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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. (v.) - To give in - acquiesce Eventually - Mimi caved in and let the girls wear eye makeup






2. 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.






3. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Exacting - fastidious - very precise. The reason the watch maker could command such high prices is because his work is so nice.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of sound.






30. 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.






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






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






33. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. To lose courage - turn frightened. The chimpanzee was quailed by the alpha male in the group.






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






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






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






47. (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.






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






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






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