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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings
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sat
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To successfully travel through. He negotiated the sharp turn very poorly.
Qualify
pine
lumber
negotiate
2. Elevation of a land surface. The globe we have had all the mountain ranges in relief. Remember bas relief?
intimate
Relief
Gravity
Elliptical
3. A serious situation or problem. Joe did not apprear to recognize the gravity of the situation
pedestrian
obtain
Gravity
Severe
4. (adj.) - Serious Pleas recognize the gravity of the situation and refrain from laughing.
Grave/Gravity
brook
flag
Bent
5. (v.) - To rummage around - search
Floor
Channel
Root
Spare
6. To become weak; to lose interest. After the long battle the soldiers were flagged.
Flag
Bridge
Eclipse
strut
7. A tool used for shaping. My father used a die to shape the replacement spindle for our stair railing.
alloy
die
pluck
pied
8. Exceptional - unusual - odd.She was singular in her gymnasts talent. She was singular in her Gothic taste.
Staple
rail
alloy
singular
9. (v.) - To complain After awhile her carping became very irritating because she never said anything positive about the school.
Rake
qualify
Carp
temper
10. To bring up - announce - begin to talk about. Many parents are afraid to broach the subject of colleges with their kids
Compromise
Crop
Temper
broach
11. An arrogant attitude. George took a cavalier attitude towards smoking in the men's room.
Elliptical
Cavalier
Buffet
Severe
12. (v.) - To put a stop to. With a tourniquet she was able to stem the flow of blood
Sanction
Negotiate
scurvy
Stem
13. (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.
table
Pore
Rake
Police
14. Exacting - fastidious - very precise. The reason the watch maker could command such high prices is because his work is so nice.
Bridge
grouse
essay
nice
15. Majestic - venerable. Albert Bierstadt painted august mountains.
august
personification
obtain
Crop
16. To successfully travel through. We negotiated our way through the narrow street in Chainatown
Coin
consequential
Negotiate
temper
17. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)
Compromise
scurvy
Buffet
personification
18. (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.
Milk
pied
trenchant
alloy
19. 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 -
negotiate
Court
Bent !
consequential
20. To be established - accepted - or customary. After years of community service - Henry was finally obtained.
obtain
quail
appropriate
Bridge
21. To pry - to press - or force with a lever; something taken by force - He prized the locked door until the door jam gave way.
prize
table
Cavalier
intimate
22. A result or outcome of an action. The seniors' prank precipitated a ban on all future senior pranks.
pedestrian
Currency
temper
Precipitate
23. A stereotypical or formulaic character. i don't remember her name beacause she was just a stock character in the play.
Stock
quail
pied
guy
24. To reduce quality or value of something. If you defrost and refreeze the meat you will compromise the quality.
Crop
Mint
Compromise
negotiate
25. (adj.) - Having an offensively strong or unclean odor. The men's locker room is rank after a football game.
Rank
lumber
Badger
Grave/Gravity
26. To pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully. Don't mince word; say what you mean.
occult
mince
rent
Cavalier
27. (v.) - To withstand . The new stone house sustained to high gustly wind.
brook
nice
appropriate
Sustain
28. (v) - To shock or stun. I was floored by his unexpected bouquet of flowers
brook
prize
Rake
Floor
29. A strong tendency. Annie has a bent for Chemistry.
Cave
Bent
Grave/Gravity
singular
30. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.
Buffet
intimate
negotiate
stand
31. To lose vigor (as through grief). After her husband died - Mrs. Deary pined for weeks.
pied
pine
Compromise
august
32. (v.) - To move slowly and awkwardly. The old man lumbered down the lane
rent
Lumber
Temper
Flag
33. (v.) - To believe in. I subscribe to the 'less is more' theory of dressing so I usually do not wear jewelry
pedestrian
Currency
negotiate
Subscribe
34. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.
essay
Cavalier
die
Flag
35. Fitting - proper.It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame
Lumber
ford
meet
consequential
36. 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
ford
quail
Constitution
Temper
37. Courage - spunk - fortitude. Despite hard times - James had amazing pluck.
pluck
Buffet
Cavalier
Elliptical
38. To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration - let's table the discussion on cafeteria lunch and go for a nice walk instead.
Grave/Gravity
Badger
table
rent
39. 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.
guy
arrest/arresting
Milk
Compromise
40. (n.) - To read over or study with great attention. Fran pored over the yearbook hoping to find himself in many pictures.
Pore
Channel
occult
die
41. (v.) - To proclaim enthusiastically. Harry was hailed as the greatest lacrosse player Hackley has ever seen.
Slight
trenchant
Hail
Precipitate
42. (adj.) - Unfamiliar - foreign The new schedule was so alien to me that I kept showing up at the wrong time for about a week.
Root
Alien
Bridge
fell
43. -pompous - self-important. He believes he is consequential because he donated money to the school fund.
consequential
sap
Temper
Grave/Gravity
44. To attempt to gain the favor of. Right now our President is courting voters.
pine
Mint
court
Stock
45. (v.) - To modify or soften the severity of a statement
Rail
Qualify
Affect/Affected
Coin
46. General acceptance . The banning of handguns gained currency after the movie theater shooting spree.
Modest
damp
Severe
Currency
47. To move heavily and clumsily. Hagrid lumbered back to his shack.
guy
Severe
Stock
lumber
48. (v.) - To cut short. He cropped his jeans so he he could wade into the water and not have wet pants around his ankles
Relief
Compromise
Crop
Root
49. To sap or droop; to become spiritless. I am sorry to be flagging but I am suffering from jet lag.
flag
Root
pluck
trenchant
50. To restrain; halt; contain. He was able to check the flow of water with his wrench.
Check
essay
appropriate
arrest/arresting