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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. (v.) - To withstand . The new stone house sustained to high gustly wind.
Coin
scurvy
Sustain
trenchant
2. Overshadow; surpass. The younger brother - Tim - eclipsed his sister as timed relays.
broach
Eclipse
mince
Buffet
3. Courage - spunk - fortitude. Despite hard times - James had amazing pluck.
damp
pluck
Floor
Badger
4. (v) - To shock or stun
Root
trenchant
Grate
Temper
5. Hidden - concealed - beyond comprehension. John Lofter was well regarded because his evil intentions were occult.
occult
steep
pedestrian
pied
6. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.
Bent !
temper
sap
negotiate
7. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy
personification
Affect/Affected
exact
pied
8. (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
Grave/Gravity
Severe
Bent
Affect/Affected
9. To complain or grumble. Stop grousing and just come with us.
Temper
Root
sap
grouse
10. General acceptance . The banning of handguns gained currency after the movie theater shooting spree.
Currency
Embroider
ford
Milk
11. To lose courage - turn frightened. The chimpanzee was quailed by the alpha male in the group.
exact
august
quail
Hail
12. To take for one's own use; confiscate. Harry appropriated the candy supply for himself.
appropriate
Flag
mince
consequential
13. Inhumanely cruel. Attila the Hun was probably the most fell of all rulers.
fell
Badger
negotiate
Embroider
14. Sarcastic - impertinent. He was sent to the principal's office for being flip in Miss Gerry's class.
trenchant
flip
meet
Spare
15. (n.) - A fundamental (e.g. staple crop)
Gravity
Bent !
consequential
Staple
16. Elevation of a land surface. The globe we have had all the mountain ranges in relief. Remember bas relief?
Affect/Affected
intimate
consequential
Relief
17. (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.
meet
quail
color
Police
18. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)
Staple
brook
Buffet
personification
19. Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating. For some reason very librarian our school has ever ever hired has been trenchant.
Compromise
trenchant
Stem
Coin
20. (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.
Constitution
Hail
Slight
pluck
21. To successfully travel through. He negotiated the sharp turn very poorly.
pedestrian
Rank
Channel
negotiate
22. To lose vigor (as through grief). After her husband died - Mrs. Deary pined for weeks.
flag
Embroider
Staple
pine
23. Exacting - fastidious - very precise. The reason the watch maker could command such high prices is because his work is so nice.
appropriate
die
pine
nice
24. (v.) - To elaborate or exaggerate. Every story Mike tells is so embroidered - that it is impossible to understand exactly what really is true.
personification
flip
sap
Embroider
25. (v.) - To rummage around - search
Root
Milk
steep
Channel
26. (adj.) - Indirect - vague . After a while I tired of her elliptical hints and asked her directly what she wanted from me.
Constitution
meet
Hail
Elliptical
27. To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream. Climb every mountain; ford every stream--are words from the Sound of Music
Severe
ford
Hail
Grave/Gravity
28. (adj.) - Having an offensively strong or unclean odor. The men's locker room is rank after a football game.
Precipitate
Embroider
Rank
Coin
29. (v.) - To believe in. I subscribe to the 'less is more' theory of dressing so I usually do not wear jewelry
grouse
table
Subscribe
Rake
30. To imply - suggest - or insinuate. He intimated that I had stolen his bike.
rent
Milk
intimate
Check
31. (adj.) - Austere - rigid. She wore her hair in a severe bun and she dressed is a severe black - high necked dress.
Severe
ford
Crop
mince
32. 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 -
Court
ford
list
Rail
33. A rope - cord or cable attached as a brace or guide. The guy helped secure the mast.
flag
brook
guy
die
34. To move heavily and clumsily. Hagrid lumbered back to his shack.
flag
lumber
Staple
Milk
35. The supporting structural cross-part of a wing. Guitars have struts across the neck.
Police
brook
strut
damp
36. (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.
Bridge
temper
Hail
consequential
37. 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
die
Temper
essay
pedestrian
38. (v) - To shock or stun. I was floored by his unexpected bouquet of flowers
Alien
strut
Floor
Severe
39. Official approval or disapproval of an action. Mrs' Gerring sanctioned ipod but only for studying vocabulary
pedestrian
Sanction
broach
Precipitate
40. (adj.) - Serious Pleas recognize the gravity of the situation and refrain from laughing.
die
damp
singular
Grave/Gravity
41. A result or outcome of an action. The seniors' prank precipitated a ban on all future senior pranks.
Embroider
Constitution
trenchant
Precipitate
42. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.
personification
occult
essay
Elliptical
43. To devise a new word Who coined the name 'labradoodles?'
quail
Coin
Stem
Lumber
44. To tear or torn; an opening or tear. There was a rent in his uniform jacket from the barbed wire fence -
august
alloy
rent
temper
45. (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.
Rank
lumber
Embroider
Milk
46. (n.) - A liking or talent for (syn: predilection - proclivity - penchant). The SAT really likes this one
Court
Channel
Bent !
fell
47. To direct along a desired course. Charlotte - please channel the overflow of water towards the pond rather than into my garden.
flip
pluck
rail
Channel
48. (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.
Mint
list
court
stand
49. Contemptible; despicable. I find his behavior to be scurvy.
alloy
scurvy
Court
Grill
50. (v.) - To proclaim enthusiastically. Harry was hailed as the greatest lacrosse player Hackley has ever seen.
sap
Hail
brook
exact