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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. -pompous - self-important. He believes he is consequential because he donated money to the school fund.






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. To saturate or completely soak - as in to let a tea bag steep. Allow the tea to steep for at least five minutes -






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






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






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






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






24. An arrogant attitude. George took a cavalier attitude towards smoking in the men's room.






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. Overshadow; surpass. The younger brother - Tim - eclipsed his sister as timed relays.






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






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






32. (v) - To shock or stun






33. (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.






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






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






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






37. (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.






38. (v.) - To elaborate or exaggerate. Every story Mike tells is so embroidered - that it is impossible to understand exactly what really is true.






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






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






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






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






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






44. To be established - accepted - or customary. After years of community service - Henry was finally obtained.






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






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






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






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






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






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