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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
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1. To successfully travel through. He negotiated the sharp turn very poorly.






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






10. (n.) - A dissolute man - womanizer. Do not go out with Bill - he's a rake and can't be trusted.






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






18. (v) - To shock or stun






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






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






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. A perfect example Sam was the personification of bravery.






23. To co-mingle - to debase by mirroring with something inferior. I am afraid the bowl is made of an alloy - not sterling as we thought.






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






25. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






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






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






48. 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 -






49. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






50. (v.) - To attempt to get recognition or applause (e.g. to milk an audience) The young singer stayed on stage after the applause died down hoping to milk more even more recognition from the audience.