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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. (v.) - To withstand . The new stone house sustained to high gustly wind.






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






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






4. (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.






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






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






7. (adj.) - Austere - rigid. She wore her hair in a severe bun and she dressed is a severe black - high necked dress.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. (n.) - A fundamental (e.g. staple crop)






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






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






17. Sarcastic - impertinent. He was sent to the principal's office for being flip in Miss Gerry's class.






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






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






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






21. (v.) - To believe in. I subscribe to the 'less is more' theory of dressing so I usually do not wear jewelry






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. (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.






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






30. (adj.) - Unfamiliar - foreign The new schedule was so alien to me that I kept showing up at the wrong time for about a week.






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. (n.) - A dissolute man - womanizer. Do not go out with Bill - he's a rake and can't be trusted.






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






48. (adj.) - Simple - undecorated






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






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