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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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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. (v.) - To complain about or denounce bitterly






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. The supporting structural cross-part of a wing. Guitars have struts across the neck.






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






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






11. To successfully travel through. He negotiated the sharp turn very poorly.






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. (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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






34. 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.






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






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






37. (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.






38. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






44. Hidden - concealed - beyond comprehension. John Lofter was well regarded because his evil intentions were occult.






45. 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.






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






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






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






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