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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings
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sat
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste
Elliptical
Carp
intimate
Discriminating
2. 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.
Sanction
court
alloy
intimate
3. 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.
qualify
Qualify
Carp
pedestrian
4. (v) - To shock or stun
Grate
scurvy
flip
table
5. To devise a new word Who coined the name 'labradoodles?'
Coin
Currency
Root
alloy
6. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated
Spare
Sustain
Badger
quail
7. To direct along a desired course. Charlotte - please channel the overflow of water towards the pond rather than into my garden.
Channel
damp
Severe
rent
8. (v.) - To rummage around - search
Root
list
Court
Gravity
9. (v) - To shock or stun. I was floored by his unexpected bouquet of flowers
color
pied
Floor
die
10. Hidden - concealed - beyond comprehension. John Lofter was well regarded because his evil intentions were occult.
occult
Cave
temper
exact
11. (v.) - To complain After awhile her carping became very irritating because she never said anything positive about the school.
arrest/arresting
Flag
Cave
Carp
12. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.
temper
Gravity
Floor
Flag
13. (v.) - To complain about or denounce bitterly
Rail
pluck
Elliptical
table
14. Sarcastic - impertinent. He was sent to the principal's office for being flip in Miss Gerry's class.
grouse
Flag
Grill
flip
15. To tear or torn; an opening or tear. There was a rent in his uniform jacket from the barbed wire fence -
Check
Elliptical
negotiate
rent
16. (adj.) - Simple - unadorned. It was a small modest home but they wee happy to have their own place.
Negotiate
rail
Modest
Slight
17. 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.
Carp
qualify
court
exact
18. To take for one's own use; confiscate. Harry appropriated the candy supply for himself.
meet
Sanction
appropriate
fell
19. To imply - suggest - or insinuate. He intimated that I had stolen his bike.
Qualify
list
intimate
broach
20. To successfully travel through. We negotiated our way through the narrow street in Chainatown
Negotiate
essay
consequential
appropriate
21. To move heavily and clumsily. Hagrid lumbered back to his shack.
Modest
die
lumber
appropriate
22. (v.) - To regulate - control. Who is going to police the dark alley to make sure it is safe for the young children who pass by every day.
Precipitate
Modest
scurvy
Police
23. (n.) - A liking or talent for (syn: predilection - proclivity - penchant). The SAT really likes this one
Negotiate
Bent !
Precipitate
appropriate
24. To restrain; halt; contain. He was able to check the flow of water with his wrench.
Temper
steep
Court
Check
25. To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration - let's table the discussion on cafeteria lunch and go for a nice walk instead.
table
stand
Stock
consequential
26. Fitting - proper.It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame
Badger
meet
Eclipse
quail
27. (v.) - To bother - question repeatedly Harry badgered me for a new lacrosse stick
singular
Badger
Pore
rail
28. To pry - to press - or force with a lever; something taken by force - He prized the locked door until the door jam gave way.
occult
pluck
Rank
prize
29. (v.) - To toss around The ship was buffeted by high winds)
Buffet
personification
damp
Modest
30. Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating. For some reason very librarian our school has ever ever hired has been trenchant.
wag
trenchant
pedestrian
fell
31. A perfect example Sam was the personification of bravery.
nice
personification
Floor
Constitution
32. Contemptible; despicable. I find his behavior to be scurvy.
temper
scurvy
Staple
essay
33. To saturate or completely soak - as in to let a tea bag steep. Allow the tea to steep for at least five minutes -
Spare
Floor
steep
Root
34. (v.) - To cut short. He cropped his jeans so he he could wade into the water and not have wet pants around his ankles
personification
trenchant
Crop
Eclipse
35. To complain about bitterly. He railed against the new regulations.
Cave
Police
rail
Severe
36. To complain or grumble. Stop grousing and just come with us.
mince
Stem
Modest
grouse
37. To lean or tilt to one side. When our dog wakes from a nap - his head lists to one side.
consequential
singular
list
steep
38. Exacting - fastidious - very precise. The reason the watch maker could command such high prices is because his work is so nice.
nice
Constitution
stand
occult
39. General acceptance . The banning of handguns gained currency after the movie theater shooting spree.
Slight
waffle
Currency
Pore
40. To lose vigor (as through grief). After her husband died - Mrs. Deary pined for weeks.
Badger
pine
Spare
pied
41. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.
pied
essay
Discriminating
stand
42. (v.) - To withstand . The new stone house sustained to high gustly wind.
Sustain
pluck
Carp
Precipitate
43. To attempt to gain the favor of. Right now our President is courting voters.
court
Bridge
flip
Grate
44. (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.
Bridge
personification
intimate
Grill
45. Official approval or disapproval of an action. Mrs' Gerring sanctioned ipod but only for studying vocabulary
Sanction
Pore
Channel
singular
46. (n.) - A fundamental (e.g. staple crop)
Staple
steep
grouse
Police
47. A rope - cord or cable attached as a brace or guide. The guy helped secure the mast.
Severe
table
Constitution
guy
48. (v.) - To proclaim enthusiastically. Harry was hailed as the greatest lacrosse player Hackley has ever seen.
Hail
pine
Affect/Affected
waffle
49. Wit - joker. I love having dinner with your cousin; he's such a wag.
Staple
Alien
rent
wag
50. To sap or droop; to become spiritless. I am sorry to be flagging but I am suffering from jet lag.
mince
waffle
flag
Sanction