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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. To equivocate or change one's position. You can't count on Jane: she always waffles at the last moment






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. (v) - To shock or stun






12. 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 -






13. 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.






14. (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.






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






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






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






18. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. Inhumanely cruel. Attila the Hun was probably the most fell of all rulers.






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






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






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






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






44. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






50. (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.