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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. To tolerate - endure - countenance. I can brook many of his silly habits but loud gum chewing is intolerable






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






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






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






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






6. An arrogant attitude. George took a cavalier attitude towards smoking in the men's room.






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






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






9. -pompous - self-important. He believes he is consequential because he donated money to the school fund.






10. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)






11. (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.






12. (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






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






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






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






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






17. Official approval or disapproval of an action. Mrs' Gerring sanctioned ipod but only for studying vocabulary






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






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






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






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






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






23. (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.






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






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






27. (v.) - To complain After awhile her carping became very irritating because she never said anything positive about the school.






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






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






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






31. (v) - To shock or stun. I was floored by his unexpected bouquet of flowers






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






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






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






35. 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 -






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. (v) - To shock or stun






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






42. To equivocate or change one's position. You can't count on Jane: she always waffles at the last moment






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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