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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. To co-mingle - to debase by mirroring with something inferior. I am afraid the bowl is made of an alloy - not sterling as we thought.






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






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






15. To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream. Climb every mountain; ford every stream--are words from the Sound of Music






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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 -






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. (v) - To shock or stun






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. (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.






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






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






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