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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. Overshadow; surpass. The younger brother - Tim - eclipsed his sister as timed relays.
Eclipse
Court
Subscribe
Temper
2. The supporting structural cross-part of a wing. Guitars have struts across the neck.
strut
ford
guy
table
3. To restrain; halt; contain. He was able to check the flow of water with his wrench.
Slight
mince
Check
Stock
4. To tolerate - endure - countenance. I can brook many of his silly habits but loud gum chewing is intolerable
Temper
pedestrian
meet
brook
5. 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
Discriminating
Temper
lumber
Pore
6. To test or try; attempt; experiment. Dr. Ying has us essay several compounds in Chemistry class today.
Stem
Bridge
essay
Sanction
7. Exacting - fastidious - very precise. The reason the watch maker could command such high prices is because his work is so nice.
Rail
nice
Pore
color
8. Official approval or disapproval of an action. Mrs' Gerring sanctioned ipod but only for studying vocabulary
Sanction
Stem
obtain
singular
9. A stereotypical or formulaic character. i don't remember her name beacause she was just a stock character in the play.
Stock
occult
Floor
Bent
10. Wit - joker. I love having dinner with your cousin; he's such a wag.
Compromise
Elliptical
wag
brook
11. To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream. Climb every mountain; ford every stream--are words from the Sound of Music
color
ford
pluck
Carp
12. 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 -
Court
brook
Channel
temper
13. (adj.) - Unfamiliar - foreign The new schedule was so alien to me that I kept showing up at the wrong time for about a week.
Alien
Rail
occult
Cave
14. To modify ex: modify work He qualified his remarks so that the older voters were not offended.
qualify
Rake
Spare
stand
15. To pronounce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully. Don't mince word; say what you mean.
prize
mince
Rank
Grill
16. (v.) - To proclaim enthusiastically. Harry was hailed as the greatest lacrosse player Hackley has ever seen.
exact
Eclipse
Hail
Milk
17. (v) - To shock or stun
Hail
Grate
Pore
sap
18. (v.) - To withstand . The new stone house sustained to high gustly wind.
Rake
pied
Sustain
Precipitate
19. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy
Affect/Affected
Grave/Gravity
pied
guy
20. To lose vigor (as through grief). After her husband died - Mrs. Deary pined for weeks.
pine
singular
Pore
Modest
21. To sap or droop; to become spiritless. I am sorry to be flagging but I am suffering from jet lag.
Milk
flag
lumber
prize
22. Majestic - venerable. Albert Bierstadt painted august mountains.
august
rent
Lumber
Buffet
23. (adj.) - Austere - rigid. She wore her hair in a severe bun and she dressed is a severe black - high necked dress.
essay
Rail
Grate
Severe
24. Hidden - concealed - beyond comprehension. John Lofter was well regarded because his evil intentions were occult.
occult
quail
Rail
Affect/Affected
25. (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.
Constitution
alloy
qualify
Hail
26. To lean or tilt to one side. When our dog wakes from a nap - his head lists to one side.
mince
list
Gravity
scurvy
27. To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration - let's table the discussion on cafeteria lunch and go for a nice walk instead.
Coin
essay
waffle
table
28. 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.
arrest/arresting
Currency
Cavalier
Stem
29. Courage - spunk - fortitude. Despite hard times - James had amazing pluck.
singular
Hail
Embroider
pluck
30. To direct along a desired course. Charlotte - please channel the overflow of water towards the pond rather than into my garden.
Channel
Currency
Crop
Grave/Gravity
31. (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.
guy
Bridge
table
steep
32. (v.) - To cut short. He cropped his jeans so he he could wade into the water and not have wet pants around his ankles
nice
Crop
quail
Coin
33. To lose courage - turn frightened. The chimpanzee was quailed by the alpha male in the group.
quail
pedestrian
prize
Root
34. Exceptional - unusual - odd.She was singular in her gymnasts talent. She was singular in her Gothic taste.
scurvy
singular
qualify
Root
35. A result or outcome of an action. The seniors' prank precipitated a ban on all future senior pranks.
Precipitate
pine
personification
ford
36. (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.
prize
obtain
Negotiate
Milk
37. To complain about bitterly. He railed against the new regulations.
Temper
rail
ford
consequential
38. (adj.) - Simple - unadorned. It was a small modest home but they wee happy to have their own place.
Modest
Grave/Gravity
flag
pedestrian
39. A serious situation or problem. Joe did not apprear to recognize the gravity of the situation
Police
Gravity
list
Crop
40. (n.) - A dissolute man - womanizer. Do not go out with Bill - he's a rake and can't be trusted.
Rake
sap
Currency
Flag
41. (v) - To shock or stun. I was floored by his unexpected bouquet of flowers
Constitution
Floor
Cavalier
nice
42. To take for one's own use; confiscate. Harry appropriated the candy supply for himself.
appropriate
Root
guy
Floor
43. To become weak; to lose interest. After the long battle the soldiers were flagged.
flip
Flag
Buffet
essay
44. (v.) - To believe in. I subscribe to the 'less is more' theory of dressing so I usually do not wear jewelry
rent
Slight
Check
Subscribe
45. To bring up - announce - begin to talk about. Many parents are afraid to broach the subject of colleges with their kids
obtain
broach
Bent
Rank
46. (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.
Floor
Mint
Police
Relief
47. (v.) - To insult - put down . Every word she said was meant as a slight and the whole class recognized her hostility.
pied
Severe
Slight
negotiate
48. Soften or moderate Although he was disappointed - my dad tempered his words with a slight smile.
temper
wag
Channel
Grate
49. To reduce quality or value of something. If you defrost and refreeze the meat you will compromise the quality.
Compromise
exact
Bridge
Lumber
50. (v.) - To complain After awhile her carping became very irritating because she never said anything positive about the school.
arrest/arresting
Rank
Carp
Affect/Affected