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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. (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






2. (v.) - To bother - question repeatedly Harry badgered me for a new lacrosse stick






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. (v) - To shock or stun






9. To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of sound.






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






11. A strong tendency. Annie has a bent for Chemistry.






12. A serious situation or problem. Joe did not apprear to recognize the gravity of the situation






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






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






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






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






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






18. To be established - accepted - or customary. After years of community service - Henry was finally obtained.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. (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.






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






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






30. 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.






31. To pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully. Don't mince word; say what you mean.






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






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






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






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






36. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. (v) - To shock or stun. I was floored by his unexpected bouquet of flowers






50. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated