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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. To lose courage - turn frightened. The chimpanzee was quailed by the alpha male in the group.






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






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






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






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






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






7. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. (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.






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






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






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






19. To sap or droop; to become spiritless. I am sorry to be flagging but I am suffering from jet lag.






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






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






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






23. (v.) - To move slowly and awkwardly. The old man lumbered down the lane






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. (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






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






30. Hidden - concealed - beyond comprehension. John Lofter was well regarded because his evil intentions were occult.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. (v.) - To withstand . The new stone house sustained to high gustly wind.






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






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






42. To suspend; to engage; holding one's attention. I am afraid my brother is case of arrested development. Her beauty was arresting. His Chaucer lecture was arresting.






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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