (v.) - To insult - put down . Every word she said was meant as a slight and the whole class recognized her hostility.
grouse
Slight
exact
Rail
18. (v.) - To rummage around - search
Root
obtain
Compromise
sap
19. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.
Relief
ford
stand
quail
20. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.
Alien
steep
fell
temper
21. To direct along a desired course. Charlotte - please channel the overflow of water towards the pond rather than into my garden.
Bridge
Channel
singular
Pore
22. 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.
pedestrian
consequential
Grate
Grave/Gravity
23. To successfully travel through. We negotiated our way through the narrow street in Chainatown
Negotiate
Currency
rail
Floor
24. To lean or tilt to one side. When our dog wakes from a nap - his head lists to one side.
Slight
flag
list
brook
25. (adj.) - Having an offensively strong or unclean odor. The men's locker room is rank after a football game.
Stem
Rank
qualify
Cavalier
26. General acceptance . The banning of handguns gained currency after the movie theater shooting spree.
Severe
Currency
nice
stand
27. Wit - joker. I love having dinner with your cousin; he's such a wag.
wag
Badger
pedestrian
Severe
28. Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating. For some reason very librarian our school has ever ever hired has been trenchant.
pied
intimate
Modest
trenchant
29. (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.
Flag
Bridge
temper
Crop
30. To become weak; to lose interest. After the long battle the soldiers were flagged.
meet
Flag
Spare
scurvy
31. To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration - let's table the discussion on cafeteria lunch and go for a nice walk instead.
Modest
nice
table
Stock
32. A perfect example Sam was the personification of bravery.
personification
Modest
waffle
Bridge
33. To attempt to gain the favor of. Right now our President is courting voters.
damp
Bent
Coin
court
34. (v.) - To complain about or denounce bitterly
Rail
scurvy
Qualify
Affect/Affected
35. (v.) - To believe in. I subscribe to the 'less is more' theory of dressing so I usually do not wear jewelry
Gravity
Compromise
occult
Subscribe
36. Official approval or disapproval of an action. Mrs' Gerring sanctioned ipod but only for studying vocabulary
singular
strut
Sanction
color
37. The supporting structural cross-part of a wing. Guitars have struts across the neck.
strut
Currency
Police
Grate
38. To complain or grumble. Stop grousing and just come with us.
Grave/Gravity
grouse
meet
pluck
39. (n.) - A dissolute man - womanizer. Do not go out with Bill - he's a rake and can't be trusted.
ford
Constitution
Rake
Bridge
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.
Grill
Alien
Crop
sap
41. (v.) - To bother - question repeatedly Harry badgered me for a new lacrosse stick
Badger
guy
Spare
Negotiate
42. (adj.) - Serious Pleas recognize the gravity of the situation and refrain from laughing.
Grave/Gravity
Cave
Modest
Buffet
43. To take for one's own use; confiscate. Harry appropriated the candy supply for himself.
waffle
wag
appropriate
qualify
44. A stereotypical or formulaic character. i don't remember her name beacause she was just a stock character in the play.
Currency
Grate
Discriminating
Stock
45. To lose courage - turn frightened. The chimpanzee was quailed by the alpha male in the group.
table
quail
lumber
Grave/Gravity
46. 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 -
Rank
Court
Grate
Carp
47. (v.) - To modify or soften the severity of a statement
Stock
list
Qualify
Grave/Gravity
48. (adj.) - Simple - unadorned. It was a small modest home but they wee happy to have their own place.
Modest
grouse
Pore
Spare
49. Elevation of a land surface. The globe we have had all the mountain ranges in relief. Remember bas relief?
Police
damp
Relief
Spare
50. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.
Eclipse
sap
Temper
Rake