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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. (v.) - To question intensively . The criminal was grilled for hours by the police






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. (v.) - To insult - put down . Every word she said was meant as a slight and the whole class recognized her hostility.






24. 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 -






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Elevation of a land surface. The globe we have had all the mountain ranges in relief. Remember bas relief?






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






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






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






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






36. (v) - To shock or stun






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






44. (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.






45. 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






46. (v.) - To withstand . The new stone house sustained to high gustly wind.






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






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






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






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