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






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






4. (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.






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






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






7. (v.) - To rummage around - search






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






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






10. 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






11. (v.) - To complain about or denounce bitterly






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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 -






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. To pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully. Don't mince word; say what you mean.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. (v) - To shock or stun






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






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






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






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