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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration - let's table the discussion on cafeteria lunch and go for a nice walk instead.






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






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






4. Courage - spunk - fortitude. Despite hard times - James had amazing pluck.






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






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






7. A rope - cord or cable attached as a brace or guide. The guy helped secure the mast.






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. (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.






17. (v.) - To insult - put down . Every word she said was meant as a slight and the whole class recognized her hostility.






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






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






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






21. 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 -






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






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






24. (v) - To shock or stun






25. A stereotypical or formulaic character. i don't remember her name beacause she was just a stock character in the play.






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






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






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






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






30. Official approval or disapproval of an action. Mrs' Gerring sanctioned ipod but only for studying vocabulary






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






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






33. (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






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






35. (v.) - To complain After awhile her carping became very irritating because she never said anything positive about the school.






36. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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