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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. 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.
Severe
Elliptical
exact
brook
2. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy
pied
mince
Staple
lumber
3. (v.) - To modify or soften the severity of a statement
trenchant
appropriate
exact
Qualify
4. (n.) - A fundamental (e.g. staple crop)
Staple
august
Elliptical
exact
5. Fitting - proper.It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame
meet
Bridge
mince
Grave/Gravity
6. To devise a new word Who coined the name 'labradoodles?'
broach
rail
Coin
Rank
7. (v) - To shock or stun. I was floored by his unexpected bouquet of flowers
Floor
Crop
fell
Stock
8. To lose courage - turn frightened. The chimpanzee was quailed by the alpha male in the group.
rent
quail
die
lumber
9. An arrogant attitude. George took a cavalier attitude towards smoking in the men's room.
Court
Sanction
Currency
Cavalier
10. (v.) - To complain After awhile her carping became very irritating because she never said anything positive about the school.
Carp
steep
waffle
alloy
11. To pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully. Don't mince word; say what you mean.
Stock
stand
Milk
mince
12. To pry - to press - or force with a lever; something taken by force - He prized the locked door until the door jam gave way.
Carp
fell
Stem
prize
13. -pompous - self-important. He believes he is consequential because he donated money to the school fund.
Check
consequential
Bent !
pluck
14. 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.
strut
Affect/Affected
arrest/arresting
Sanction
15. To reduce quality or value of something. If you defrost and refreeze the meat you will compromise the quality.
fell
ford
Lumber
Compromise
16. To complain or grumble. Stop grousing and just come with us.
Channel
grouse
Elliptical
die
17. Elevation of a land surface. The globe we have had all the mountain ranges in relief. Remember bas relief?
Relief
occult
appropriate
scurvy
18. (v.) - To proclaim enthusiastically. Harry was hailed as the greatest lacrosse player Hackley has ever seen.
lumber
Hail
Court
sap
19. To attempt to gain the favor of. Right now our President is courting voters.
court
wag
Lumber
Stock
20. (v.) - To believe in. I subscribe to the 'less is more' theory of dressing so I usually do not wear jewelry
Subscribe
quail
Currency
grouse
21. Sarcastic - impertinent. He was sent to the principal's office for being flip in Miss Gerry's class.
prize
flip
Gravity
Grate
22. (v.) - To move slowly and awkwardly. The old man lumbered down the lane
pied
Lumber
scurvy
Embroider
23. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.
nice
prize
Slight
stand
24. Wit - joker. I love having dinner with your cousin; he's such a wag.
Currency
intimate
alloy
wag
25. To modify ex: modify work He qualified his remarks so that the older voters were not offended.
qualify
Channel
Embroider
fell
26. To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of sound.
lumber
Compromise
nice
damp
27. (v.) - To insult - put down . Every word she said was meant as a slight and the whole class recognized her hostility.
Slight
arrest/arresting
lumber
Grate
28. (v.) - To give in - acquiesce Eventually - Mimi caved in and let the girls wear eye makeup
Modest
Cave
Carp
meet
29. To direct along a desired course. Charlotte - please channel the overflow of water towards the pond rather than into my garden.
Channel
wag
ford
Carp
30. (v.) - To cut short. He cropped his jeans so he he could wade into the water and not have wet pants around his ankles
Alien
Crop
Rank
steep
31. A serious situation or problem. Joe did not apprear to recognize the gravity of the situation
Gravity
grouse
Bridge
consequential
32. (adj.) - Indirect - vague . After a while I tired of her elliptical hints and asked her directly what she wanted from me.
Elliptical
strut
wag
Grill
33. A rope - cord or cable attached as a brace or guide. The guy helped secure the mast.
personification
guy
Relief
Negotiate
34. 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.
brook
pedestrian
Police
broach
35. (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.
Milk
Temper
Cavalier
color
36. 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 -
scurvy
Lumber
Court
Temper
37. (adj.) - Having an offensively strong or unclean odor. The men's locker room is rank after a football game.
Rank
lumber
Affect/Affected
Grave/Gravity
38. A perfect example Sam was the personification of bravery.
Channel
flag
Relief
personification
39. Courage - spunk - fortitude. Despite hard times - James had amazing pluck.
alloy
lumber
pluck
intimate
40. (v.) - To bother - question repeatedly Harry badgered me for a new lacrosse stick
Pore
Badger
prize
broach
41. To lean or tilt to one side. When our dog wakes from a nap - his head lists to one side.
list
Affect/Affected
Severe
singular
42. A tool used for shaping. My father used a die to shape the replacement spindle for our stair railing.
Coin
mince
table
die
43. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste
Discriminating
damp
Rail
rent
44. To sap or droop; to become spiritless. I am sorry to be flagging but I am suffering from jet lag.
pedestrian
rail
Rail
flag
45. A result or outcome of an action. The seniors' prank precipitated a ban on all future senior pranks.
meet
Precipitate
flip
consequential
46. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)
Staple
color
Buffet
Relief
47. To be established - accepted - or customary. After years of community service - Henry was finally obtained.
ford
Rank
obtain
Badger
48. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.
august
sap
lumber
Grave/Gravity
49. (v.) - To put a stop to. With a tourniquet she was able to stem the flow of blood
wag
Crop
Stem
Relief
50. To successfully travel through. He negotiated the sharp turn very poorly.
Pore
negotiate
grouse
broach