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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 lose courage - turn frightened. The chimpanzee was quailed by the alpha male in the group.
guy
Precipitate
quail
august
2. Exacting - fastidious - very precise. The reason the watch maker could command such high prices is because his work is so nice.
nice
Lumber
Embroider
Police
3. To pry - to press - or force with a lever; something taken by force - He prized the locked door until the door jam gave way.
prize
stand
Stem
pied
4. (v.) - To elaborate or exaggerate. Every story Mike tells is so embroidered - that it is impossible to understand exactly what really is true.
brook
Embroider
Severe
prize
5. To devise a new word Who coined the name 'labradoodles?'
alloy
Grave/Gravity
die
Coin
6. Fitting - proper.It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame
Buffet
meet
lumber
color
7. To restrain; halt; contain. He was able to check the flow of water with his wrench.
Check
Negotiate
Slight
Coin
8. Official approval or disapproval of an action. Mrs' Gerring sanctioned ipod but only for studying vocabulary
nice
august
Sanction
Affect/Affected
9. (v.) - To withstand . The new stone house sustained to high gustly wind.
steep
Currency
fell
Sustain
10. A perfect example Sam was the personification of bravery.
personification
Bent
waffle
list
11. Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating. For some reason very librarian our school has ever ever hired has been trenchant.
Elliptical
trenchant
singular
exact
12. To be established - accepted - or customary. After years of community service - Henry was finally obtained.
pedestrian
obtain
waffle
temper
13. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.
stand
die
Mint
obtain
14. (adj.) - Serious Pleas recognize the gravity of the situation and refrain from laughing.
Sanction
grouse
Grave/Gravity
brook
15. To complain or grumble. Stop grousing and just come with us.
grouse
damp
Flag
Alien
16. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.
temper
Lumber
Sanction
steep
17. 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.
Stem
pedestrian
guy
steep
18. Majestic - venerable. Albert Bierstadt painted august mountains.
august
wag
lumber
Stem
19. (v.) - To question intensively . The criminal was grilled for hours by the police
appropriate
Grill
Embroider
occult
20. To equivocate or change one's position. You can't count on Jane: she always waffles at the last moment
sap
Channel
Discriminating
waffle
21. To tear or torn; an opening or tear. There was a rent in his uniform jacket from the barbed wire fence -
rent
Compromise
personification
pine
22. Elevation of a land surface. The globe we have had all the mountain ranges in relief. Remember bas relief?
Relief
alloy
broach
Stock
23. (n.) - To read over or study with great attention. Fran pored over the yearbook hoping to find himself in many pictures.
exact
Pore
intimate
Badger
24. (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.
stand
Rake
intimate
Milk
25. (v.) - To move slowly and awkwardly. The old man lumbered down the lane
Badger
Lumber
Modest
list
26. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.
Rank
essay
pluck
guy
27. Overshadow; surpass. The younger brother - Tim - eclipsed his sister as timed relays.
Eclipse
Badger
prize
ford
28. Hidden - concealed - beyond comprehension. John Lofter was well regarded because his evil intentions were occult.
damp
occult
flag
Hail
29. (v.) - To complain After awhile her carping became very irritating because she never said anything positive about the school.
guy
Badger
Grill
Carp
30. To modify ex: modify work He qualified his remarks so that the older voters were not offended.
Eclipse
Buffet
qualify
pine
31. A stereotypical or formulaic character. i don't remember her name beacause she was just a stock character in the play.
Root
Stock
Gravity
Compromise
32. To saturate or completely soak - as in to let a tea bag steep. Allow the tea to steep for at least five minutes -
color
steep
Discriminating
scurvy
33. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)
alloy
damp
Hail
Buffet
34. A tool used for shaping. My father used a die to shape the replacement spindle for our stair railing.
die
Compromise
Alien
Bridge
35. Sarcastic - impertinent. He was sent to the principal's office for being flip in Miss Gerry's class.
Court
Lumber
flip
exact
36. To pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully. Don't mince word; say what you mean.
singular
arrest/arresting
die
mince
37. To attempt to gain the favor of. Right now our President is courting voters.
damp
trenchant
court
Temper
38. A strong tendency. Annie has a bent for Chemistry.
Bent
nice
Alien
flag
39. Exceptional - unusual - odd.She was singular in her gymnasts talent. She was singular in her Gothic taste.
Relief
Slight
singular
Carp
40. (n.) - A dissolute man - womanizer. Do not go out with Bill - he's a rake and can't be trusted.
pluck
Rake
guy
appropriate
41. (adj.) - Indirect - vague . After a while I tired of her elliptical hints and asked her directly what she wanted from me.
Elliptical
brook
Currency
Precipitate
42. Courage - spunk - fortitude. Despite hard times - James had amazing pluck.
pluck
Flag
ford
Cave
43. Wit - joker. I love having dinner with your cousin; he's such a wag.
quail
wag
flag
intimate
44. To imply - suggest - or insinuate. He intimated that I had stolen his bike.
intimate
flag
Bridge
Grill
45. (adj.) - Simple - unadorned. It was a small modest home but they wee happy to have their own place.
Rail
Discriminating
Modest
occult
46. General acceptance . The banning of handguns gained currency after the movie theater shooting spree.
lumber
Currency
scurvy
consequential
47. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.
Modest
sap
Bent
intimate
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
Sustain
pine
Cave
Temper
49. An arrogant attitude. George took a cavalier attitude towards smoking in the men's room.
Stem
Severe
Police
Cavalier
50. (v.) - To believe in. I subscribe to the 'less is more' theory of dressing so I usually do not wear jewelry
Elliptical
Sustain
exact
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