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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A tool used for shaping. My father used a die to shape the replacement spindle for our stair railing.






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






3. (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.






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






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






6. 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.






7. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.






8. A stereotypical or formulaic character. i don't remember her name beacause she was just a stock character in the play.






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






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






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






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






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






14. To reduce quality or value of something. If you defrost and refreeze the meat you will compromise the quality.






15. To complain or grumble. Stop grousing and just come with us.






16. (n.) - A fundamental (e.g. staple crop)






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






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






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






20. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.






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






22. To change as if by dyeing - to distort or affect. When she colored her hair purple it colored my impression of her.






23. To tear or torn; an opening or tear. There was a rent in his uniform jacket from the barbed wire fence -






24. Hidden - concealed - beyond comprehension. John Lofter was well regarded because his evil intentions were occult.






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






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






27. (adj.) - Indirect - vague . After a while I tired of her elliptical hints and asked her directly what she wanted from me.






28. (v.) - To believe in. I subscribe to the 'less is more' theory of dressing so I usually do not wear jewelry






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






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






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






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






33. To lean or tilt to one side. When our dog wakes from a nap - his head lists to one side.






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






35. 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.






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






37. Overshadow; surpass. The younger brother - Tim - eclipsed his sister as timed relays.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. (v.) - To move slowly and awkwardly. The old man lumbered down the lane






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






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






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






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






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