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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. Sarcastic - impertinent. He was sent to the principal's office for being flip in Miss Gerry's class.
flip
damp
waffle
Root
2. (n.) - A liking or talent for (syn: predilection - proclivity - penchant). The SAT really likes this one
Bent !
broach
Elliptical
Root
3. Fitting - proper.It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame
meet
Stock
Carp
Bent !
4. (adj.) - Indirect - vague . After a while I tired of her elliptical hints and asked her directly what she wanted from me.
Elliptical
essay
lumber
trenchant
5. (adj.) - Simple - unadorned. It was a small modest home but they wee happy to have their own place.
Currency
Modest
Spare
prize
6. (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.
waffle
Bridge
Mint
Channel
7. The supporting structural cross-part of a wing. Guitars have struts across the neck.
damp
Severe
strut
Discriminating
8. (v) - To shock or stun
Sustain
fell
august
Grate
9. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)
Buffet
Sustain
Rank
Constitution
10. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.
pine
sap
guy
Grill
11. To bring up - announce - begin to talk about. Many parents are afraid to broach the subject of colleges with their kids
broach
scurvy
Pore
lumber
12. (v.) - To insult - put down . Every word she said was meant as a slight and the whole class recognized her hostility.
flag
trenchant
Slight
nice
13. A serious situation or problem. Joe did not apprear to recognize the gravity of the situation
negotiate
Gravity
Sanction
waffle
14. (adj.) - Serious Pleas recognize the gravity of the situation and refrain from laughing.
Coin
exact
Pore
Grave/Gravity
15. (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.
august
Rank
Constitution
obtain
16. (v.) - To modify or soften the severity of a statement
Sustain
obtain
nice
Qualify
17. To lean or tilt to one side. When our dog wakes from a nap - his head lists to one side.
fell
intimate
august
list
18. To pry - to press - or force with a lever; something taken by force - He prized the locked door until the door jam gave way.
pluck
prize
wag
damp
19. 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.
Staple
Coin
Gravity
pedestrian
20. Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating. For some reason very librarian our school has ever ever hired has been trenchant.
obtain
trenchant
Embroider
consequential
21. An arrogant attitude. George took a cavalier attitude towards smoking in the men's room.
flag
Pore
Modest
Cavalier
22. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.
Rank
sap
Badger
essay
23. Hidden - concealed - beyond comprehension. John Lofter was well regarded because his evil intentions were occult.
occult
flip
Affect/Affected
Qualify
24. Wit - joker. I love having dinner with your cousin; he's such a wag.
Bent !
mince
wag
obtain
25. To attempt to gain the favor of. Right now our President is courting voters.
Stem
court
Negotiate
august
26. A stereotypical or formulaic character. i don't remember her name beacause she was just a stock character in the play.
Stock
Bridge
meet
grouse
27. (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
Grill
Affect/Affected
meet
Embroider
28. To devise a new word Who coined the name 'labradoodles?'
Police
Pore
Coin
Bridge
29. General acceptance . The banning of handguns gained currency after the movie theater shooting spree.
rail
Affect/Affected
Sustain
Currency
30. To reduce quality or value of something. If you defrost and refreeze the meat you will compromise the quality.
personification
Relief
Compromise
list
31. To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of sound.
damp
Floor
Slight
stand
32. (n.) - A fundamental (e.g. staple crop)
arrest/arresting
Hail
Staple
Court
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
brook
ford
Flag
lumber
34. (v.) - To cut short. He cropped his jeans so he he could wade into the water and not have wet pants around his ankles
Constitution
lumber
Grill
Crop
35. To take for one's own use; confiscate. Harry appropriated the candy supply for himself.
appropriate
Gravity
Temper
Eclipse
36. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.
temper
Severe
fell
Root
37. (v.) - To elaborate or exaggerate. Every story Mike tells is so embroidered - that it is impossible to understand exactly what really is true.
Embroider
essay
sap
color
38. To complain about bitterly. He railed against the new regulations.
Channel
Root
rail
Qualify
39. Inhumanely cruel. Attila the Hun was probably the most fell of all rulers.
Spare
color
fell
guy
40. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.
Relief
stand
Floor
Compromise
41. (v.) - To complain After awhile her carping became very irritating because she never said anything positive about the school.
Carp
Qualify
Floor
nice
42. 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 -
Rank
pied
Court
Discriminating
43. (v.) - To question intensively . The criminal was grilled for hours by the police
Grill
Temper
qualify
Discriminating
44. Courage - spunk - fortitude. Despite hard times - James had amazing pluck.
color
pluck
pine
Channel
45. (v) - To shock or stun. I was floored by his unexpected bouquet of flowers
waffle
rail
Floor
Pore
46. Contemptible; despicable. I find his behavior to be scurvy.
scurvy
Bent !
rail
guy
47. To sap or droop; to become spiritless. I am sorry to be flagging but I am suffering from jet lag.
flag
Bridge
sap
exact
48. (v.) - To give in - acquiesce Eventually - Mimi caved in and let the girls wear eye makeup
sap
Flag
Cave
meet
49. (v.) - To move slowly and awkwardly. The old man lumbered down the lane
prize
Lumber
quail
Discriminating
50. To equivocate or change one's position. You can't count on Jane: she always waffles at the last moment
waffle
list
Compromise
Grill