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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. A stereotypical or formulaic character. i don't remember her name beacause she was just a stock character in the play.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. (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.






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






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






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






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






21. To successfully travel through. We negotiated our way through the narrow street in Chainatown






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






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






24. (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.






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. (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.






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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