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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. (v.) - To bother - question repeatedly Harry badgered me for a new lacrosse stick






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






3. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. (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.






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






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






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






26. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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