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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






6. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. (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.






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






29. (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.






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






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






36. (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.






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






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






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






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






41. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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