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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
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1. To reduce quality or value of something. If you defrost and refreeze the meat you will compromise the quality.






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






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






4. Official approval or disapproval of an action. Mrs' Gerring sanctioned ipod but only for studying vocabulary






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. (n.) - A liking or talent for (syn: predilection - proclivity - penchant). The SAT really likes this one






22. 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.






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






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






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






26. To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream. Climb every mountain; ford every stream--are words from the Sound of Music






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. (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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






42. 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 -






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






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






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






46. (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.






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






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






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






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