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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings
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sat
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. (v.) - To withstand . The new stone house sustained to high gustly wind.
personification
Gravity
table
Sustain
2. (v.) - To move slowly and awkwardly. The old man lumbered down the lane
Constitution
Lumber
stand
court
3. 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.
pedestrian
Pore
grouse
exact
4. (v.) - To cut short. He cropped his jeans so he he could wade into the water and not have wet pants around his ankles
Mint
Temper
Bent !
Crop
5. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste
Discriminating
grouse
Constitution
august
6. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.
guy
Sanction
pluck
temper
7. (v.) - To bother - question repeatedly Harry badgered me for a new lacrosse stick
Badger
mince
essay
Currency
8. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy
Rail
qualify
pied
Spare
9. To lean or tilt to one side. When our dog wakes from a nap - his head lists to one side.
Spare
Bent
list
negotiate
10. 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 -
meet
Court
essay
Hail
11. (n.) - To read over or study with great attention. Fran pored over the yearbook hoping to find himself in many pictures.
Pore
Gravity
Mint
Embroider
12. Majestic - venerable. Albert Bierstadt painted august mountains.
august
flag
Qualify
arrest/arresting
13. (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
list
Affect/Affected
negotiate
Rake
14. 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
Crop
Pore
Floor
Temper
15. Sarcastic - impertinent. He was sent to the principal's office for being flip in Miss Gerry's class.
trenchant
august
obtain
flip
16. Official approval or disapproval of an action. Mrs' Gerring sanctioned ipod but only for studying vocabulary
intimate
Modest
Sanction
negotiate
17. Wit - joker. I love having dinner with your cousin; he's such a wag.
wag
Cavalier
Elliptical
Flag
18. (v.) - To put a stop to. With a tourniquet she was able to stem the flow of blood
Stem
Mint
Subscribe
table
19. To direct along a desired course. Charlotte - please channel the overflow of water towards the pond rather than into my garden.
Gravity
Channel
guy
quail
20. (n.) - A fundamental (e.g. staple crop)
table
Staple
Pore
steep
21. A tool used for shaping. My father used a die to shape the replacement spindle for our stair railing.
brook
Affect/Affected
die
table
22. To devise a new word Who coined the name 'labradoodles?'
pied
Sustain
Coin
court
23. (v.) - To complain about or denounce bitterly
Hail
ford
Rail
arrest/arresting
24. To enervate or weaken the vitality of. A sunny day at the beach saps all the energy out of me.
sap
wag
steep
grouse
25. (v.) - To rummage around - search
alloy
Badger
Bent !
Root
26. (adj.) - Unfamiliar - foreign The new schedule was so alien to me that I kept showing up at the wrong time for about a week.
Slight
Relief
negotiate
Alien
27. To change as if by dyeing - to distort or affect. When she colored her hair purple it colored my impression of her.
color
Stem
Rail
die
28. (v.) - To believe in. I subscribe to the 'less is more' theory of dressing so I usually do not wear jewelry
Eclipse
waffle
Subscribe
flip
29. (adj.) - Having an offensively strong or unclean odor. The men's locker room is rank after a football game.
Rank
die
Lumber
Currency
30. (v.) - To modify or soften the severity of a statement
Check
Rail
Qualify
Temper
31. (n.) - A liking or talent for (syn: predilection - proclivity - penchant). The SAT really likes this one
qualify
Bent !
Crop
waffle
32. Contemptible; despicable. I find his behavior to be scurvy.
Cave
Rake
Badger
scurvy
33. (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.
Milk
Channel
Elliptical
quail
34. To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration - let's table the discussion on cafeteria lunch and go for a nice walk instead.
wag
Sustain
fell
table
35. The supporting structural cross-part of a wing. Guitars have struts across the neck.
occult
strut
Alien
Stock
36. Elevation of a land surface. The globe we have had all the mountain ranges in relief. Remember bas relief?
Relief
steep
Gravity
Staple
37. (v.) - To elaborate or exaggerate. Every story Mike tells is so embroidered - that it is impossible to understand exactly what really is true.
Embroider
Carp
Grate
Bent !
38. To pry - to press - or force with a lever; something taken by force - He prized the locked door until the door jam gave way.
rent
mince
prize
Bent !
39. 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.
Grate
scurvy
Pore
arrest/arresting
40. Exceptional - unusual - odd.She was singular in her gymnasts talent. She was singular in her Gothic taste.
Spare
Bridge
strut
singular
41. To successfully travel through. He negotiated the sharp turn very poorly.
grouse
negotiate
Affect/Affected
Alien
42. (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.
Police
Subscribe
Pore
Check
43. (v.) - To give in - acquiesce Eventually - Mimi caved in and let the girls wear eye makeup
Cave
negotiate
Discriminating
Rake
44. (v.) - To complain After awhile her carping became very irritating because she never said anything positive about the school.
Milk
negotiate
Carp
Rank
45. To modify ex: modify work He qualified his remarks so that the older voters were not offended.
Buffet
qualify
pedestrian
rent
46. (v.) - To proclaim enthusiastically. Harry was hailed as the greatest lacrosse player Hackley has ever seen.
Hail
pluck
wag
Relief
47. Overshadow; surpass. The younger brother - Tim - eclipsed his sister as timed relays.
Eclipse
Subscribe
Precipitate
stand
48. To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream. Climb every mountain; ford every stream--are words from the Sound of Music
ford
Embroider
Pore
stand
49. Hidden - concealed - beyond comprehension. John Lofter was well regarded because his evil intentions were occult.
occult
quail
strut
trenchant
50. To bring up - announce - begin to talk about. Many parents are afraid to broach the subject of colleges with their kids
qualify
flag
broach
august