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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Official approval or disapproval of an action. Mrs' Gerring sanctioned ipod but only for studying vocabulary






2. (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.






3. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






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






6. (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.






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






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






9. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






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






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






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






13. To demand - call for - require - take. Our English teachers demands were exacting. The pressure of public speaking exacted a tremendous amount of vitality from George VI.






14. (v) - To shock or stun






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






16. To be established - accepted - or customary. After years of community service - Henry was finally obtained.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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 -






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.






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






48. (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.






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






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