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SAT Vocab Multiple Meanings

Subjects : sat, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
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1. A group of trees. Please put the new bench in front of the stand of pine trees.






2. -pompous - self-important. He believes he is consequential because he donated money to the school fund.






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






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






5. To lose vigor (as through grief). After her husband died - Mrs. Deary pined for weeks.






6. Selective or refined taste. Nina had discriminating taste






7. 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.






8. Hidden - concealed - beyond comprehension. John Lofter was well regarded because his evil intentions were occult.






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






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






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






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






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






14. To lean or tilt to one side. When our dog wakes from a nap - his head lists to one side.






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






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






19. To direct along a desired course. Charlotte - please channel the overflow of water towards the pond rather than into my garden.






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






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






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






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






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






25. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. To successfully travel through. We negotiated our way through the narrow street in Chainatown






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






49. Multicolored - usually in blotches. His face was pied from exposure to poison ivy






50. 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 -