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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. The supporting structural cross-part of a wing. Guitars have struts across the neck.






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






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






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






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






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






7. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






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






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






17. 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 -






18. (v.) - To believe in. I subscribe to the 'less is more' theory of dressing so I usually do not wear jewelry






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. (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.






30. (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.






31. 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.






32. (v.) - To elaborate or exaggerate. Every story Mike tells is so embroidered - that it is impossible to understand exactly what really is true.






33. To imply - suggest - or insinuate. He intimated that I had stolen his bike.






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






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






36. 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.






37. To bring up - announce - begin to talk about. Many parents are afraid to broach the subject of colleges with their kids






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. (v) - To shock or stun






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






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






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