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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. To modify ex: modify work He qualified his remarks so that the older voters were not offended.






11. (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.






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






13. 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 -






14. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. General acceptance . The banning of handguns gained currency after the movie theater shooting spree.






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






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






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






35. To soften; moderate. Mr. King - after forbidding students to wear shirst with scenes of violence tempered his remarks by saying that they did not apply to boys who never wore hoodies or shirts with offensive militaristic designs to school






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. A perfect example Sam was the personification of bravery.






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. (v.) - To bother - question repeatedly Harry badgered me for a new lacrosse stick