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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. (adj.) - Austere - rigid. She wore her hair in a severe bun and she dressed is a severe black - high necked dress.






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






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






4. (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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. To successfully travel through. He negotiated the sharp turn very poorly.






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






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






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






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






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






27. To devise a new word Who coined the name 'labradoodles?'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Hidden - concealed - beyond comprehension. John Lofter was well regarded because his evil intentions were occult.






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






48. 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






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






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