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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. To change as if by dyeing - to distort or affect. When she colored her hair purple it colored my impression of her.






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






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






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






5. The supporting structural cross-part of a wing. Guitars have struts across the neck.






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






7. (v.) - To complain After awhile her carping became very irritating because she never said anything positive about the school.






8. 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.






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






10. (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






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






12. To bring up - announce - begin to talk about. Many parents are afraid to broach the subject of colleges with their kids






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






14. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. (n. - v.) - A factory where money is produced / To produce money also excellent condition Mint produced pennies. When they are minted - they are in mint condition.






24. A perfect example Sam was the personification of bravery.






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






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






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






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






29. To tear or torn; an opening or tear. There was a rent in his uniform jacket from the barbed wire fence -






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






31. (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.






32. (adj.) - Indirect - vague . After a while I tired of her elliptical hints and asked her directly what she wanted from me.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. (v.) - To modify or soften the severity of a statement






45. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.






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






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






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






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






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