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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. (v.) - To insult - put down . Every word she said was meant as a slight and the whole class recognized her hostility.






2. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. To tolerate - endure - countenance. I can brook many of his silly habits but loud gum chewing is intolerable






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. (v.) - To question intensively . The criminal was grilled for hours by the police






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






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






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






24. A perfect example Sam was the personification of bravery.






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. (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.






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






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






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






39. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






45. (n. - adj.) - Artificial or pretentious behavior. The trouble with Jill is that her behavior is so affected that it is impossible to determine her real personality






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






47. (n.) - A liking or talent for (syn: predilection - proclivity - penchant). The SAT really likes this one






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






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






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