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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. (v.) - To join two things together The wellness club and the athletic department were bridged my their mutual interest in having Hackley serve healthy food.






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






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






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






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






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






16. (v.) - To complain about or denounce bitterly






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. (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






34. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






36. To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration - let's table the discussion on cafeteria lunch and go for a nice walk instead.






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






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






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






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






41. 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 -






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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