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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. A tool used for shaping. My father used a die to shape the replacement spindle for our stair railing.






2. (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.






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






4. Contemptible; despicable. I find his behavior to be scurvy.






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






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






7. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. 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 -






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.






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






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






36. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






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






38. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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