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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. (n.) - A fundamental (e.g. staple crop)






2. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. (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






10. To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream. Climb every mountain; ford every stream--are words from the Sound of Music






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






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






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






14. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.






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






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






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






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






19. (v) - To shock or stun






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






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






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






23. To lose vigor (as through grief). After her husband died - Mrs. Deary pined for weeks.






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






36. To complain or grumble. Stop grousing and just come with us.






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 modify or soften the severity of a statement






39. (v.) - To cut short. He cropped his jeans so he he could wade into the water and not have wet pants around his ankles






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






41. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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