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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. (v.) - To put a stop to. With a tourniquet she was able to stem the flow of blood






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. A result or outcome of an action. The seniors' prank precipitated a ban on all future senior pranks.






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. To saturate or completely soak - as in to let a tea bag steep. Allow the tea to steep for at least five minutes -






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






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






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






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






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






32. (v.) - To elaborate or exaggerate. Every story Mike tells is so embroidered - that it is impossible to understand exactly what really is true.






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






34. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. (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.






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






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






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






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






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