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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
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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. To tolerate - endure - countenance. I can brook many of his silly habits but loud gum chewing is intolerable






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






3. 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 -






4. (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.






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. (v) - To shock or stun






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. To direct along a desired course. Charlotte - please channel the overflow of water towards the pond rather than into my garden.






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






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






42. (v.) - To modify or soften the severity of a statement






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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