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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy






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






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






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






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






6. (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.






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






8. (v) - To shock or stun






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






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






11. To lose vigor (as through grief). After her husband died - Mrs. Deary pined for weeks.






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. To successfully travel through. We negotiated our way through the narrow street in Chainatown






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






19. 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 -






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






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






22. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






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






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






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






27. To become weak; to lose interest. After the long battle the soldiers were flagged.






28. (adj.) - Serious Pleas recognize the gravity of the situation and refrain from laughing.






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






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






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






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






34. (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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. A result or outcome of an action. The seniors' prank precipitated a ban on all future senior pranks.






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






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






50. (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.