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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
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1. Fitting - proper.It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame






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






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






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






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






6. 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 -






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






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






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






10. (v) - To shock or stun






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. (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.






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






31. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. 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.






50. (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.