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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. (n.) - To read over or study with great attention. Fran pored over the yearbook hoping to find himself in many pictures.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. (v) - To shock or stun






22. (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.






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






24. 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






25. 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 -






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






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






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






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






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






31. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. (v.) - To attempt to get recognition or applause (e.g. to milk an audience) The young singer stayed on stage after the applause died down hoping to milk more even more recognition from the audience.






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






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