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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
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1. To complain or grumble. Stop grousing and just come with us.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. (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.






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






17. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. A tool used for shaping. My father used a die to shape the replacement spindle for our stair railing.






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






36. To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration - let's table the discussion on cafeteria lunch and go for a nice walk instead.






37. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






39. A stereotypical or formulaic character. i don't remember her name beacause she was just a stock character in the play.






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy






47. To attempt to gain the favor or support of a person or group - The politician courted support for the new bill he wanted to pass -






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






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






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