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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. To move heavily and clumsily. Hagrid lumbered back to his shack.






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






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






4. To imply - suggest - or insinuate. He intimated that I had stolen his bike.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. (v.) - To move slowly and awkwardly. The old man lumbered down the lane






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. A stereotypical or formulaic character. i don't remember her name beacause she was just a stock character in the play.






31. -pompous - self-important. He believes he is consequential because he donated money to the school fund.






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






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






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






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






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






37. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. (v) - To shock or stun






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






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