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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. Overshadow; surpass. The younger brother - Tim - eclipsed his sister as timed relays.






2. (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.






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






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






5. (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.






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






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






8. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






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






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






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






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






14. A tool used for shaping. My father used a die to shape the replacement spindle for our stair railing.






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






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






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






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






19. (v.) - To elaborate or exaggerate. Every story Mike tells is so embroidered - that it is impossible to understand exactly what really is true.






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






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






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






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






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






25. (v.) - To proclaim enthusiastically. Harry was hailed as the greatest lacrosse player Hackley has ever seen.






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






27. (v) - To shock or stun






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






29. 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.






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






31. To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration - let's table the discussion on cafeteria lunch and go for a nice walk instead.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. To restrain; halt; contain. He was able to check the flow of water with his wrench.






44. (v.) - To complain about or denounce bitterly






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






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






47. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






48. To bring up - announce - begin to talk about. Many parents are afraid to broach the subject of colleges with their kids






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






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