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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. To complain or grumble. Stop grousing and just come with us.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. (v.) - To proclaim enthusiastically. Harry was hailed as the greatest lacrosse player Hackley has ever seen.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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 -






26. To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream. Climb every mountain; ford every stream--are words from the Sound of Music






27. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. (v.) - To give in - acquiesce Eventually - Mimi caved in and let the girls wear eye makeup






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. (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.






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






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






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






45. (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.






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






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






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






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






50. To attempt to gain the favor of. Right now our President is courting voters.