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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. (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.






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






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






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






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






30. (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.






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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.






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






40. (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.






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






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






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






44. To tolerate - endure - countenance. I can brook many of his silly habits but loud gum chewing is intolerable






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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